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title: "Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors"
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description: "Inovio Pharmaceuticals (INO) shares fell 6.92% to $1.21 on Thursday, snapping an eight-day winning streak and underperforming competitors like Johnson & Johnson and Pfizer. The drop occurred amid a broader market decline, with the NASDAQ and Dow Jones falling 1.00% and 1.32% respectively. Inovio's stock is now 59.38% below its 52-week high of $2.98. Trading volume reached 4.1 million, exceeding the 50-day average."
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# Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. Stock Underperforms Thursday When Compared To Competitors

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Shares of Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. (INO) slipped 6.92% to $1.21 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index falling 1.00% to 26,067.17 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.32% to 52,759.21.

The stock's fall snapped an eight-day winning streak.

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc. closed 59.38% below its 52-week high of $2.98, which the company reached on September 9th.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) fell 2.21% to $267.37, Statera Biopharma Inc. (STAB) fell 50.00% to $0.00, and Pfizer Inc. (PFE) fell 1.59% to $27.79.

Trading volume (4.1 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.4 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 20, 2026.

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