Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) has a beta value of 2.04 and has seen 9.69 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.98B, closed the last trade at $12.38 per share which meant it gained $0.98 on the day or 8.60% during that session. The NVAX stock price is -92.73% off its 52-week high price of $23.86 and 71.49% above the 52-week low of $3.53. If we look at the company’s 10-day average daily trading volume, we find that it stood at 4.66 million shares traded. The 3-month trading volume is 9.79 million shares.
The consensus among analysts is that Novavax, Inc. (NVAX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.60. 0 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, while 0 rate it as Overweight. 6 out of 16 have rated it as a Hold, with 10 advising it as a Buy. 0 have rated the stock as Underweight.
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Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) trade information
Sporting 8.60% in the green in last session, the stock has traded in the green over the last five days, with the highest price hit on recent trading when the NVAX stock price touched $12.38 or saw a rise of 0.8%. Year-to-date, Novavax, Inc. shares have moved 157.92%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 3.25%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX) have changed -1.51%. Short interest in the company has seen 30.5 million shares shorted with days to cover at 3.89.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $31, which means that the shares’ value could jump 60.06% from current levels. The projected low price target is $19.0 while the price target rests at a high of $174.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -1305.49% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -53.47% from current levels.
Novavax, Inc. (NVAX) estimates and forecasts
Figures show that Novavax, Inc. shares have outperformed across the wider relevant industry. The company’s shares have gained 129.68% over the past 6 months, with this year growth rate of 87.25%, compared to 18.00% for the industry.
If we evaluate the company’s growth over the last 5-year and for the next 5-year period, we find that annual earnings growth was 11.55% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2024 is a modest 81.70% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 37.90%.
NVAX Dividends
Novavax, Inc. is expected to release its next earnings report in October this year, and investors are excited at the prospect of better dividends despite the company’s debt issue.
Novavax, Inc. (NASDAQ:NVAX)’s Major holders
Insiders own 4.38% of the company shares, while shares held by institutions stand at 53.77% with a share float percentage of 56.23%. Investors are also buoyed by the number of investors in a company, with Novavax, Inc. having a total of 308.0 institutions that hold shares in the company. The top two institutional holders are VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.08 million shares worth more than $178.19 million. As of 2024-06-30, VANGUARD GROUP INC held 10.0599% of shares outstanding.
The other major institutional holder is BLACKROCK INC., with the holding of over 11.85 million shares as of 2024-06-30. The firm’s total holdings are worth over $149.98 million and represent 8.4669% of shares outstanding.
