Novavax, Inc (NASDAQ:NVAX) has a beta value of 2.78 and has seen 5.62 million shares traded in the last trading session. The company, currently valued at $1.00B, closed the last trade at $6.19 per share which meant it lost -$0.15 on the day or -2.37% during that session. The NVAX stock price is -285.46% off its 52-week high price of $23.86 and 19.06% above the 52-week low of $5.01.
The consensus among analysts is that Novavax, Inc (NVAX) is Buy stock at the moment, with a recommendation rating of 2.14. 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.
Novavax, Inc (NASDAQ:NVAX) trade information
Sporting -2.37% in the red 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 $6.19 or saw a rise of 17.47%. Year-to-date, Novavax, Inc shares have moved -23.01%, while the 5-day performance has seen it change 1.98%. Over the past 30 days, the shares of Novavax, Inc (NASDAQ:NVAX) have changed 5.63%.
Wall Street analysts have a consensus price target for the stock at $22, which means that the shares’ value could jump 71.86% from current levels. The projected low price target is $22.0 while the price target rests at a high of $22.0. In that case, then, we find that the current price level is -255.41% off the targeted high while a plunge would see the stock gain -255.41% from current levels.
Novavax, Inc (NVAX) estimates and forecasts
The company’s shares have lost -32.57% over the past 6 months.
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 25.88% over the past 5 years. Earnings growth for 2025 is a modest 258.77% while over the next 5 years, the company’s earnings are expected to increase by 36.93%.
NVAX Dividends
Novavax, Inc is expected to release its next earnings report in June 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
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 9.4861% 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 7.984% of shares outstanding.
Also the top two Mutual Funds that are holding company’s shares are VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and iShares Trust-iShares Russell 2000 ETF . As of Dec 31, 2024 , the former fund manager holds about 2.96% shares in the company for having 4.79 shares of worth $29.63 million while later fund manager owns 4.09 shares of worth $25.34 million as of Mar 31, 2025 , which makes it owner of about 2.53% of company’s outstanding stock.
