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The price of Novavax, Inc (NASDAQ: NVAX) closed at $9.52 in the last session, down -1.96% from day before closing price of $9.71. In other words, the price has decreased by -$1.96 from its previous closing price. On the day, 4.39 million shares were traded. NVAX stock price reached its highest trading level at $9.9 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $9.39.
Ratios:
We take a closer look at NVAX’s different ratios to gain a better understanding of the stock. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 2.34 and its Current Ratio is at 2.36. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 6.07 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 5.93.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, Citigroup on June 17, 2025, initiated with a Sell rating and assigned the stock a target price of $6.
On February 28, 2025, BTIG Research started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $19.
JP Morgan Downgraded its Neutral to Underweight on July 30, 2024, while the target price for the stock was maintained at $8.
Insider Transactions:
An investor can also benefit from insider trades by learning what management is thinking about the future direction of stock prices. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on May 19 ’25 when YOUNG JAMES F bought 10,000 shares for $7.59 per share.
YOUNG JAMES F bought 4,000 shares of NVAX for $24,406 on Apr 14 ’25. On Dec 13 ’24, another insider, King Rachel K., who serves as the Director of the company, sold 4,150 shares for $9.02 each. As a result, the insider received 37,435 and left with 14,770 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, NVAX now has a Market Capitalization of 1546257536 and an Enterprise Value of 1193300224. As of this moment, Novavax,’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 4.22. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 0.11. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 1.43 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 41.03. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 1.106 whereas that against EBITDA is 2.928.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for NVAX is 2.70, which has changed by -0.26429677 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.14064062 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, NVAX has reached a high of $15.22, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $5.01. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 30.92%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 23.54%.
Shares Statistics:
According to the various share statistics, NVAX traded on average about 7.87M shares per day over the past 3-months and 10117460 shares per day over the past 10 days. A total of 162.16M shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 147.97M. Insiders hold about 8.90% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 58.83% stake in the company. Shares short for NVAX as of 1753920000 were 42311894 with a Short Ratio of 5.38, compared to 1751241600 on 46558353. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 42311894 and a Short% of Float of 26.150000000000002.
Earnings Estimates
Investors are eagerly awaiting the insights provided by 3.0 analysts currently analyzing and rating the stock of Novavax, Inc (NVAX).The consensus estimate for the next quarter is -$0.55, with high estimates of $0.23 and low estimates of -$1.51.
Analysts are recommending an EPS of between $3.26 and $1.45 for the fiscal current year, implying an average EPS of $2.58. EPS for the following year is $0.09, with 6.0 analysts recommending between $2.9 and -$1.3.
Revenue Estimates
According to 5 analysts, the current quarter’s revenue is expected to be $51.59M. It ranges from a high estimate of $89.8M to a low estimate of $32.55M. As of the current estimate, Novavax, Inc’s year-ago sales were $84.51MFor the next quarter, 5 analysts are estimating revenue of $141.49M. There is a high estimate of $264.9M for the next quarter, whereas the lowest estimate is $63.5M.
A total of 7 analysts have provided revenue estimates for NVAX’s current fiscal year. The highest revenue estimate was $1.21B, while the lowest revenue estimate was $1.02B, resulting in an average revenue estimate of $1.08B. In the same quarter a year ago, actual revenue was $682.16MBased on 7 analysts’ estimates, the company’s revenue will be $471.28M in the next fiscal year. The high estimate is $1.07B and the low estimate is $304.69M.
