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How Novavax, Inc. stacks up
NVAX · against 436 other Healthcare companies of similar size
Profitability
18/ 100
Near the bottom of its peers.
Ranked #367 of 437 · scores higher than 14% of peers
Bars: peers in each 10-point band of the profitability score40 peers with a profitability score of 10–19, including NVAX · Click a bar to see the companies
Why profitability scores 18?
Weighted metrics compared with all Healthcare companies.Mainly because of its operating margin and return on assets, which are weaker than most Healthcare peers.
- a thinner operating margin: weaker than 84% of peers. Operating margin: -56.6% vs peer median 7.1%
- a lower return on assets: weaker than 84% of peers. Return on assets: -25.9% vs peer median 1.7%
- Return on invested capital is not reported, so it is left out of the score.
Metric by metric
Position: dot = NVAX, ranked from the worst peer (left) to the best (right); tick = middle, shaded = middle half of peers.| Metric | NVAX | Peer median | Better than | Position among peers | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Return on invested capitalHigher is better · 412 reported | Not reported | 5.3% | — | — | 33% |
| Operating marginHigher is better · 410 reported | -56.6% | 6.9% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on assetsHigher is better · 421 reported | -25.9% | 1.9% | 13% | 33% | |
| Return on equityHigher is better · 405 reported | Not reported | 3.6% | — | — | Context only |
| Gross marginHigher is better · 452 reported | -2.6% | 47.4% | 2% | Context only |
A metric that is not reported is left out of the score; the other weights are rescaled.
Ranking by profitability score
Top 5 and the companies ranked around NVAX| Rank | Company | Market cap | Profitability | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 174.8B INR (≈$2.1B) | 100 | 73 | |
| 1 | 97.3B INR (≈$1.2B) | 100 | 80 | |
| 3 | 12.3B CNY (≈$1.7B) | 99 | 85 | |
| 3 | 11.2B DKK (≈$1.7B) | 99 | 59 | |
| 3 | 51.3B ZAR (≈$2.8B) | 99 | 73 | |
| 367 | 1.0B USD | 18 | 35 | |
| 367 | 3.1B USD | 18 | 39 | |
| 367 | 927M USD | 18 | 41 | |
| 367 | 1.6B USD | 18 | 38 | |
| 367 | 1.6B USD | 18 | 7 | |
| 367 | 994M USD | 18 | 39 | |
| 367 | 1.7B USD | 18 | 31 | |
| 367 | 1.9B USD | 18 | 42 | |
| 376 | 1.0B EUR (≈$1.1B) | 17 | 16 |
Scores are sector-relative percentiles from the latest snapshot, always calculated against the whole sector: narrowing the comparison group changes who you compare with, not the scores. Missing metrics are left out and the remaining weights rescaled. How we score