Shares of National Beverage Corp. FIZZ, 1.49% shed 3.41% to $46.22 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the NASDAQ Composite Index COMP, -1.71% rising 2.03% to 13,643.59 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -0.06% rising 1.01% to 34,564.59. The stock’s fall snapped a two-day winning streak. National Beverage Corp. closed $18.45 below its 52-week high ($64.67), which the company reached on November 3rd.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Wednesday, as Reed’s Inc. REED, -0.88% fell 2.00% to $0.28, Monster Beverage Corp. MNST, -0.87% rose 1.60% to $84.01, and PepsiCo Inc. PEP, -0.09% fell 0.17% to $173.00. Trading volume (214,501) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 182,352.