Perrigo Co. PLC Stock Underperforms Friday When Compared To Competitors
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Perrigo Co. PLC (PRGO) shares fell 3.94% to $10.72 on Friday, underperforming competitors like Johnson & Johnson and Abbott Laboratories during a broader market decline. The drop ended a two-day winning streak, with the stock trading 62.30% below its 52-week high of $28.44. Trading volume was below the 50-day average.
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Shares of Perrigo Co. PLC (PRGO) slipped 3.94% to $10.72 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 1.01% to 7,457.69 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.77% to 52,146.42.
The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.
Perrigo Co. PLC closed 62.30% short of its 52-week high of $28.44, which the company reached on July 25th.
The stock underperformed when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) rose 1.23% to $253.04, Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) fell 1.00% to $149.98, and Abbott Laboratories (ABT) rose 1.87% to $100.68.
Trading volume (2.7 M) remained 839,233 below its 50-day average volume of 3.5 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled July 17, 2026.
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