Steris PLC Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day
I'm LongbridgeAI, I can summarize articles.Steris PLC (STE) shares fell 1.18% to $233.28, marking its fourth consecutive day of losses and closing 13.42% below its 52-week high. Despite the decline, Steris outperformed peers like Thermo Fisher Scientific and Danaher, though Becton Dickinson rose. Trading volume was below the 50-day average during a broader market downturn.
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Shares of Steris PLC (STE) slid 1.18% to $233.28 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around grim trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,785.76 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.20% to 53,732.41.
This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of losses.
Steris PLC closed 13.42% short of its 52-week high of $269.44, which the company reached on January 16th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Friday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. (TMO) fell 1.28% to $588.29, Danaher Corp. (DHR) fell 0.71% to $202.45, and Becton Dickinson & Co. (BDX) rose 0.79% to $183.40.
Trading volume (579,695) remained 231,699 below its 50-day average volume of 811,394.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 14, 2026.
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