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title: "Perrigo Co. PLC Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day"
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# Perrigo Co. PLC Stock Outperforms Competitors On Strong Trading Day

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Shares of Perrigo Co. PLC (PRGO) soared 23.10% to $13.27 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around mixed trading session for the stock market, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.49% to 54,349.12 and the S&P 500 Index falling 0.17% to 7,723.55.

This was the stock's third consecutive day of gains.

Perrigo Co. PLC closed 50.83% short of its 52-week high of $26.99, which the company reached on August 5th.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) rose 1.04% to $257.59, Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) fell 0.82% to $146.80, and Abbott Laboratories (ABT) rose 0.24% to $105.71.

Trading volume (8.2 M) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 3.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 5, 2026.

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