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title: "Perrigo Co. PLC Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day"
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# Perrigo Co. PLC Stock Outperforms Competitors Despite Losses On The Day

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Shares of Perrigo Co. PLC (PRGO) slid 1.86% to $13.70 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around poor trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.87% to 7,641.16 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 1.32% to 52,759.21.

The stock's fall snapped a two-day winning streak.

Perrigo Co. PLC closed 44.32% below its 52-week high of $24.61, which the company achieved on August 22nd.

The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) fell 2.21% to $267.37, Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) fell 0.98% to $142.97, and Abbott Laboratories (ABT) fell 0.25% to $114.14.

Trading volume (2.4 M) remained 1.2 million below its 50-day average volume of 3.6 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 20, 2026.

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