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

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Shares of Perrigo Co. PLC (PRGO) rallied 4.01% to $14.25 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around favorable trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.43% to 7,674.37 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.98% to 53,277.01.

Perrigo Co. PLC closed 42.08% short of its 52-week high of $24.61, which the company reached on August 22nd.

The stock outperformed some of its competitors Friday, as Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) rose 1.07% to $270.24, Procter & Gamble Co. (PG) rose 1.20% to $144.68, and Abbott Laboratories (ABT) rose 2.19% to $116.64.

Trading volume (2.6 M) remained 912,821 below its 50-day average volume of 3.5 M.

Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 21, 2026.

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