DJ Medtronic PLC Stock Underperforms Tuesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Medtronic PLC $(MDT)$ rallied 1.64% to $92.09 Tuesday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index falling 0.69% to 7,691.76 and Dow Jones Industrial Average falling 0.22% to 53,343.40.
Medtronic PLC closed 13.39% short of its 52-week high of $106.33, which the company reached on November 26th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Tuesday, as Johnson & Johnson $(JNJ)$ rose 3.33% to $271.11, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ fell 1.51% to $199.58, and Abbott Laboratories $(ABT)$ rose 2.09% to $112.68.
Trading volume (6.6 M) remained 1.7 million below its 50-day average volume of 8.3 M.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled August 18, 2026.