DJ Steris PLC Stock Underperforms Wednesday When Compared To Competitors Despite Daily Gains
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Shares of Steris PLC $(STE)$ rose 1.61% to $249.35 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index rising 0.56% to 6,881.31 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average rising 0.26% to 49,662.66.
Steris PLC closed 7.46% 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 Wednesday, as Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. $(TMO)$ rose 2.39% to $513.56, $Danaher Corp(DHR-W)$. $(DHR)$ rose 1.07% to $208.56, and Becton Dickinson & Co. $(BDX)$ rose 2.99% to $182.68.
Trading volume (815,599) eclipsed its 50-day average volume of 687,808.
Data source: Dow Jones Market Data, FactSet. Data compiled February 18, 2026.
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February 18, 2026 17:04 ET (22:04 GMT)
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