Perrigo is a provider of over-the-counter health and wellness solutions that can be self-managed. Co.'s segments are as follows: Consumer Self-Care Americas, which is focused primarily on the sale of self-care products in categories including upper respiratory, pain and sleep-aids, digestive health, nutrition, vitamins, minerals and supplements; Consumer Self-Care International, which develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes European consumer self-care brands in the upper respiratory, pain and sleep-aids, digestive health, vitamins, minerals and supplements; and Prescription Pharmaceuticals, which develops, manufactures, and markets a portfolio of generic prescription drugs.
When researching a stock like Perrigo, many investors are the most familiar with Fundamental Analysis — looking at a company's balance sheet, earnings, revenues, and what's happening in that company's underlying business. Investors who use Fundamental Analysis to identify good stocks to buy or sell can also benefit from PRGO Technical Analysis to help find a good entry or exit point. Technical Analysis is blind to the fundamentals and looks only at the trading data for PRGO stock — the real life supply and demand for the stock over time — and examines that data in different ways. One of those ways is to calculate a Simpe Moving Average ("SMA") by looking back a certain number of days. One of the most popular "longer look-backs" is the PRGO 200 day moving average ("PRGO 200 DMA"), while one of the most popular "shorter look-backs" is the PRGO 50 day moving average ("PRGO 50 DMA"). A chart showing both of these popular moving averages is shown on this page for Perrigo. Comparing two moving averages against each other can be a useful visualization tool: by calculating the difference between the PRGO 200 DMA and the PRGO 50 DMA, we get a moving average convergence divergence indicator ("PRGO MACD"). The PRGO MACD chart, in conjunction with the chart of the moving averages, basically helps in visualizing how the moving averages are showing convergence (moving closer together), or divergence (moving farther apart). |