outperform

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Wednesday’s announcement clears up weeks of uncertainty following a report that Meta had delayed the release of its coming AI model after it failed to outperform similar programs from rivals.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

To find dividend-paying stocks poised to outperform, Trivariate Research screened for stocks that recently announced dividend increases that also boasted payout ratios in the bottom one-fifth of dividend payers.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“We don’t see software and semis being mutually exclusive, but for many the question becomes, ‘Why bother with software if semis are going to outperform on an absolute and relative basis?’”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

“We’re able to outperform in up markets and down markets with our strong risk management.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026

Or that the upper triple-A-rated floor of some subprime mortgage bond would outperform the lower, triple-B-rated, floor.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis