laggard

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As Apple’s Siri delay drags on, its “Magnificent Seven” peers are embarking on a massive AI spending spree to build out data centers, leading some investors to perceive Apple as an AI laggard.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Such neutrality helps prevent the ETF from being a laggard if market moves are based solely on a specific sector or country.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

The stock has been a significant tech-sector laggard over the past year and now is on track to further its underperformance.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 6, 2026

Fiserv is laggard whose shares have slumped 67% this year.

From Barron's • Dec. 31, 2025

On the last three moves, Bull had swaggered among the movers shouting out commands as though they were laggard corporals in need of KP.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy