laggard

Example Sentences

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The big winners from 2025 have become this year’s laggards, and vice versa.

From MarketWatch

Over the past few months, shares of the hyperscalers — an elite group of Big Tech names — have gone from market leaders to market laggards.

From MarketWatch

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

From MarketWatch

It’s an unexpected reversal of fortunes for the iPhone maker, whose stock has otherwise underperformed over the past year due to its reputation for being an artificial-intelligence laggard.

From MarketWatch

The technology, financials, and communication services sectors, meanwhile, are the biggest laggards.

From Barron's