laggard

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MiniMed, a diabetes management company that is a carve-out of medical equipment giant Medtronic, is the one notable IPO laggard this month.

From Barron's • Mar. 25, 2026

Microsoft’s stock has been a major laggard in recent months, and now a board member just bought the dip.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 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

Amazon developed a reputation as an artificial-intelligence laggard due to what investors perceived as lackluster growth in its cloud-computing business.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

He was less often a laggard, less often beaten, more often a snitch.

From "Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West" by Blaine Harden