outperform
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It has an outperform rating on the airline, with a A$10.10/share target price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026
Bernstein has an outperform rating on the stock and a 555 pence target price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026
He claimed it could outperform a Porsche 911 and showed a video where it won a tug-of-war against a tethered Ford truck.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026
Even Yorkville Ives analyst Daniel Ives, known for his bullish views on the tech sector, acknowledged that he and investors have gotten “more selective” on the AI-exposed stocks that could outperform heading into next year.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2026
Desaguliers and a friend later built models of both the Savery and the Newcomen engines: despite his extraordinary expertise, Desaguliers was plainly taken aback to see the Savery engine outperform the Newcomen engine.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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“Alpha” refers to how much something outperforms its benchmark or market average.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 20, 2026
Even worse is a 2025 Harvard study, “AI tutoring outperforms in-class active learning.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
"We compared phase space distance with the sphericity variable and our conclusion is that phase space distance outperforms sphericity," Zhang said.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026
In terms of attacking metrics for their clubs this season, Mbappe outperforms Haaland in shots, touches and chances created, although the City striker recorded more assists in 2025-26.
From BBC ● Jun. 26, 2026
Its total incident rate — a metric that measures the frequency of workplace injuries and illnesses — outperforms the industry average by 14%, the company said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2026
"For the second consecutive session, the companies receiving the enormous capital expenditure cheques dramatically outperformed the businesses writing them. That is a potentially important development after last week's indiscriminate liquidation," he said.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
UK growth so far this year has outperformed all expectations, but there are signs that higher energy and fuel prices have now hit consumer confidence.
From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026
The steady private result outperformed the official gauge, which fell more than expected to 49.3 last month from 50.1 in September.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
TotalEnergies said it benefited from a high-price environment characterized by historically high refining-margin levels and a favorable natural-gas market, and that its trading operations outperformed at levels comparable with the prior two quarters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026
Hermione’s expression could not have been any smugger; she had loathed being outperformed in every Potions class.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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Shares of Mynt, which operates mobile financial-services platform GCash, rose as much as 2.4% to 6.76 pesos in early Manila trading Tuesday, outperforming the benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index’s 0.3% gain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
Unified are outperforming those of the state, with higher proficiency rates in key categories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The outperforming Tactical Trend fund that was launched in 2006, accounts for $4 billion of the total.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 7, 2026
Roberto Soldado was in front of him in the team, and nobody wanted Roberto to do well more than me - but every single day in training Harry was outperforming him.
From BBC ● Oct. 6, 2026
Whatever triggered Peeta's decision -and I suspect it had to do with my outperforming him in training -I should be nothing but grateful for it.
From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins
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