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outperform

[aut-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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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

“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

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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