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outperform

[out-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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“The question is will private credit continue to outperform public credit or not?” said Glenn Schorr, an analyst at Evercore ISI.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Wedbush Securities analyst Dan Ives has an outperform rating on Innodata.

From Barron's • May 8, 2026

If the S&P 500 starts to outperform Russell 2000, then they will be obliged to shift weightings to avoid underperforming benchmarks.

From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026

On emissions, Linh said she believes “incentives and innovation will always outperform heavy-handed mandates.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

Or that the upper triple-A-rated floor of some subprime mortgage bond would outperform the lower, triple-B-rated, floor.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis