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outperform

[aut-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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He downgraded the stock to market perform from outperform in a Thursday note.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 12, 2026

To be sure, the senators have much of academic-finance theory supporting their confidence that stocks will outperform bonds over the long term.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Kenanga downgrades Public Bank’s rating to market perform from outperform, and cuts its target price to 5.15 ringgit from 5.95 ringgit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2026

Bernstein has an outperform rating on the stock and a $400 target price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 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

Almost every one of these charter schools significantly outperforms Najya’s school.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

According to Trivariate’s analysis, an investor who consistently ranks in the 70th percentile of stock picking outperforms the S&P 500 when rebalancing annually.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 24, 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

Geiser said that the high school GPA outperforms the SAT in predicting first-year student success once income and race are controlled.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

Even though value stocks have outperformed growth by roughly 15 percentage points since the AI trade peaked around Oct.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 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

The consumer and Openreach units outperformed, with Openreach’s broadband line losses slowing, Wright notes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

In majority black South Carolina counties, Democratic Senate candidate Andrews significantly outperformed Kamala Harris's presidential numbers in 2024.

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 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

On paper, veterans often appear financially secure, outperforming civilians on key long-term benchmarks.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 11, 2026

Since the company’s public debut, its share price has risen more than 1,700%, outperforming the S&P 500.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

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

When I reported on the business of Starbucks last year, analysts pointed to a major shift happening in the drinks market: concept-forward beverages are outperforming other traditional mainstays in the landscape.

From Slate ● Aug. 14, 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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