relative

Example Sentences

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This sector is the least expensive one relative to its five-year average forward P/E, as shown in the table.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

The sector as a whole looks vulnerable, he writes, as consumer discretionary stocks have “fallen to their worst relative level versus the S&P 500 since late 2022.”

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

A long-serving MP and a relative newcomer to the Commons usually make speeches, with Conservative Party leader Badenoch third up before Sir Keir addresses the chamber.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

And yes, sometimes that means recommending specialty ingredients genuinely worthy of a relative splurge: the good vanilla, candied citrus, Kewpie over the bottom-shelf mayonnaise.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

A smaller group used credit default swaps to make what often turned out to be spectacularly disastrous gambles on the relative value of subprime mortgage bonds—buying one subprime mortgage bond while simultaneously selling another.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis