outperform

I’m referring to the tendency that existed for much of the 20th century for smaller stocks to outperform the largest ones.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026

The steelmaker said supportive trade measures had improved the prospects for its European business and expects second-half sales to outperform those of the first.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

Macquarie reiterates an outperform rating on the stock and lifts its target price 0.8% to A$97.00.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"Our models predict that this new approach will generally outperform the standard of care," explains Dr. Noble.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

Children in those countries outperform our children, as nearly every story says.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

The Beijing-based startup claims that the model outperforms some cutting-edge U.S. systems, stoking what some analysts called “DeepSeek 2.0 concerns”—a nod to the rival Chinese AI startup that upended global markets early last year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 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

The American College of Sports Medicine’s position is that exercising after meals and in the afternoon outperforms fasting and morning exercise sessions for glycemic control.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 21, 2026

The hybrid approach outperforms leading models that rely only on conventional computers.

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026

Over the last 12 months, sales of homes priced at $1 million and above have outperformed sales of median-priced homes priced around $400,000 or less.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026

Michelin’s shares have outperformed those of peers Continental and Pirelli, and the results might not be enough to trigger a positive market reaction, according to Bernstein.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Passed Lindblad late on and comfortably outperformed Audi team-mate Gabriel Bortoleto across the weekend.

From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026

It added that it had slightly outperformed its forecasts for the quarter.

From Barron's ● Jul. 23, 2026

Sponsored by Kagen, the resolution recognized the accomplishments of the 13 women who outshined and outperformed their male counterparts—but were never allowed to fly into space.

From "Women in Space" by Karen Bush Gibson

The group added that a core profit measure that strips out certain items more than doubled to $5.7 billion in the quarter, outperforming expectations.

From Barron's ● Aug. 4, 2026

"Kimi K3 demonstrated frontier-level performance across our evaluation suite, consistently outperforming other tested models," Moonshot AI said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026

“The average stock is outperforming right now,” Adam Phillips, head of investments at EP Wealth, told MarketWatch on Friday.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 17, 2026

At World Cups, Messi has scored 17 non-penalty goals from chances worth approximately 13.1 expected goals, outperforming expectation by almost four goals.

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

“She’s just never got over you outperforming her in Potions,” said Ron, returning to his copy of One Thousand Magical Herbs and Fungi.

From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling