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outperform

[out-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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RBC has an outperform rating and A$6.50/share target on Westgold.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

While they slashed their price target on the stock to $150 from $270, they kept their outperform rating and said shares of the company were “too cheap to dismiss.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

Goldman Sachs lifted its 12-month price target from Nvidia from $285 to $300, citing a “clearer path” for the stock to outperform the rest of the sector in the coming months.

From MarketWatch Aug. 27, 2026

“Cost is one driver, but the equally important one is performance—specialized models trained on product-specific data often outperform general frontier models on that product,” he says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

“I was always trying to out-think, outperform, even out-dress my competitors. It was wearing me down.”

From "The Skin I'm In" by Sharon G. Flake

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

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

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

High-yield debt outperforms other fixed-income products over the long run, averaging 8.78% gains in expansion.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 29, 2026

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

From Science Daily Apr. 17, 2026

Trucking stocks have outperformed the broader stock-market benchmarks, with the Dow Jones U.S.

From MarketWatch Aug. 28, 2026

Yardeni: We have been recommending staying home over going global since 2010, and that worked well until last year, when going global outperformed and we did not fully anticipate the rotation away from the U.S.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

The 10-year U.K. gilt outperformed its eurozone peers, with its yield falling 2.6 basis points to 5.048%, pulling away from Tuesday’s near four-week high of 5.110%.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 2026

Just 13% of U.S. large-cap funds have outperformed indexes over the past decade, new data show.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 19, 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

Despite DJ Uiagalelei outperforming Trey Lance in Thursday’s preseason finale against the Rams, the incumbent was named QB2 once again, as the Chargers announced their initial 53-man roster Sunday evening.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Momentum trading is based on a rather simple observation: Investments that go up tend to keep outperforming; those that underperform often remain laggards.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 31, 2026

For example, a popular exchange-traded fund that aims to equally weight seven closely watched Big Tech stocks held in its portfolio was outperforming the S&P 500’s 3% gain this month through Friday.

From MarketWatch Aug. 29, 2026

Nvidia, the world’s largest company, began outperforming rival Advanced Micro Devices in early July.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 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




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