outperform

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Macquarie trims its target price 2.7% to A$11.00 and keeps an outperform rating on the stock, which is up 1.7% at A$9.135.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Some investors have approached software and semiconductors as what professionals call a “pair trade,” meaning they bet on one leg to outperform the other.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

But in order to outperform in the long run, investors have to somehow gain exposure to those few winning stocks.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Buying Nvidia here is perfectly defensible, but anyone who wants a name that could outperform other chip names or the market by leaps and bounds might want to look elsewhere.

From Barron's • Apr. 14, 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