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outperform

[aut-per-fawrm] / ˌaʊt pərˈfɔrm /


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RBC raises its recommendation on the stock to outperform from sector perform, but lowers the target price to 950 pence from 970 pence.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

These upgrades could eventually allow nuclear clocks to outperform existing atomic clocks and establish a new standard for measuring time.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Christopher Wood, global head of equities strategy at Jefferies, said it’s important to note that local currency bonds in emerging markets have continued to outperform those from the Group of Seven — the U.S.,

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026

The upgrade—to outperform from neutral—follows a weak share-price performance in recent months.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 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

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

China’s Moonshot AI has launched an artificial-intelligence model it says outperforms some cutting-edge U.S. systems, the latest sign that Chinese labs can rival American counterparts in critical technology frontiers.

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

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

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

From Science Daily ● Apr. 17, 2026

The carrier’s stock has outperformed its rivals heading into third-quarter earnings season.

From Barron's ● Oct. 8, 2026

This divergence was on full display Monday, when the Nasdaq outperformed the Dow by 0.9 percentage points.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

As you can see, buying and holding over the past five- and 10-year periods has far outperformed three different ways of exploiting the historical tendency for market weakness between May Day and Halloween.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 30, 2026

Over the past 10 years, 56% of bond funds beat the Agg, but a mere 45% outperformed the index that was the best fit for their strategy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 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

Blazek added that many of last year’s outperforming small-cap AI stocks have since graduated to midcap and large-cap indexes, removing key growth drivers and further weighing on the Russell 2000s recent performance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

Upsets also tend to linger longer in the memory because they fit a familiar story: well-run clubs outperforming opponents with significantly greater resources.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

It’s outperforming huge companies like Nvidia and Google on some metrics, while besting gold and the world’s dominant currencies on others.

From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2026

Despite outperforming other fast food chains and posting impressive same-store sales, the Mexican-inspired chain Taco Bell has taken a hit after being linked to Cyclospora.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 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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