outperform

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To find dividend-paying stocks poised to outperform, Trivariate Research screened for stocks that recently announced dividend increases that also boasted payout ratios in the bottom one-fifth of dividend payers.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

“All major vehicle segments are above year-earlier levels; however, the luxury segment continues to outperform the overall market,” said Jeremy Robb, Cox Automotive’s chief economist, in a news release.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

“We don’t see software and semis being mutually exclusive, but for many the question becomes, ‘Why bother with software if semis are going to outperform on an absolute and relative basis?’”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Some investors say they still expect big tech shares to outperform value stocks in the long run.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 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