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to do or perform better than (someone or something)
The car consistently outperforms all other vehicles in its class. outperforming the competition
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Oracle has outperformed this year as investors bet on infrastructure cloud players to benefit as companies hunt for strong computing to power data-hungry AI workloads.
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Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
The growth factor and small caps outperformed the value factor and large caps.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
JPMorgan outperformed street expectations in the third quarter of FY 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Looking below the surface, the more economically sensitive cyclical stocks outperformed defensive stocks, which are less impacted by the economy.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The growth factor and large caps outperformed the value factor and small caps.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Key News Asian equities were mixed overnight as Mainland China outperformed and the US dollar strengthened.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Historically, Nike has outperformed the S&P 500 by an average of about 8%.
—Jessica Golden,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Energy stocks outperformed, meanwhile and represented the only S&P 500 sector that was up more than 1% in the session.
—Michele Luhn,kristian Burt, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
Samantha Subin, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024
The growth factor and small caps outperformed the value factor and large caps.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
JPMorgan outperformed street expectations in the third quarter of FY 2024.
—Trefis Team, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024
Looking below the surface, the more economically sensitive cyclical stocks outperformed defensive stocks, which are less impacted by the economy.
—Bill Stone, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
The growth factor and large caps outperformed the value factor and small caps.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
Key News Asian equities were mixed overnight as Mainland China outperformed and the US dollar strengthened.
—Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
Historically, Nike has outperformed the S&P 500 by an average of about 8%.
—Jessica Golden,gabrielle Fonrouge, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2024
Energy stocks outperformed, meanwhile and represented the only S&P 500 sector that was up more than 1% in the session.
—Michele Luhn,kristian Burt, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2024
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