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to achieve a better return than the relevant benchmark.
A Portfolio Manager aims to outperform the Standard & Poor’s 500 Stock Index, for example, or an investor will buy a mutual fund in the hope of outperforming the lipper mutual fund industry average or one of its sub-categories. The term also used as a research opinion.
See also broker recommendations (or opinions or ratings.)

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An analyst recommendation meaning a stock is expected to do slightly better than the market return.

Also known as "market outperform", "moderate buy", or "accumulate".

Investopedia Says:
Exact definitions vary by brokerage, but in general this rating is better than neutral and worse than buy or strong buy.

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See words rhyming with "outperform."

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - overgå

Nederlands (Dutch)
voorbijstreven

Français (French)
v. tr. - être plus performant que

Deutsch (German)
v. - in der Leistung übertreffen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - έχω καλύτερη επίδοση από

Italiano (Italian)
superare, far meglio di

Português (Portuguese)
v. - superar

Русский (Russian)
переиграть, превзойти

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - sobresalir en un determinado campo o actividad

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - prestera el fungera bättre än

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
做得比...好, 胜过...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 做得比...好, 勝過...

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 작업능력이 ~을 능가하다, ~보다 성능이 낫다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 作業能力でしのぐ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يفوقه انجازا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮עלה בביצוע על, עלה על אחר בתחום או בפעילות מסוימת‬

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