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Underperform definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

Definition of 'underperform' Word Frequency. Smaller companies' stocks generally have underperformed larger ones in the past several years.

COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. The stock has underperformed on the Brussels stock market.

Managers who underperform fade away or are squeezed out. Example sentences containing 'underperform' He has promised to sell underperforming assets and boost returns to shareholders.

Investors also pointed out that its share price has underperformed the sector. The stocks that have underperformed over the last five years are the ones that will find it hardest to ignite investor interest.

More to the point, does criticism of him contribute to an underperforming share price? THE company's share price has underperformed in recent months.

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Steady copper and dearer gold buoyed miners , in spite of a widespread expectation of writedowns of the value of underperforming assets across the industry. He got rid of underperforming assets and cut debt just before the financial crisis hit - a move that may have saved shareholders considerable hurt.

The sale of underperforming assets, meanwhile, meant a sharp improvement in margins.

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