underperform
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Nick Mullens takes over a massively stacked, but underperforming offense and leads a team into the playoffs. — The Mmqb Staff, SI.com, "NFL Bold Predictions: Playoff Longshots, Teams at Home in January, Coaches to Watch," 5 Sep. 2019 Adding those four arms adds depth to what has been an overworked bullpen and underperforming rotation. — Julian Mcwilliams, BostonGlobe.com, "Red Sox call up four more pitchers, giving them 21 on the roster," 4 Sep. 2019 Washington receivers coach Junior Adams: One of the smartest offseason hires in the conference, Adams has upgraded UW’s recruiting at the position and will have the same impact on a talented but previously-underperforming unit. 12. — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, "Pac-12 football: Ranking the impact newcomers for 2019 (25 names you need to know)," 26 Aug. 2019 But Marcel Jansen of Fedea, a think-tank in Madrid, also points the finger at underperforming job centres and schools. — The Economist, "Employment in southern Europe: better, but fragile," 22 Aug. 2019 The Wachowskis had similarly struggled to replicate the success of their breakout sci-fi action series; and even the last Matrix movie, The Matrix Revolutions, had underperformed relative to prior entries, suggesting a drop-off in audience interest. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "The Matrix 4 Could Be Just What Hollywood Needs," 21 Aug. 2019 Placement tests also aren’t perfect, because reading passages and word problems may reference subjects some students aren’t familiar with, while other students may underperform because of nerves, Zaback said. — Meg Wingerter, The Denver Post, "Line between remedial, mainstream classes blurs as Colorado colleges reconsider paths to student success," 12 Aug. 2019 State data show that Inspire schools underperformed academically. — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Inspire charter schools spread across California as critics warn of performance, financial concerns," 11 Aug. 2019 Regent, which invests in underperforming or distressed properties, owns office, residential and retail real estate across the country, including Skye Ranch, an 1,100-acre property in Montgomery County slated for future development. — Nancy Sarnoff, Houston Chronicle, "Report: L.A.'s Regent Properties to buy West Loop office towers," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'underperform.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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How It Works
Analysts regularly evaluate and project stock performance. Analysts may provide this service on behalf of a particular brokerage house, or for private clients, or even for public dissemination through reports and investment publications. Analysts will evaluate the financial conditions of an underlying security and any competitive information available about the industry. Based on this analysis, a stock may be described along a range from the lowest rating, "strong sell," (i.e. not expected to perform well or recover) to the highest rating, "strong buy" (i.e. big performance gains expected). Analysts generally use the term "underperform" to refer to a stock that is fundamentally stable, but expected to perform below the market or industry sector to which the stock belongs. The category “underperform” is alternatively referred to as "moderate sell" or "weak hold."
Why It Matters
Investors can gather valuable information from analysts' recommendations about particular stocks. Not all analysts' recommendations are consistent or based on the same measures of a company's activities or expected performance. Understanding and weighing varying recommendations is an important part of an investor's work.
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