underperform

IPA: ˈʌndɝpɝfɔrm

To underachieve; to fail to reach standards or expectations, especially with respect to a financial investment.

Examples of "underperform" in Sentences

The analyst rated the stock an "underperform" and applied a $0 price target.
His recommendation is an understated "underperform" - Wall Street code for sell.
Italian auto group Fiat fell 2.8% after it was downgraded to "underperform" from "neutral" by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Pernod Ricard dropped 2.7% in Paris after the drinks company was downgraded to "underperform" from "neutral" at Credit Suisse.
Italian auto group Fiat SpA fell 2.8% after it was downgraded to "underperform" from "neutral" by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
The investment bank downgraded the stock to "underperform" from "buy" and cut its target price by 38% to 4.40 Hong Kong dollars (about 57 cents).
Much of the upside from the subsidy appears to be priced into today's jump; expect short-term underperform, especially if subsidy details clarify enthusiasm wasn't fully justified.
Woods cut its investment rating on the stock to "underperform" from "market perform" and set a share-price target of $6 for the insurer, saying it sees "little long-term value in the common shares."
For instance, CLSA's Mike Mayo, who has an "underperform" rating on CitIgroup, says the bank, after refusing to give him meetings with senior management for nearly two years, recently acquiesced and met with him Oct. 1.