Chemical formulas are very important when trying to find information about a chemical compound because they provide what elements are present and also the proportion of the atoms of elements found in a chemical substance or compound.
Outperform also refers to an analystâs rating on a security, and outperform is a better rating than neutral and worse than a strong buy recommendation. BREAKING DOWN 'Outperform' An index is made of securities in the same industry, or of companies that have a similar size in terms of market capitalization.
In general, this means to do worse than some particular benchmark. Mutual Fund XYZ is said to underperform the S&P500 if its return falls short of the S&P500 return. However, this language does not take risk into account. That is, one might have a lower return than the benchmark in a particular year because of lower risk exposure. Underperform is also a term used by analysts to describe the prospects of a particular company. Usually, this means that the company will do worse than its industry average. Related: outperform.