value stocks have outperformed growth over the past few years even if the good times fade there are still some value names that are worth a look the russell 2000 value index has gained just over 40 since early september 2020 the start of value’s recent outperformance beating its growth counterpart’s 39 gain since then the main driver was the surge of economic demand after lockdowns as central banks and government worldwide plowed trillions of monetary and fiscal stimulus dollars into the economy that benefits many value stocks more than growth because value names are typically more mature slowergrowing companies with sales and earnings that are more affected by changes in economic demand plus the rising inflation and interest rates that resulted from demand significantly lowers growth stock valuations or their multiples of nearterm expected earnings