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.
A security is said to outperform when its price rises more or falls less than the benchmarkâs price and its yield either falls more or rises less than the benchmarkâs yield; a security is said to underperform when its price falls more or rises less than the benchmarkâs price and its yield either rises more or falls less than the benchmarkâs. yield.