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Benzinga
May 24
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Keefe Bruyette & Woods initiates its coverage on First PacTrust Bancorp (NASDAQ: BANC) with a rating of Market Perform and a price target of $12 a share.
Keefe Bruyette & Woods notes, "First PacTrust Bancorp, Inc. (BANC) has done an excellent...
Benzinga
Apr 25
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Barrington Research maintained its Heidrick & Struggles (NASDAQ: HSII) Market Perform rating in a research report published today.
In the report, Barrington Research stated, "In our opinion, a key takeaway from the quarter was the company's...
Benzinga
Apr 5
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Business Times - Malaysia
Mar 27
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Kenanga Research raised its rating on Malaysia's property firm Mah Sing Group Bhd to 'market perform' from 'underperform' following the company's maiden foray into commercial property development in the eastern state of Sabah.
We are positive...
Benzinga
Mar 2
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Barrington Research has maintained Rosetta Stone's (NYSE: RST) Market Perform rating on the heels of the company's latest earnings results in a research report out today.
In the report, Barrington Research writes, "We continue to like the...
Benzinga
Feb 29
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Barrington Research maintained its American Public Education (NASDAQ: APEI) Market Perform rating in a research report published today.
In the report, Barrington Research states, "While the premium valuation is deserved as APEI, it is a bit too...
Benzinga
Feb 22
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Benzinga
Feb 16
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Barrington Research maintained its Strayer Education (NASDAQ: STRA) Market Perform rating in a research report published today.
In the report, Barrington Research states, "[W]e expect to remain on the sidelines for at least one or two more...
Benzinga
Feb 16
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Morgan Keegan has published a research report on Energy Transfer Partners (NYSE: ETP) and has downgraded the company from Outperform to Market Perform as the company is deferring distribution growth for another year.
In the report, Morgan...
Benzinga
Feb 15
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The term Market Perform refers to investments that have seen equivalent returns compared to the market in general. In reference to stocks, market performance is typically gauged by a benchmark index, such as the S&P 500 (.SPX-E) or the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJIA). Investments that see better or worse returns than the market in general are said to out perform or under perform the market, respectively.
Examples
- A man buys shares in an index fund that tracks the S&P500. At the end of a given year his investment has appreciated identically to the index. As the S&P is used as a benchmark for the market in general, the man's investment has market performed.
- A woman buys stock in three companies at the beginning of the year. Six months later, those three companies have combined to provide 28% returns on her initial investment. The benchmark indices, by contrast, have only shown 17% returns over that time frame. The woman has outperformed the market.
- A man buys a managed mutual fund that seeks to beat the market. In the year he was invested in the fund he saw 12% returns. However, in that same time frame both the S&P 500 (.SPX-E) and the Dow Jones Industrial Average (.DJIA) see returns above 15%. The man has under performed the market.
- A woman purchases shares of an ETF, which she holds for two years. After this period of time, the value of the shares have declined 9%. However, benchmark indices have ALSO declined about 9% over that same time frame. The woman's investment has thus market performed.
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