0 to operate in a less successful way than other things of the same type:
1 to make less profit than other investments of the same type:
We find firms with pension plans underperform their industries as measured by stock returns, but not accounting measures of performance.
Firms with pension plans significantly underperform their industry in terms of stock returns.
There is also evidence to suggest that funds with a defined benefit plan have underperformed relative to funds with hybrid benefit structures.
Along the continuum between the extremes are markets that are underperforming but have not failed.
Firms with pension plans underperform their industry in terms of stock return performance.
Suppliers that underperformed were subject to penalties, terminations, or drastic reductions in business.
All schools that underperform must be turned around within two years, closed or given a fresh start.
Networks too can cause the market to underperform.
