The phrase "historical outperformance" means that something has performed better than expected or compared to its past performance in the past. Full definition
Could it be that the large historical outperformance by small stocks reflected not massively greater risk, but rather a mispricing — and that mispricing has now been rectified, as investors have learned about the small - cap effect and moved to take advantage? (humbledollar.com)
It attempts to capture the historical outperformance that has been seen by dividend growers over time, while outperforming the S&P 500, and at a lower volatility. (smartdividendstocks.com)
Not only do they offer quality stocks and historical outperformance, dividend growers can offer attractive yields too. (proshares.com)