verb
Etymology
Origin of underprice
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Moe points out that since “the demand for compute is growing faster than supply can respond, the market continues to underprice the likely duration of the semiconductor memory cycle.”
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026
In other words, amid all of the noise about the prospect of change, don't underprice the prospect of no change.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Early on, the goal was to overdeliver and underprice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
It is not right if somebody’s just going to copy what you make and try to underprice you and try to drive companies out of the space.
From The Verge ● Mar. 1, 2022
Dealers began to underprice one another; profits vanished.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
And one of the oddities of the setup is that they’re typically underpriced compared with what they’d go for in a private sale.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026
Pinterest says it will ramp up share buybacks after picking up fresh support from an activist investor and declaring its stock to be underpriced.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 3, 2026
“San Francisco has dramatically underpriced the value of PG&E’s electric system, suggesting that the assets in San Francisco are worth only about $2-$3 billion,” spokeswoman Lynsey Paulo said in an email.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2026
The periodic volatility throughout the year also helped banks’ trading desks rake in profits as clients look to exit certain sectors and buy what they believed were underpriced assets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
When IBM stock was trading at $34 a share and had been hopping around madly for the past year, an option to buy it for $35 a share anytime soon was seldom underpriced.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
“With stocks at their highs amid rising oil and rates, we believe stocks are underpricing the war risk,” they said.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Reviews by the Commerce Department have often found one or more Italian companies guilty of underpricing their pasta.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 10, 2025
Some strategists worry investors could be dangerously underpricing the potential for more blowups.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2025
In some cases, policymakers have bound the hands of insurance companies, leading to an underpricing of risk.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
"With market consensus now expecting a soft landing, the credit markets are arguably underpricing default risk," BMO’s Krieter said.
From Reuters ● Aug. 11, 2023
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