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Recent Examples of overvalue The reasons to believe that AI startups are overvalued are plentiful. Tomas Milar, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Measuring the ratio of a company's stock price to the company's earnings per share, price-to-earnings ratio is a method commonly used for assessing whether a company is overvalued. Aron Solomon, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 May 2025 Redburn Atlantic Equities downgrades Chevron to sell from neutral Redburn Atlantic Equities said the energy and oil stock is overvalued. Michael Bloom, CNBC, 23 Apr. 2025 But while a few analysts raised their price targets on the stock following the results, many maintained hold or sell-equivalent ratings as concerns remain that Palantir may be overvalued. Brian Evans, CNBC, 6 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for overvalue
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overvalue
Verb
  • People with low ability often overestimate their competence (the Dunning-Kruger effect), while those with genuine expertise may express appropriate uncertainty about complex issues.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025
  • The Trump administration, however, should not overestimate Sheinbaum’s control over Morena.
    WILL FREEMAN, Foreign Affairs, 9 June 2025
Verb
  • Cats also value their own space and can feel anxious when it is not granted to them.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Some schools may value women’s basketball more than others, or baseball more than others, or gymnastics more than others.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The yen has appreciated almost 8% against the dollar in the past 12 months.
    Trefis Team, Forbes.com, 16 June 2025
  • The multicultural family in Tennessee taught Amy to appreciate Asian cuisine but didn’t know how to care for her Black hair.
    Jayme Fraser, USA Today, 16 June 2025
Verb
  • Or even my rants against In-N-Out, which is overrated.
    Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2025
  • Their initial encounter is soured by Oliver, who teaches literature at a university, calling his great great great great aunt’s oeuvre overrated and limited in scope.
    Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 27 May 2025

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“Overvalue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overvalue. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

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