"cult stock" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cult stocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cult stock (plural cult stocks)
  1. A stock in a failing company whose price per share is inappropriately high because the company used to be a market leader or previously had a well-known popular product.
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