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Overview
What Happens at the MBA Stock Pitch Competition?
Wednesday - Arrival: The event begins with networking at an evening reception.
Thursday - Preparation: Students undergo a morning training session on software including Capital IQ, StockVal (Reuters), FactSet, and Thomson One Analytics at the Johnson School's Parker Center for Investment Research. After lunch, the judges assign two industries and a common stock, and give each team a list of the eligible universe of stocks. For the common stock, teams must decide whether to present it as a long (buy), neutral (hold), or a short (sell) recommendation. For each of the two assigned industries, they must select either a long or short candidate. Additional restrictions may be imposed on each selection (e.g. market capitalization, trading volume, investment style, etc.) Students have until midnight to prepare for the three presentations.
Friday - Competition/Recruiting: In the morning preliminary round, each team pitches one common stock and one industry-specific stock. For each stock pitch, a single presenter from each team makes a ten-minute presentation, followed by judges' questioning of all three team members for five minutes. For each stock pitch, teams feature a different team member as presenter. The event is held before a live audience, but other competing teams are not permitted to watch one another's presentations. The three highest-scoring teams from each group in the preliminary round advance to the final afternoon round. After brief, private practice sessions, the finalists make their final presentations and undergo the judges' rapid-fire questioning.
Late in the afternoon, awards are presented at a reception, and recruiters may schedule individual interviews with MBA candidates.
