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MBA Stock Pitch Challenge
November 08, 2024

The annual MBA Stock Pitch Challenge provides a forum for first year full-time MBA students from two-year programs to compete and showcase their stock-picking skills in front of a panel of distinguished judges. The event challenges teams of finance students from twelve top MBA programs to prepare and present buy/hold/sell recommendations and vigorously defend them. Judged by a panel of investment industry experts, the intense competition is designed to replicate the fast-paced, demanding experience of sellside and buyside analysts and asset managers.

Description
The annual MBA Stock Pitch Challenge provides a forum for first year full-time MBA students from two-year programs to compete and showcase their stock-picking skills in front of a panel of distinguished judges.

The event challenges teams of finance students from 10-12 top MBA programs to prepare and present buy/hold/sell recommendations and vigorously defend them. Judged by a panel of investment industry experts, the intense competition is designed to replicate the fast-paced, demanding experience of sell-side and buy-side analysts and asset managers.

In addition to gaining valuable experience and competing before judges, MBA students have a chance to shine before prospective employers. Recruiters from sponsoring firms shop for top talent. As one judge commented, “There’s no one I wouldn’t hire.”

The names of the winning schools are inscribed on the Jack M. Ferraro Trophy, which honors the lead individual sponsor, a Johnson alumnus. The SPC is generously supported by sponsors from the investment industry.

Thursday – November 7, 2024
Welcoming Remarks and Keynote Speaker

Friday- November 8, 2024
Teams will pitch two stocks in the preliminary rounds of the competition. Each team is responsible for preparing three pitches in total. For the first two preliminary rounds, teams will pick from a basket of stocks assigned to them by the organizers. All three team members are encouraged to participate in the presentation and answer the judges’ questions in all three rounds. Presentations are seven minutes long with eight minutes of Q&A from judges. Teams should use a pre-issued PowerPoint template for their presentations. Judges will select the teams to advance to the final round.
The four finalists will proceed to the final round, where they make a seven-minute presentation on any stock of their choice, followed by eight minutes of Q&A. First and second-place winners are announced.
Non-finalists are encouraged to watch finalist teams in the final round.

Why Participate?
- Students
Experience the intensity, depth, and breadth of questions posed by top investment professionals – the kinds of questions asked daily on Wall Street.
Network with investment industry professionals – SPC judges, sponsors, and MBA competitors who will soon enter the field.
Prepare concise, compelling pitches.
Use professional investment software, including Capital IQ, FactSet and Bloomberg.
- Sponsors
Gain priority access to top MBA candidates; watch them demonstrate their intellectual horsepower under intense time pressure.
Network with peer investment professionals, research faculty, and top MBA students.
Enhance your firm’s prestige through Ivy League associations.
Raise your visibility with the business schools that contribute the most talent and research to your industry
Eligible Schools
Boston College - Carroll School Of Management
Carnegie Mellon - Tepper School Of Business
Dartmouth Tuck School Of Business
Johnson - Cornell University
Notre Dame - Mendoza College Of Business
Virginia Darden School Of Business
Columbia University - Graduate School of Management, New York University - Leonard N. Stern School of Business, University of California, Los Angeles - Anderson School of Management