Barclays Equity Research Competition

Spring 2015 Equity Research Competition hosted at Ares Capital by Mitch Goldstein (Co-President at Ares Capital) with Vincent Daniel (Head Analyst at Seawolf Capital, featured in The Big Short), Steve Fleishman (Managing Director and Senior Utilitie… — Spring 2015 Equity Research Competition hosted at Ares Capital by Mitch Goldstein (Co-President at Ares Capital) with Vincent Daniel (Head Analyst at Seawolf Capital, featured in The Big Short), Steve Fleishman (Managing Director and Senior Utilities Analyst at Wolfe Research), and Stephen Beinhacker (Managing Director at SEI)

Hosted by the Finance Society, The Barclays Equity Research Competition is a stock pitch competition where teams of two to three students select a stock and make a Buy or Sell recommendation. The Finance Society teaches you everything they need to know from valuation methods to qualitative business analysis. The competition also allows you to gain exposure to esteemed alumni working in Front Office Finance. This competition is traditionally held every spring semester.

If you are interested in participating in this competition, feel free to email us at bingfinancesociety@gmail.com with any questions you may have.

Past Champions

Spring 2024: Jacob Abraham, Aryan Maheshwari, and Daniel Ward for their short pitch of Carvana (CVNA)

Spring 2023: Roman Charan, Joseph LoRubbio, and Gregory Tasalov for their long pitch of InMode (INMD)

Spring 2022: Reina Amar, Adam Bandler, and Jared Stern for their short pitch of Cal-Maine (CALM)

Spring 2021: Andrew Birenbaum, Ryan Levine, and Justin Narlinger for their short pitch of Chegg (CHGG)

Spring 2020: Hannah Kozlenko and Lukas Nikolic for their long pitch of Pacira Biosciences (PCRX)

Spring 2019: Matt Funaro and Boris Stainoff for their long pitch of Alteryx (AYX)

Spring 2018: Eric Hetzke, Dominic Macri, and James Sorrentino for their short pitch of Albemarle Corporation (ALB)

Spring 2017: Connor McCartney and Dan Smith for their long pitch of Live Nation Entertainment (LYV)

Spring 2016: Ryan Powderly-Gross, Zach Franko, and Zach Scheer for their long pitch of Dick's Sporting Goods (DKS)

Spring 2015: Liam Hayes and Jason Weber for their long pitch of Sprouts Farmers Market (SFM)

Spring 2014: Jake Weiss and Ronnie Sanon for their long pitch of AMC Entertainment (AMC)

Spring 2013: Tahmina Igamberdiev, Chris Blasi, and Jun Wang for their long pitch of Lennar (LEN)