Do I need to memorise my stock pitch for upcoming ER interview?

Hello everyone, I have an upcoming interview for an ER analyst position. I have been working on a stock pitch and was wondering if I am expected to memorise the EPS, earnings, percentage changes, etc. ? I was planning to do this in all cases but was also questioning if it would be a good idea to write down the key figures separately in case i forget some of them.

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No need to memorize exact numbers, but you should know approximately where your estimates are, what multiple you are using and why, or DCF assumptions if you do those (gross). I would say the story as to why consensus is wrong is more important than remembering XYZ did $42.069B in sales

Printing out a nicely formatted write up and model would be brownie points if I was interviewing you.

 

Cool. Good to know. Thanks. I was in doubt about printing anything out and was planning to go with rough estimates as a memory aid. 

Should I mention at what price I recommend to go long on that stock? I am using multiples since it is easier for me (not a Finance graduate). If the company has earnings (they have been very stable in the past and steady increase across the years except during Covid) coming out next month, should I say anything about that?

 

Thanks a lot. Yeah you're right, it should be max 2.5 mins. I am just preparing for a range of responses to potential questions. I have researched everything about the company so should be good.

One final question, I'm going in with only one long pitch for interviews at a BB and an AM. Do you think I should prepare one more? I honestly still have a lot of preparation to do for the technicals and trying to invest my time in that. If there's a risk that they might ask for two pitches then would rather be ready for that as well.

 

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