+14 How much accounting do you have do/know as a financial analyst? 2 3y
+3 Factset Anywhere can it be accessed by multiple users? 1 6y
+12 Advice on building equity screening tool and sources of credible macrodata 1 6y
+15 Auditor > Equities Analyst 1 6y
+16 ER at Guggenheim, Jefferies or Alliance Bernstein 6 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - NA Data 6y
+14 DCF Model Feedback/help 1 6y
+12 Small CPA firm to ER? 1 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Review - Consumer - Retail Data 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
+12 Book Value & EPS 1 6y
+13 Hiring Freezes in ER 1 6y
0 Intrepid Investment Bankers - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 TD Securities - Interview - NA Data 6y
+12 Political Internship -> ER 3 6y
+12 Sources of easily parsed detailed financial data on stocks 3 6y
0 Centerview Partners - Interview - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Wolfe Research - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
0 PJT Partners - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 Commerzbank AG - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Mergers and Acquisitions Data 6y
0 Guggenheim Partners - Interview - Investment Research Data 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 KPMG - Review - Investment Banking Data 6y
0 KPMG - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 6y
+3 Putnam Investments 2020 Externship 1 6y
+3 Help Pitching A Stock (Report) 1 5y
+3 Working in ER under current conditions (Covid-19) 1 6y
+9 entry-level finance roles besides IB/quant? 3 6y
+3 Pitch a stock at this dire time 1 6y
+9 starting as an Associate in equity Reaearch! 5 6y
0 S&P Capital - Salary & Bonus - Credit Data 6y
+3 Focus group with Robinhood users 1 6y
+12 Breaking into ER from a non-traditional background 1 6y
+12 Engineer_to_Finance 1 6y
0 Hedgeye Risk Management - Review - NA Data 6y
0 Hedgeye Risk Management - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 6y
+14 Transitioning into ER in Pharma/Bio-tech with an Advanced Science Degree 1 6y
+9 Overview of my model 7 5y
+15 DCF: "Shock" to Revenue Help 4 3y
0 UBS Financial Services - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 UBS - Interview - NA Data 6y
+10 Question on Armotirization in EBITDA. 2 6y
0 Houlihan Lokey - Interview - NA Data 6y
+3 Initiation Reports For $$$ 1 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Review - Industrials Data 6y
0 BMO Capital Markets - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 6y
+3 Financial Modeling For Private Equity And Equity Research, What Should I Know?. 1 4y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+21 Advice on how to improve retention of info 6 5y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Industrials Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Industrials Data 6y
0 Evercore - Interview - Generalist Data 6y
0 Goldman Sachs - Interview - NA Data 6y
+12 Financials Sector Coverage 1 6y
+12 Sketch, unpaid, remote ER internship, good experience? 5 6y
+39 Equity Research SA 2021 62 5y
+3 June CFA Exams Postponed 2 6y
+9 Businesses that could potentially be taken out 1 6y
+38 Fidelity Equity Research SA 2021 116 6y
+3 How will the coronavirus affect equity research hiring? 3 6y
0 Silver Lake - Interview - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 6y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 GIC Government of Singapore Investment Corporation - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 GS ER vs. other BB ER? 4 6y
0 BBVA - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 BBVA - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+30 Will CFA® exams be canceled this summer? 7 4y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
+6 likely bad Q2 Earnings priced into Travel and Leisure stocks? 3 5y
0 Standard and Poors - Review - Risk Management Data 6y
0 Standard and Poors - Salary & Bonus - Risk Management Data 6y
+19 plz halp, What is the industry consensus on Edward Jones 4 6y
+22 Here Is How Equity Research Works!! 6 5y
+9 Any downsides of ER -> IB? 2 6y
0 Nomura Holdings - Interview - Equity Capital Markets Data 6y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Stifel Nicolaus and Company, Inc - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Simmons & Company International - Salary & Bonus - Oil & Gas Data 6y
0 Bain Capital - Review - Leveraged Finance Data 6y
0 Bain Capital - Salary & Bonus - Leveraged Finance Data 6y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 Raymond James Financial Inc. - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Morgan Stanley - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Compass Point Research and Trading - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y
+3 GS ER - Corp titles vs Experience 3 6y
+4 3 Months into the job, no buy side recruiters are messaging me 1 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Equity Research Data 6y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 6y
0 T. Rowe Price - Review - Generalist Data 6y
0 T. Rowe Price - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 6y

Career Advancement Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Morgan Stanley 08 97.8%
  • Goldman Sachs 02 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Evercore No 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.8%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.8%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

August 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (50) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (25) $178
  • Intern/Summer Associate (14) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (75) $101
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