+3 Does Morningstar Sponsor 1 3y
0 Fidelity Investments - Interview - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Morningstar - Interview - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Morningstar - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+3 Series 86 3 3y
+3 Do we have to publish public NDR recap note the very next day? 2 3y
0 UBS - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
+10 not hearing back after second round interview 5 3y
+9 How to make a political science major stand out 5 3y
+3 Regional and Community Bank issues 2 3y
+5 How would a potential CS+UBS merger impact the CS internship program? 5 3y
0 Goldman Sachs GIR Hirevue 1 3y
+12 What the heck do I do? 1 3y
+15 Lateral to ER from consulting 6 3y
+3 STEM PhD wanting to do life sciences equity research, is CFA necessary? 4 3y
+6 How young can an analyst be? 3 3y
+4 Manipulating the markets 4 3y
+6 What is the working culture like at Morgan Stanley? 1 3y
+7 Berenberg hiring spree? 10 3y
+8 Deciding between two 2024 offers (BB vs. LO AM) 21 3y
+6 Coffee Chats 2 3y
0 Fidelity Investments - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
+4 Does a company have a negative return on invested capital if the company has more cash than stockholder's equity? 4 3y
+21 Path to ER? 5 3y
0 Lincoln Financial Group - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 Ghosted by GS after 2 rounds of interviews 2 3y
+18 Career in picking stocks when you don’t believe in picking stocks 9 3y
+4 Wolfe Ascend Program 2023 3 3y
+188 Unironically - ER is a paradise 42 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Investment Banking Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Investment Banking Data 3y
+5 Fintech Research 2 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
0 CFRA - Salary & Bonus - Consumer - Retail Data 3y
+3 NAV model excel 1 3y
+3 Capital IQ Pricing??? 1 3y
0 Westlake Securities - Review - NA Data 3y
+5 Wolfe Research reputation update 7 3y
+3 MS Early Insights Superday 1 3y
0 Needham & Company - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Needham & Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
+13 Getting into Equity Research 1 3y
+16 The Plan 3 3y
+21 Biotech ER does not pay that much 25 3y
0 Fidelity International - Interview - Equity Research Data 3y
+15 Commute 9 3y
+52 Emerging markets 22 3y
+3 ADR Market Cap Calculation 2 3y
+5 Biotech ER comp at Junior Levels 6 3y
+14 Wasting my time in small-cap ER? 8 3y
+22 What to do with a 3.1 GPA 7 3y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
+15 Research Comp Progression 2 3y
+9 Senior Looking For Advice 2 3y
0 Consumer Edge - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
+16 Equity research operations 4 3y
+14 Help reading in between lines (or accepting ghosting) 1 3y
0 Third Bridge - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
+9 ER Modeling Courses 1 3y
0 Scotiabank - Review - Healthcare Data 3y
0 Stifel Financial - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 3y
0 Morningstar - Review - Research Data 3y
0 Necessity of reaching steady state in a DCF 2 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
+17 How AI proof will be the 70% of careers in finance in 15 years? 2 3y
+32 Regret joining sell-side, looking for advice 11 3y
+4 Summer 2024 Timeline 2 3y
+46 How will sell-side equity research deliver value in the future? 19 3y
+4 Del 1 3y
+3 How does ER work? 1 3y
+31 WLB / weekend work - is this normal? 10 3y
0 BlackRock - Review - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
0 BlackRock - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
0 Wells Fargo and Company - Salary & Bonus - Equity Research Data 3y
+60 Glorification of SWE/Tech 27 3y
0 Canalyst - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 Canalyst - Review - Generalist Data 3y
0 Canalyst - Salary & Bonus - Generalist Data 3y
0 JP Morgan Securities - Review - NA Data 3y
0 Goldman Sachs - Salary & Bonus - NA Data 3y
0 Berenberg Bank - Review - Equity Research Data 3y
0 DBS Group - Interview - Equity Research Data 3y
0 Credit Suisse - Interview - Generalist Data 3y
0 Bank of Montreal - Interview - Healthcare Data 3y
+4 HY Credit Research Comp 2 3y
0 T. Rowe Price - Salary & Bonus - Equity Capital Markets Data 3y
+3 Morningstar 1 3y
+1 2024 ER Internships 2 3y
+7 Free cash flow to firm - Net debt 1 3y
+3 ER at small boutique vs Wealth Management at Merrill Lynch 1 3y
0 Evercore - Salary & Bonus - Technology, Media and Telecom (TMT) Data 3y
0 Bank of America Merrill Lynch - Salary & Bonus - Healthcare Data 3y
0 Susquehanna International Group - Interview - Equity Research Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Review - Research Data 3y
0 JPMorgan - Salary & Bonus - Research Data 3y

Career Advancement Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • JPMorgan 01 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 07 97.3%

Overall Employee Satisfaction

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Moelis & Company No 99.5%
  • Morgan Stanley 03 98.9%
  • Evercore 01 98.4%
  • Banco Santander 02 97.9%
  • BMO Capital Markets 12 97.3%

Professional Growth Opportunities

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Evercore 01 99.5%
  • Moelis & Company 01 98.9%
  • Morgan Stanley 06 98.4%
  • Goldman Sachs 01 97.9%
  • JPMorgan No 97.3%

Total Avg Compensation

September 2026 Investment Banking

  • Vice President (16) $429
  • Associates (53) $259
  • 3rd+ Year Analyst (8) $210
  • 2nd Year Analyst (28) $184
  • Intern/Summer Associate (15) $159
  • 1st Year Analyst (84) $151
  • Intern/Summer Analyst (76) $101
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