are quarterly models formatted like QQQQYQQQQY or QQQQQQQQ YY
At your favorite MM HFs, which of the following do analysts modeling companies have the columns in excel files formatted as?
1. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Y Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Y
2. Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 ... YY
Have seen and do both
Why the fuck would QQQQQQQQYY make sense?
Because less chance to fuck up and more modular in terms of moving things around or adding things.
I do it bc it's good to have yrs's side-by-side and also I think YYYY QQQQQQQQQ better captures Q4->Q1 sequential trends.
I have a separate sheet pull key metrics into QQQQY format for printing purposes if my PM wants to look at it like that
I have a strong suspicion that EliteCaliberTalent has yet to build a model in Excel or, frankly, open the Excel app.
His MS office subscription code may still be catching dust
I personally have a strong suspicion he is still in HS and struggles with google sheets
Q1Q21HQ3Q42HFY lmao
QQHQQFQQHQQFQQHQQFQQHQQFFFF
Have seen both, but qqqqyqqqqy modeling sucks
why?
Can't just pull right the formula to get the growth rates in one go, duh
You can't fast fill right in Excel, and it's most likely to make fx mistakes. It's better to have dedicated quarterly and annual tabs
QQQQQQQQ YY format and everything on 1 tab
I have seen and worked with both. QQQQQQQQ YY is way more practical. I think only an output could be presented QQQQYQQQQY.
Also, all the monthly models i have seen are formatted MMMMMMMMMMMM QQQQ YY, and not the other way.
Personally, I am still having a lot of difficulty to justify the QQQQYQQQQY format.
Working at a pod here but have seen both formats, I think Baird does the qqqqy etc. but it's helpful to just build it modularly so you can do either. As you're modeling, you should always have the quarters together and then for presentation you can change it however you want. I just made a new post here that may help some of you so just flagging some keys I've learned over the years and tools MM's are using to stay ahead: https://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forum/hedge-fund/key-tools-for-hf-analy…
100% agree
my first pod pm made fun of me for doing QQQQQQQQYY but she hadnt built a model in years herself...
QQQQYYQQQQYY here.
q1q2q3q4q1q2q3q4 y1y2
^^ this is the correct answer
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