Do you do a written report on a company/index you are researching?

Obviously on the buy side there is less writing of reports compared to SS ER. However this question has always interested me. When researching a company/index that you find attractive and considering buying. Do you do a written report on it, to show your analysts/PMs/Risk team? Or do you just simply make some notes on a word document in dot point from specific statistics from the desired security?

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