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Never heard of any of them, so as far as exit opps go they will be limited -- certainly not on par with what is normally discussed on this site. Same for lateralling ops.

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can't really rank but i hope this helps at least a little.

Seaport RX - i've seen these guys occasionally on chap. 11 filings. they seem recognizable at least. Wedbush Tech - lower middle market guys. if i remember correctly, their ER is more widely than their IBD D.A. Davidson Industrials - seems like a decent west coast boutique. i know someone interned at davidson and then switched to GHL for FT McLean Group Consumer - no clue Trinity Capital - no clue B.Riley Tech - no clue

 

If I were you I'd just look up past analysts at those firms on linkedin to get an idea of exit ops for all of them.

I know McLean Group has a weird structure to it. They have an inverted pyramid type structure with probably 15 MD's supported by five or so associates/analysts. I am not sure how this ends up working out for the juniors in the long run. I don't even know if this is a factor but I don't think they pay their interns.

 

I think Wedbush is a very strong brand name; maybe strongest of all?

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Gun to my head ranking: Wedbush =>Davidson>Seaport/Global Hunter>Trinity>B.Riley>McLean.

Again, it depends on what you want to do. If you want to jump to (ideally, obviously a long shot) Houlihan RX, then obviously you should take Seaport. If you want to join a solid/top MM (Piper/Stifel/Baird/maybe Houlihan, maybe WFS)

This is all based on my limited knowledge via working at a mid-tier MM.

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