Why is M&A better than Coverage?

Why is M&A the better group? For coverage, you get a broader set of experiences including M&A deals, equity, and debt deals - so wouldn't that be more favorable than just pidgeonholing yourself in M&A

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It's the "best" in that it positions you the best for PE recruiting, since buying companies is what you would be doing as a PE Associate. If a coverage group is more in line with the experience that you are looking for, then go for that bro. Just because most on this forum want to go the PE route doesn't mean you have to make your decisions based on their preferences. 

 

Another reason you might choose M&A over coverage is that M&A groups usually "hold the model". They do the majority of the excel work and because of this are generally more technically sound

 
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Do you even bother to think before you speak, or do you just babble unfiltered BS that pops into your mind, as if your caved-in skull that holds a seriously undeveloped brain due to being dropped on your head at childbirth is the source of your being so mentally unfit that, everytime you talk, others are forced to patiently listen and wait for you to stop talking, as if they were stuck in the house due to a passing storm that is just strong enough that they have to wait for the storm to pass so they can go back to living their lives?

$5 says I could throw a brick at your head, damage your brain, but no one would be able to identify a difference in your cognition because you're so stupid to begin with.

It's a lot easier to collect equity/debt fees than M&A fees. Not saying I could collect those fees, but for your average MD it's a lot easier to collect financing fees.

While M&A and financing is very interesting, you want to do M&A on a day-to-day basis as a junior since you learn so much more from those processes

Yes I agree - I just say what I want. Debt and equity fees are getting compressed and execution is relatively commoditized. M&A advice is more differentiating and negotiation outcomes are much more distinct bank to bank. Fuck off dick

 

This is such a second derivative age old question. People who feel strongly about M&A due to technical aspects of it are def barking up the wrong tree. There's some inferiority complex of actually having never been an engineer but still wanting to be "technical" and "quantitative" like them.

Hard to describe but it is what it is. You'll be running a billion "what - if" scenarios in your model till the cows come home just to have none of them actually matter.

Just call it what it is, all analysts are glorified slide producers and number crunchers. The models are pre-made, the slides are pre-populated with templates.

 

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