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B Basic

  • Learning a new sector in two weeks8m
  • The KPI mapPro8m
  • Consumer and retailPro9m

A Advanced

  • Technology and softwarePro10m
  • Financials: banks and insurersPro10m
  • Energy, industrials, and cyclicalsPro9m
  • Healthcare and pharmaPro10m
  • FlashcardsPro0/17
  • Basic quizPro80% passes
  • Advanced quizPro80% passes
  • Terms

Sector analysis

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Research teams are organized by sector, and every sector has its own revenue equation, its own key numbers, and its own multiple. This track covers how to learn one fast and the metrics that move the stocks in the big ones.

BBasic3 lessons

  1. 1Learning a new sector in two weeksA new associate is often placed on a team whose sector they have never studied. A fixed method gets you to useful questions in days.8 min
  2. 2The KPI mapProEach sector has a revenue driver, a margin driver, and a multiple it trades on. Knowing the three for the team you are interviewing with is table stakes.8 min
  3. 3Consumer and retailProComparable sales split into traffic and ticket, margins live and die on markdowns, and inventory warns before earnings do.9 min
  4. QBasic quizPro10 questions, 80% passes

AAdvanced4 lessons

  1. 4Technology and softwareProSoftware is analyzed on recurring revenue and the efficiency of growth. Semiconductors are analyzed on the cycle, where inventory tells you where you are.10 min
  2. 5Financials: banks and insurersProA bank earns a spread and spends on credit losses and costs. An insurer earns on underwriting and on the float. Both are valued on book and return.10 min
  3. 6Energy, industrials, and cyclicalsProFor commodity producers, the price is the forecast. For industrials, orders and backlog lead revenue. For both, knowing where the cycle is decides the multiple.9 min
  4. 7Healthcare and pharmaProDrug companies are a portfolio of products with expiry dates and a pipeline of bets with probabilities. Payers and providers run on ratios of costs to premiums and volumes of procedures.10 min
  5. QAdvanced quizPro10 questions, 80% passes