2026 Stock Pitch Competition

The Stock Pitch Competition is designed to bring together students passionate about investing, equity research, and long-term fundamental analysis. In partnership with leading industry professionals from Harris Associates, the competition aims to foster learning, mentorship, and meaningful engagement with the buy-side investing community.

Top 5 finalists will be receiving judging feedback from Harris Associates. The top 3 teams receive first-round interviews for Harris Associates Investment Summer Internship 2027.

Guidelines

  • Teams of 1-4 people, across any school.

  • Long Only Stock Pitch

  • Companies must be US-listed.

  • Market capitalization of 1 Billion+ USD with an investment time horizon of 5-7 years

  • 10 slides discussing business & industry overview, management quality, why the opportunity exists, investment rationale (theses), valuation (excluding appendix and model)

  • Prizes:

    • 1st Place: $500

    • 2nd Place: $300

    • 3rd Place: $200

Applications are now open!

Timeline

April 17th

Applications are due @ 11:59PM

April 18th

Applicants notified of the status of their application

April 24th

In-person final round @5:15PM - 8:15PM

2026

New York

Final round will take place at NYU’s Kaufman Management Center.

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