Equity Research Analyst – Media, Entertainment and Internet

Position Summary

Guggenheim is seeking a qualified candidate as a sell-side Equity Research Analyst covering the Media and Internet industries. The coverage group includes major corporations like Alphabet, Netflix, The Walt Disney Company, and Spotify.

About the Role

The team aims to serve investors in the leading edge of these industries, expanding coverage to include platforms like Reddit and Universal Music Group. This role involves analyzing individual companies and market trends, conducting primary research, and preparing detailed reports.

Responsibilities

• Analyze individual Digital, Media and Entertainment companies and market trends
• Conduct primary research, including financial analysis, due diligence on industry trends, company management, and strategies
• Draft reports/notes on relevant investment themes, events, and breaking news
• Prepare regular written research reports summarizing findings, including estimates of expected current year business results
• Support the Senior Research Analyst through fundamental analysis with an emphasis on original, bottoms-up research in the Media and Internet sectors
• Contribute to building valuation models
• Write notes in response to daily news flow, keeping the Senior Analyst updated on important news and adjusting financial models and files to reflect latest information
• Organize calls for investors and investor events
• Interact with the Firm’s institutional sales force and investor clients
• Respond to client and internal inquiries regarding research findings and directives

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and familiarity with AI applications
• Must have or obtain Series 7, 63, 86 and 87 licenses within 6 months of hire
• Experience in modeling financial statements, including forecasting product revenues; familiarity with discounted cash flows, valuation, and net present value calculations; ability to analyze large sets of data to determine trends and strong conclusions
• Understanding of capital markets and stock markets, and a passion for investing

Qualifications

• Comfortable with large data sets and reporting
• Outstanding analytical skills; ability to conduct deep primary research, analysis, and draw conclusions from information
• Excellent written and oral communication skills to successfully convey investment messages, ideas, or nuances to team members, salespeople, and/or traders
• Strong interpersonal relationship skills and style conducive to building relationships
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment; self-starter with a proven commitment to producing high quality work
• Team-oriented, unquestionable honesty and integrity, intellectual curiosity, and dedication to providing clients with the best products
• Ability to deliver under pressure and meet deadlines effectively

Pay

Annual base salary of $100,000. The base salary represents the anticipated base salary range for this position. Actual base salaries may vary depending on factors such as location and experience. The range listed reflects base salary only, and the total compensation package may include other components such as incentive compensation.

Schedule

Currently, this role is expected to be in the Richmond, Virginia office at least 4 days per week.

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Contact

For more information, please visit GuggenheimSecurities.com. Follow us on LinkedIn or contact us at GSLateralRecruiting@guggenheimpartners.com or call 212.518.9200.