2024 GLOBAL STOCK PITCH COMPETITION

Thank you to everyone who participated in our 2024 Global Stock Pitch Competition. Details regarding the next year’s event will be released in early 2025.

The McGill Investment Club (MIC) is excited to present its annual Global Stock Pitch Competition (GSP), open to all undergraduate students worldwide. All are welcome to join and watch the competition finals, as well as the event’s sponsored panel and closing ceremonies.

On March 30th, 2024, teams of 1-4 competed in the 2024 edition of the competition for a prize pool of C$7,500.

Timeline:

January 18th, 2024 – Event Launch

  • Registration for the Global Stock Pitch Competition opens for teams of 1-4 to sign up to compete.

  • After registering, teams submitted their pitches and resumes leading up to the deadline on March 21st for a preliminary screening round.

February 25th, 2024, 9:00AM ET – Information Session

  • The MIC hosted an information session to provide further details on the competition and answer questions.

March 21st, 2024, 11:59PM ET – Submission Deadline

  • Final deadline to submit pitches and resumes for the preliminary screening round.

March 24th, 2024 – Semifinalist Notification

  • The Top 25 teams were notified by March 24th. Selected teams paid a delegate fee of C$80/team, which was put into the prize pool.

March 28th, 2024, 11:59PM ET – Final Slide Deck Deadline

  • Semifinalist teams submitted final copies of their pitch decks for the competition.

March 30th, 2024 – Pitch Day

  • All 25 semifinalist teams were given 15 minutes to present, followed by a 10-minute Q&A session with judges in their breakout room.

  • 5 teams were selected to present in the finals round, open to everyone for viewing.

  • Following the finals, the MIC hosted the competition’s sponsor panel, with the competition winners and standings announced at the end of the event.

Over 360 delegates representing 65 universities globally competed in this year’s competition.

Prize Pool:

1st Place - C$4,000
2nd Place - C$1,500
3rd Place - C$750
4th Place - C$500
5th Place - C$250

Superlatives:  

All semifinalist teams are eligible to win superlative prizes. Winners will be selected by the MIC in conjunctions with judges.

Best First Year Team - C$125
Best Formatting - C$125
Best Speaker - C$125
Best Inter-school Team - C$125

Slides and Presentation:

Delegates must create a stock pitch (long or short) covering a firm within any industry. The selected stock can be listed on any exchange, but must have a market capitalization between US$1 billion - US$10 billion, and a stock price greater than US$5.00 (once adjusted for exchange rates), as of market close on March 21st, 2024. The pitch deck must contain 15 slides or less, excluding title slides and any appendices. Pitches must include the following sections: Company and Industry Overview, Investment Theses, Financial Valuation, and Risks & Catalysts. Each team will have 15 minutes to present, followed by a 10 minute Q&A session with judges. A comprehensive breakdown of judging criteria can be found in the competition rulebook available here.

Click to view full rulebook.

Click to view information session deck.

How to Apply:

Please fill out the registration form to sign up to compete. After this, you may submit by sending your pitch deck and resumes in separate .pdf files to mail@mcgillinvestmentclub.ca anytime before March 21st, 2024 at 11:59 PM ET. 

Please contact us at mail@mcgillinvestmentclub.ca if you have any questions. 

Remember – be extremely thorough, but informative and precise. The time constraint of 15 minutes should encourage you to focus on the core material elements that defend your thesis.