Stock Valuation with Comparable Companies Analysis
By Coursera Project Network
Stock Market Analyst
About
A Stock Analyst is a person who analyses the company’s investment, provides recommendations and tracks investment data. Nature of those investments will vary from company to company. Some of the major tasks performed by a stock analyst are utilizing data analysis to predict the gains and earning of a company, giving advice to the clients or management whether to purchase or sell, participating in meetings, conference and other events, providing support to the senior stock analysts and evaluating the annual reports. They are mostly hired by banks, stock-broking firms, insurance companies and mutual funds companies.
Education
Bachelor's
in Finance or Economics
Master's
MBA in Finance
Master's
in Economics/ Statistics or a quantitative field
Skills Required
Job Prospects
- Financial Analyst
- Research Analyst
- Security Analyst
- Investment Risk Analyst
- Investment Analyst
Salary / Annum
600,000
Fresher1,400,000
Average3,200,000
ExperiencedCities Data
Jobs Outlook
- A career as a stock analyst is challenging as well as rewarding. Candidates who are interested in managing financial activities will surely enjoy working as a stock analyst.
- Job as a stock analyst is stressful. They spend most of their time in client meetings and traveling. The working hours for people employed in finance are also longer than most professions.
- Candidates will be able to learn new strategies for the stock market and need to pay attention to minute details of financial data in order to be successful.
Promising Profiles
Brijesh Singh
Technical & Derivatives Research Analyst
Anish Dixit
SEBI Registered Research Analyst
