Student pitches
Every stock pitch Columbia students published in Graham & Doddsville. Most come from competitions like the Pershing Square Challenge.
| Issue | Company | Students | Page |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Long DoorDash19th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Zekun (ZK) Feng, Aaron Samuels, Elliot Tompras | p. 36 ↗ |
| Spring 2026 | Long Baker Hughes19th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Cameron Degan, Greer Lafontant, Karl Eshwer | p. 38 ↗ |
| Spring 2026 | Long Celsius Holdings19th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 3rd place | Jyas Totlani, Hide Okada | p. 40 ↗ |
| Spring 2026 | Long MSA Safety19th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | EJ Karobath, Craig Larkin, Bob McGrane | p. 41 ↗ |
| Spring 2026 | Long Amadeus IT Group19th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Kabir Bajaj, Eithel Mc Gowen, Fran Tumajan | p. 42 ↗ |
| Spring 2026 | Long Uber Technologies4th Annual Kawaja Growth Challenge, finalist | Dennis Zhuo | p. 43 ↗ |
| Fall 2025 | Long dLocal2025 Booth MBA Stock Pitch Competition, 1st place | Bennett Lee, Srivats Mohan, Aaron Samuels, Oliver Suffern | p. 26 ↗ |
| Fall 2025 | Long Advance Auto Parts7.375% Senior Unsecured Notes due 20332025 Chicago Booth Credit Pitch Competition, 1st place | Chidi Keng, Gabriel W Martins, James Michalski | p. 28 ↗ |
| Fall 2025 | Long A.O. Smith2025 Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge, 1st place | Craig Larkin, Olivia Qi, Elliot Tompras | p. 30 ↗ |
| Fall 2025 | Long MercadoLibreFall 2025 Security Analysis class, one of the two best presentations | Victor D. Aguiar, Carolina S. Alzamora, Alejandro L. Dodds, Leonardo M. Fernandes, Rogério Rios | p. 32 ↗ |
| Spring 2025 | Long RB Global2024 Neuberger Sustainable Investing Challenge, 1st place | Xuechung (Elsa) Fu, Xutong Liu, Yifan Wang | p. 34 ↗ |
| Spring 2025 | Long Carlisle Companies18th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Tuan Nguyen, Erik Listoe, Dimitry Karavaikin | p. 36 ↗ |
| Spring 2025 | Long Eternal (formerly Zomato)3rd Annual Kawaja Growth Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | Aman Goyal | p. 38 ↗ |
| Fall 2024 | Long Valvoline2024 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Jared Duda, Joe Ferguson, Garrett Wallis | p. 30 ↗ |
| Fall 2024 | Long Blue Bird2024 Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge, 2nd place | Erik Listoe, Daniel Sohn, Yifan Wang | p. 32 ↗ |
| Spring 2024 | Long Enstar Group2024 Artisan International Growth Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | Amar Kashyap | p. 49 ↗ |
| Spring 2024 | Long Janus International Group2023 UNC Alpha Challenge, 1st place | Susan Liu, Garrett Wallis, Joe Ferguson | p. 51 ↗ |
| Fall 2023 | Long Lithia Motors2023 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Thomas Schlabach, Nick Stern, Sam Hook | p. 34 ↗ |
| Fall 2023 | Long PayPal12th Annual Darden @ Virginia Investing Challenge, 1st place | Jennifer Ma, Takuro Fujii, Mario Stefanidis | p. 36 ↗ |
| Fall 2023 | Long Vertiv2023 CSIMA Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | April Jiachen Li, Julie Zhou, Bhakti Thacker | p. 38 ↗ |
| Spring 2023 | Long Simpson Manufacturing2023 Artisan International Stock Pick Challenge, winner | Bryden Nugent | p. 18 ↗ |
| Spring 2023 | Long Trex2022 Neuberger Berman ESG Investing Challenge, 1st place | Jose Alvarez, Tanay Dixit, Benjamin Hui | p. 20 ↗ |
| Fall 2022 | Long CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology)First Annual Kawaja Growth Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | Shalin Doshi | p. 16 ↗ |
| Fall 2022 | Long Planet Fitness2022 Chicago Booth Investment Conference & Competition, 1st place | Alan Leite, Thomas Schlabach, Cheng Jiang, Matthew West | p. 18 ↗ |
| Spring 2022 | Long KKR2022 Value Investing Program Artisan Challenge, 1st place | Dickson Pau | p. 13 ↗ |
| Fall 2021 | Long CoStar Group2021 CSIMA Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | Ian Gorman, Joy He, Raghav Mittal | p. 16 ↗ |
| Fall 2021 | Long AptarGroup2021 Women in Investing Conference | Rachita Jain, Angela Pan, Impana Srikantappa, Courtney Owens | p. 18 ↗ |
| Spring 2021 | Long Dolby Laboratories2021 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Paul Chandler, Jack Devine, David Kilgariff | p. 22 ↗ |
| Spring 2021 | Long Angi2021 Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Bill Henry, Tom Moore, Dickson Pau | p. 24 ↗ |
| Winter 2021 | Long DXC Technology2021 Artisan International Value Stock Pitch Challenge, winner | Amitaabh Sahai | p. 23 ↗ |
| Winter 2021 | Long Live Nation Entertainment2020 Darden at Virginia Investing Challenge (COVID-19 recovery theme) | Will Husic, Harrison Liftman, Cathy Yao | p. 25 ↗ |
| Winter 2021 | Long RealPageMIT Sloan Investing Series Stock Pitch Competition | Nathan Shapiro, Levente Merczel, Kyle Heck, Kirk Mahoney, Vineet Ahuja | p. 27 ↗ |
| Fall 2020 | Long Hanesbrands2020 Women in Investing Stock Pitch Competition | April Yin, Maria Van Heeckeren, Joyce Zhang, Sherry Zhang | p. 20 ↗ |
| Fall 2020 | Long TJX Companies | Cathy Yao, Flora Chai, Joanna Zhou, Wenbo Zhao | p. 22 ↗ |
| Fall 2020 | Long Farfetch | Dickson Pau | p. 24 ↗ |
| Spring 2020 | Long EPAM Systems2020 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Manas Bajaj, Akshay Chawla, Amitaabh Sahai | p. 16 ↗ |
| Spring 2020 | Long Sysco2020 Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Michael Weng, Kyle Campbell, Shaunak Misra | p. 18 ↗ |
| Spring 2020 | Long Verisk Analytics2020 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Ruth Chen, Yi Cheng, Mark Hu | p. 20 ↗ |
| Winter 2020 | Short Peloton Interactive2020 Artisan International Value Stock Pitch Challenge, finalist | Bruce Kim | p. 17 ↗ |
| Winter 2020 | Long Rolls-Royce2020 Artisan International Value Stock Pitch Challenge, winner | Alvaro Pasquin Llorente | p. 19 ↗ |
| Winter 2020 | Long Nuance Communications2020 Artisan International Value Stock Pitch Challenge, finalist | James Shen | p. 21 ↗ |
| Winter 2020 | Long Etsy2019 Neuberger Berman ESG Challenge, champion | Mingming Wu, Kyle Campbell, K.Y. Wong | p. 23 ↗ |
| Fall 2019 | Long Aramark2019 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | David Hao, Eric Niu, Freda Zhuo | p. 16 ↗ |
| Fall 2019 | Long ServiceMaster2019 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | James Shen, Lauren Warsavsky, Mark Zager | p. 18 ↗ |
| Fall 2019 | Long US Foods2019 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Edgardo Gutierrez, Yuri Rettore, Rodolfo Zeidler | p. 20 ↗ |
| Spring 2019 | Long Dollarama2019 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Mingming Wu, Laurent Liu, K.Y. Wong | p. 15 ↗ |
| Spring 2019 | Long Align Technology | Michael Wooten | p. 17 ↗ |
| Spring 2019 | Long Carsales.com | Tyler Redd | p. 20 ↗ |
| Spring 2019 | Long Dean Foods6.50% Senior Unsecured Notes due 20232019 UCLA Credit Pitch Competition, 1st place | Mitchel Aulds-Stier, Karthik Kasibhatia, Angela Qin, James Shen | p. 22 ↗ |
| Winter 2019 | Long Nordstrom2018 Women in Investing Conference | Tonya Kostrinsky, Stephanie Moroney, Vivian Wang, Freda Zhuo | p. 13 ↗ |
| Winter 2019 | Long Lions Gate Entertainment2018 CSIMA Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | Amit Bushan, Bruce Kim, Stephanie Moroney | p. 15 ↗ |
| Fall 2018 | Long JD.com | Winter Li, Shengyang Shi | p. 17 ↗ |
| Fall 2018 | Long Qorvo | Michael Wooten | p. 19 ↗ |
| Spring 2018 | Short Stericycle11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, winner | Jade Hu, Asher Jacobs, Rana Pritanjali | p. 16 ↗ |
| Spring 2018 | Short Credit Acceptance11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Steve Cao, Winter Li, Tyler Redd | p. 18 ↗ |
| Spring 2018 | Short Spotify11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 3rd place | Mike Allison, Eric Herzfeld, Michael Wooten | p. 20 ↗ |
| Spring 2018 | Short C.H. Robinson11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Ryan Darrohn, Brad Headley, John White | p. 22 ↗ |
| Spring 2018 | Short Harvey Norman11th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Arthur Brousseau, Greg Doger de Speville, Neethling McGrath | p. 24 ↗ |
| Spring 2018 | Long Digicel2020 notes2018 UCLA Credit Pitch Competition, winner | Jingjing Huang, Matthew Mann, Viraj Vora | p. 26 ↗ |
| Winter 2018 | Long Staples8.5% Senior Unsecured Notes due 20252017 NYU Credit Pitch Competition, 1st place | A.J. Denham, Kevin Brenes, Gili Bergman | p. 21 ↗ |
| Winter 2018 | Long FleetCor Technologies2017 Women in Investing Conference, 1st place | Aditi Bhatia, Lisa Chen, Victoria Gu, Aleksandrina Ivanova | p. 23 ↗ |
| Winter 2018 | Long First DataCSIMA Stock Pitch Challenge, finalist | Ishaan Bhatia, Ryan Darrohn, Victoria Gu | p. 25 ↗ |
| Fall 2017 | Long Spirit AeroSystemsMBA Women in Investing Conference | Madina Baikadamova, Sowan Cha, Jean Cui, Claudine Fernandez | p. 13 ↗ |
| Spring 2017 | Long Yum China10th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, winner | Windsor Cristobal, Anji Lin, Isabella Lin | p. 28 ↗ |
| Spring 2017 | Long Alaska Air Group10th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Chris Waller, SK Lee, HK Kim | p. 30 ↗ |
| Spring 2017 | Long Corning10th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Griffin Dann, Joseph O'Hara, Vikas Patel | p. 32 ↗ |
| Spring 2017 | Long Dollarama10th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Gustavo Campanhã, Gilberto Giuzio, Thiago Maffra | p. 34 ↗ |
| Winter 2017 | Short Foot Locker2017 Heilbrunn Center Stock Challenge, 1st place | Zachary Rieger | p. 38 ↗ |
| Winter 2017 | Long Axalta Coating Systems2017 Heilbrunn Center Stock Challenge, 2nd place | Alexander Levy | p. 40 ↗ |
| Winter 2017 | Short Cardtronics2016 Darden @ Virginia Investing Challenge, finalist | Abheek Bhattacharya, Harsh Jhaveri, Ryan Kelly | p. 42 ↗ |
| Fall 2016 | Long Live Nation EntertainmentWomen's Investment Ideas Club event | Jocelyn Doman | p. 20 ↗ |
| Fall 2016 | Long Skyworks Solutions2016 Pershing Square Challenge | Maria Muller, William Hinman, Mark Shohet | p. 22 ↗ |
| Fall 2016 | Long AMERCO2016 Ross MBA Investment Competition, 2nd place | Kenneth Chan, Anton Korytsko, Alexander Teixeira | p. 24 ↗ |
| Spring 2016 | Long Alimentation Couche-Tard9th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Marc Grow, Melody Li, Joanna Vu, Thais Fernandes | p. 44 ↗ |
| Spring 2016 | Long Charles Schwab9th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Daniel Rudyak, Chris Andreola, Brandon Cohen | p. 46 ↗ |
| Spring 2016 | Long Advance Auto Parts9th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Jordan Barron, Adam Xiao, Nielsen Fields, Noah Scherz | p. 48 ↗ |
| Spring 2016 | Long Alcoa9th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Austin Kim, Coy Jen, Audun Nordtveit | p. 50 ↗ |
| Spring 2016 | Long Alliance Data Systems9th Annual Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Simon Bennaim, Deepak Prasad, Nick Turchetta, Adam Walder | p. 52 ↗ |
| Winter 2016 | Short DexcomDarden at Virginia Investing Competition, finalist | Marc Grow, Benjamin Ostrow, Evan Zehnal | p. 47 ↗ |
| Winter 2016 | Short Quest Diagnostics2015 CSIMA Stock Pitch Challenge, 1st place | Nielsen Fields, Joanna Vu, Adam Xiao | p. 49 ↗ |
| Winter 2016 | Long XPO Logistics2015 Alpha Challenge at UNC Kenan-Flagler, 2nd place | Justin Hong, Zachary Rieger, Cristóbal Silva | p. 51 ↗ |
| Fall 2015 | Long Rentech Nitrogen PartnersPaired with a short in CVR Partners | Nielsen Fields | p. 16 ↗ |
| Fall 2015 | Long Tenneco | Justin Hong | p. 18 ↗ |
| Fall 2015 | Short Las Vegas Sands | Alexander Levy | p. 20 ↗ |
| Spring 2015 | Long Altice2015 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Brendan Dawson, Patrick McDonald, Moiz Valji | p. 51 ↗ |
| Spring 2015 | Long Fiat Chrysler2015 Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Brandon Cohen, Christopher Crawford, Tyler Boone | p. 53 ↗ |
| Spring 2015 | Long HCA Holdings2015 Pershing Square Challenge, 3rd place | Damian Creber, Michael Herman | p. 55 ↗ |
| Spring 2015 | Long Genuine Parts2015 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Lauren Harmon, Derek Johnson, Adam Kommel | p. 57 ↗ |
| Spring 2015 | Long Precision Castparts2015 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Aaron Purcell, Ben Hansen, Yinan Zhao | p. 59 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Short First Solar2015 Amici Capital Prize, finalist | Kirill Aleksandrov | p. 29 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Long JetBlue Airways2015 Amici Capital Prize, finalist | Harry Garcia | p. 31 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Long Schibsted2015 Amici Capital Prize, finalist | Luke Tashie | p. 33 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Long CDK Global2015 Amici Capital Prize, finalist | Brian Waterhouse | p. 35 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Short SolarCityDarden @ Virginia Investing Challenge, 1st place | Brendan Dawson, Sisy Wang, Aaron Purcell | p. 37 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Short CardtronicsAlpha Challenge at UNC Kenan-Flagler, 1st place | Damian Creber, Edward Reynolds, Kevin Lin | p. 39 ↗ |
| Winter 2015 | Long Progressive Waste SolutionsRoss Investment Competition (University of Michigan), 2nd place | Matt Brownschidle, Winston Hu, Jay Ju, Steve Lin | p. 41 ↗ |
| Fall 2014 | Short B&M European Value Retail | Sisy Wang | p. 22 ↗ |
| Fall 2014 | Long Countrywide | Kevin Lin | p. 24 ↗ |
| Spring 2014 | Long Allegion2014 Pershing Square Challenge, 1st place | Brian Waterhouse, Matt Ford, Øystein Kværner | p. 22 ↗ |
| Spring 2014 | Short Cablevision2014 Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Joe Goldschmid, Allen Keel, Mahmud Riffat | p. 24 ↗ |
| Spring 2014 | Long Carnival2014 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Juliana Bogoricin, Charles Buaron, Ben Isaac | p. 26 ↗ |
| Spring 2014 | Long Clean Harbors2014 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Matt Bracewell, Patrick Enriquez-Fischer, Pavel Kaganas | p. 28 ↗ |
| Spring 2014 | Long Naspers2014 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Carter Roehl, George Taras, Luke Tashie | p. 30 ↗ |
| Winter 2014 | Short Rocket Fuel2013 Darden @ Virginia Investing Challenge, winner | Matt Bracewell, Patrick Enriquez-Fischer, Brian Waterhouse | p. 42 ↗ |
| Winter 2014 | Long XPO Logistics5th Annual Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Stephen Lieu | p. 44 ↗ |
| Winter 2014 | Short World Acceptance5th Annual Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Patrick Stadelhofer | p. 46 ↗ |
| Winter 2014 | Long Pandora5th Annual Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Akhil Subramanian | p. 48 ↗ |
| Winter 2014 | Long Post Holdings5th Annual Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Jackson Thies | p. 50 ↗ |
| Fall 2013 | Long Homex9.75% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2020CSIMA Investment Ideas Club | Peter Bowley | p. 16 ↗ |
| Fall 2013 | Long Wabash NationalCSIMA Investment Ideas Club | Adam Trivison | p. 18 ↗ |
| Fall 2013 | Long Active NetworkCSIMA Investment Ideas Club | Wes Aull | p. 20 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Motors Liquidation Company GUC Trust2013 Moon Lee Prize, winner | David Magid | p. 6 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Precision Castparts2013 Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Arjun Bhattacherjee | p. 8 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Hertz2013 Pershing Square Challenge, winner | Richard Hunt, Stephen Lieu, Rahul Raymoulik | p. 36 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Advance Auto Parts2013 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Joe Fleury, John Gallagher, Seth Kirner | p. 38 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Dollar Tree2013 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Jeremy Colvin, Eric Lai, Akhil Subramanian | p. 40 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Stanley Black & Decker2013 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Arjun Bhattacherjee, Rory Ellison, Colin Kennedy | p. 42 ↗ |
| Spring 2013 | Long Yum! Brands2013 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Omar Elangbawy, Ranjan Ramchandani, Andrew Woodruff | p. 44 ↗ |
| Spring 2012 | Long Avon Products2012 Pershing Square Challenge, winner | Anna Baghdasaryan, Rohit Dhingra | p. 6 ↗ |
| Spring 2012 | Long Ingersoll-Rand2012 Pershing Square Challenge, 2nd place | Jonathan Au, Arjun Bhattacherjee, Rory Ellison | p. 8 ↗ |
| Spring 2012 | Long Legg Mason2012 Pershing Square Challenge, 3rd place | Rod de Crayencour, Jake Lubel, Grant Smith | p. 10 ↗ |
| Spring 2012 | Long H&R Block2012 Pershing Square Challenge, finalist | Robert Fournier, Ian Holmes, Kartik Nehru | p. 12 ↗ |
| Winter 2012 | Short BJ's Restaurants | Michael Yablon | p. 44 ↗ |
| Winter 2012 | Long Chicago Bridge & Iron | Noah Snyder | p. 46 ↗ |
| Winter 2012 | Long Hewlett-Packard2012 Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Michael Zapata | p. 48 ↗ |
| Winter 2012 | Long Hankook TireWomen in Investing Conference, finalists | Young Ju Ko, Jane Wu, Sachee Trivedi, Jing Wu | p. 50 ↗ |
| Fall 2011 | Long Great Lakes Dredge & Dock2011 Sonkin Prize, winner | Philip O'Brien | p. 29 ↗ |
| Fall 2011 | Long Madison Square Garden2011 Sonkin Prize, winner | Michael Yablon | p. 31 ↗ |
| Winter 2011 | Long Blount International2011 Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Todd Brunner | p. 32 ↗ |
| Winter 2011 | Long Williams Companies2011 Moon Lee Prize, winner | TJ Carter | p. 34 ↗ |
| Winter 2011 | Long OPAP2011 Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Eric Hagemann | p. 36 ↗ |
| Winter 2011 | Short Iridium Communications2011 Moon Lee Prize, finalist | Patrick Sullivan | p. 38 ↗ |
| Fall 2010 | Long U.S. Physical Therapy | Ryan Coyle | p. 20 ↗ |
| Fall 2010 | Long CoreLogic | Alex Latushkin | p. 22 ↗ |
| Winter 2010 | Long Nexstar Broadcasting12% Senior Subordinated PIK Notes | Rich Tosi | p. 10 ↗ |
| Winter 2010 | Long Sohu.com | Matthew Cohen | p. 12 ↗ |
| Fall 2009 | Long Amedisys | Kenneth Leslie | p. 12 ↗ |
| Fall 2009 | Long Care Investment Trust | Eric DeLamarter | p. 14 ↗ |
| Summer 2009 | Long Precision Castparts | Chuck Murphy | p. 16 ↗ |
| Summer 2009 | Short Apollo Group2009 Pershing Square Challenge, winner | Tim Rupert, Grant Bowman, John Piermont | p. 18 ↗ |
| Winter 2009 | Short Marvel Entertainment | Avram Drori | p. 16 ↗ |
| Winter 2009 | Long Horsehead Holding | Grant Bowman | p. 18 ↗ |
| Summer/Fall 2008 | Long NutriSystemFirst Annual Pershing Square Challenge, winner | Shilpa Marda | p. 16 ↗ |
| Winter 2007/2008 | Short D.R. Horton | Joshua Chekofsky | p. 14 ↗ |
| Winter 2007/2008 | Long Macy's | Del Anderson | p. 16 ↗ |
| Winter 2007/2008 | Short Netflix | Avram Drori | p. 18 ↗ |
| Summer 2007 | Long Footstar | Jonathan Salinas | p. 12 ↗ |
| Summer 2007 | Short Ainsworth Lumber | David Bernfeld | p. 14 ↗ |
| Winter 2006 | Long International Coal Group | Jonathon Luft | p. 12 ↗ |
| Winter 2006 | Long Strattec Security | Luciano Ferreira | p. 14 ↗ |