2025 Small-Cap Stock Pitch Competition
Alta Fox Capital’s 2025 Undergraduate Small-Cap Stock Pitch Competition
FORT WORTH, TEXAS EDITION
Alta Fox Capital Management, LLC is sponsoring its 2025 Small-Cap Stock Pitch Competition, bringing together undergraduate students from universities and investment clubs across the country. Students will compete in teams of up to five, submitting their pitches via email for a chance to be selected as finalists and present to a panel of distinguished industry professionals. The Finals will take place in Fort Worth, TX, in person.
TIMELINE
Pitch Submission Deadline: Saturday, February 1, 2025
Teams of 1-5 undergraduates must submit via email their pitch in PPT/PDF format to info@altafoxcapital.com with the subject line "2025 Small-Cap Stock Pitch Competition" by Saturday, February 1st at 11:59 PM CST. Team Information located in the CONTENT GUIDELINES must be provided in the deck when submitting the pitch.
Finalist Notified: Monday, February 10, 2025
Participants will be notified via email no later than Monday, February 10th on whether they have been selected to advance to the final round. Competition finals will be held on March 1st in Fort Worth, TX. This is an in-person event and teams are responsible for travel and lodging arrangements. Additional information regarding location and schedule will be provided at this time.
Finals: Saturday, March 1, 2025
The competition finals will be held Saturday, March 1st, in person in Fort Worth, TX. The finalist teams will present in front of a panel of industry professionals. Teams will pitch their ideas in a 10-minute pitch, followed by 5 minutes of Q&A from the panel.
Finalists will also have the opportunity to tour Alta Fox headquarters, meet with the team, and network with experienced investors in the industry.
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• Participants must be a current undergraduate student
• Individuals can not participate in more than one pitch submission
• If participating as a team, teams must designate one person to be the team contact
• International participation is permitted
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• Submission subject of email “2025 Small-Cap Stock Pitch Competition”
• First Slide of PPT to include the below information (this does not count toward your maximum slide count)
+ Individual/Team Information
- Primary contact first and last name
- Primary contact email address
- Primary contact phone number
- What university do you attend?
- What club are you representing (if applicable)?
- Team members’ names and email addresses
• Pitches must be a Long idea on a single stock
• Pitches should be in PPT/PDF format, maximum 15 slides
• Individuals/teams should select a stock with a market capitalization of greater than $300 million and not to exceed $5 billion
• Stock can be non-US but market cap threshold must be based on US dollar equivalent
• Permitted Exchanges: US / Canadian / Australia / Europe
• The pitch should briefly introduce the company, but then should focus on the author's analysis and opinion, rather than reporting widely known information about the company
• All content must represent the author's own work
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• Is the thesis supported and accompanied by compelling arguments, a clear analysis and sourced information?
• Is there a clear understanding of the company and the industry or sector being pitched?
• Is the valuation of the company and company’s financial state clearly explained?
• Is the market’s consensus view on the stock explained and is a case made for why it is wrong?
• Are the risks and/or variant view on the stock addressed in addition to an assessment of what could go wrong with the thesis?
• Are there catalysts or drivers that will lead to how the thesis is to play out?
• Is a case made for an asymmetric risk/reward in the stock?