Wall Street Prep (WSP) vs. Wall Street Oasis (WSO)

Wall Street Prep vs. Wall Street Oasis (WSO): Full Comparison

While WSP and WSO offer multiple products, both have a version of a “complete” flagship product that includes what typically represents the “core” investment banking financial modeling skill set.

When considering in which financial modeling program to enroll, factors such as price, support, content format and access to a macro toolkit are all important. But perhaps the most critical factor of all is the quality of the content – a financial modeling program is useless if it does not teach material effectively.

Product	Premium Package	Elite Package
Price	$499 (See deals)	$497
What you get	Videos + PDF + Excel Templates + Live Virtual Kickoff Class	Videos + PDF + Excel Templates
Primary Content Author	Matan Feldman, Founder @ Wall Street Prep (est 2003) One of Wall Street's most sought-after trainers	Various Freelancers Bios not disclosed by WSO and appear to be freelancers
Program Structure	35+ Courses (6 core + 30+ bonus courses) Live Virtual Kickoff Class Last Major Update: 2021	5 Courses (no bonus courses) Last Major Update: 2020
Can You Download Lessons?	Yes	Yes
Other Benefits	1-Month Access to PitchBook	12-Months Access to WSO Company Database
Support	E-mail & Phone	Email
Used at investment banks to train analysts and associates?	Yes	No
Does the company run live training at investment banks?	Yes	No
Years in business as online trainer	Since 2003	Since 2020
Certification Recognized?	Yes	No
Does the program qualify for CPE Credit?	Yes	No

WSO vs. Wall Street Prep: Course Quality Comparison

Given the considerations stated above, Wall Street Prep’s program provides the highest quality training out there.

Wall Street Prep invests heavily in ensuring that course materials reflect current best practices and are taught in a way that is intuitive.

Training follows a very clear, step-by-step approach where trainees build models essentially from scratch, starting from a blank Excel spreadsheet and working sequentially through a model.

Illustrative Course Samples

There is no better way to determine which approach works best for you than to actually sample the programs.

WSO provides a few video previews for free to put their best foot forward.

Below we’ve provided comparable WSP videos that allow you to compare teaching approach, the level of complexity of the model (is this a real-life model?) and how concepts are covered.

A 30,000ft View of Our Model Forecasting the Income Statement Modeling Basic Shares Outstanding and RSUs	Samples on WSO Site

Build a 3-Statement Financial Model | Free Course

Which Program(s) Do Investment Banks Use to Train their Analysts and Associates?

Investment banks, private equity firms, and top business school programs hire Wall Street Prep to conduct analyst and associate training in-house.

This enables our instructors (all former investment bankers who are also involved in the development and refinement of the self-study program) to receive continuous feedback about materials and integrate the latest best practices into the training material.

Below we lay out how the two training providers compare to one another:

Partial list of live classroom training: Investment Banking: Goldman Sachs, RBC, JP Morgan, Lazard, Guggenheim, Centerview Partners, Evercore, Perella Weinberg, William Blair, Harris Williams, Piper Jaffrey Private Equity: KKR, Carlyle Group, Bain Capital, Summit Partners, Advent, Thoma Bravo, CVC, GTCR, Roark, AEA, CDW, Ares Management Investment Management and Other Firms: Point72, Blackrock, PIMCO, Eaton Vance, Bloomberg, American Express, the World Bank, KPMG, Deloitte, PWC, T Rowe Price Academic Institutions: Harvard Business School, Wharton, Stanford, University of Chicago, Columbia, Cornell Partner Organizations: Girls Who Invest, Sponsors for Educational Opportunity (SEO), CFA Society of NY

Firms do not hire Wall Street Oasis for live classroom training to our knowledge,