Michael Kim is a Senior Analyst at Zacks Small-Cap Research, with over two decades of Equity Research and Investor Relations experience. Michael spent 16 years in Equity Research on the sell side covering financial services companies at Sandler O’Neill + Partners, The Buckingham Research Group, Putnam Lovell NBF Securities, and Banc of America Securities. During his Equity Research career, Michael was recognized by Institutional Investor, The Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, and Stamine, with media appearances on CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, and Bloomberg.
Before joining Zacks, Michael was a Managing Director at MZ Group helping private and public companies across sectors, with a focus on strategic messaging, marketing, shareholder targeting, financial reporting/disclosures, and competitive analysis. Previously, Michael was at ICR, where he was a Managing Director and led the firm’s Financial Services Investor Relations team. Clients spanned subsectors, with market caps ranging from $100 million to $20+ billion. He also brings capital markets advisory experience across IPOs, SPACs, secondary offerings, and M&A transactions.
Michael graduated from the University of California at Berkeley with a B.S. in Business Administration.
Michael has covered firms in the following Sectors & Industries:
Financials: Asset Managers, Banks, Brokers, Mortgage Lenders, Specialty Finance
Technology: Fintech
Healthcare: Med-Tech
Consumer