Best Investment Banks To Work For In 2026

VAULT BANKING 25: OVERALL RANKING

Firm Name 2026 Rank 2026 Score 2025 Rank 2025 Score 2024 Rank 2024 Score Change in Rank (2026 vs. 2025) Change in Score (2026 vs. 2025)
Centerview Partners 1 9.191 1 9.035 1 8.932 0 0.156
Evercore 2 8.663 2 8.605 2 8.653 0 0.058
Moelis & Company 3 8.297 3 8.221 3 8.202 0 0.076
Morgan Stanley 4 8.164 7 7.966 6 7.906 3 0.198
Lazard 5 7.978 6 8.088 4 7.980 1 -0.110
PJT Partners 6 7.962 4 8.121 7 7.797 -2 -0.159
Guggenheim Securities 7 7.813 8 7.806 5 7.912 1 0.007
William Blair 8 7.052 12 6.824 11 7.096 4 0.228
Harris Williams & Company 9 6.742 10 7.102 10 7.281 1 -0.360
Clearsight Advisors 10 6.153 NR NA NR NA NA NA
DC Advisory 11 6.015 14 5.802 15 5.713 3 0.213
Loop Capital Markets 12 5.822 15 5.684 14 5.953 3 0.138
Goldman Sachs & Co. 13 3.524 16 3.510 16 3.466 3 0.014
J.P. Morgan Investment Bank 14 3.271 17 3.265 17 3.253 3 0.006
Qatalyst Partners 15 2.873 18 2.699 19 2.502 3 0.174
Perella Weinberg Partners 16 2.525 5 8.045 8 7.767 -11 -5.520
Bank of America Corp. 17 2.448 19 2.508 18 2.601 2 -0.060
Citigroup 18 2.39 NR NA NR NA NA NA
Jefferies & Company 19 2.356 21 2.409 21 2.381 2 -0.053
Allen & Company LLC 20 2.296 24 2.176 24 2.234 4 0.120
Barclays (Investment Bank) 21 2.267 22 2.289 22 2.372 1 -0.022
Rothschild & Co. 22 2.2 23 2.276 23 2.323 1 -0.076
Houlihan Lokey 23 2.164 11 7.095 25 2.210 -12 -4.931
UBS 24 2.073 25 2.127 NR NR 1 -0.054
LionTree Advisors 25 1.992 NR NA NR NA NA NA