APEX-Agents · Investment Banking

World224-HS-02

6/6Pass

APEX-Agents task World224-HS-02 in AI Agents for Take-Private Analysis. Compare dual-harness agent runs across models — rubric criteria, scores, and public traces.

AI Agents for Take-Private AnalysisInvestment Banking World 224Dual harnessGrader: rubric

Task IDtask_5b9b275a458340e790f8ed88580737fa

WorldInvestment Banking World 224

Expected outputedit_existing_sheet

Published runs4 models · dual config

Task prompt

What the agent was asked to do

Please create a new scenario within the LBO model to assess the impact on Elastic’s Net Profit, assuming that for all years over the projection period (Year 1 to Year 5), Research and Development expenses margins are 10% higher and General and Administrative expenses margins are 2% higher. In the existing file, add a new tab and show values for "Net Profit" and "Net Profit Margin", across Year 1, Year 3, and Year 5. All monetary results must be displayed in USD millions, rounded to two decimal places, and all percentages must also be rounded to two decimal points.

Published trajectories

Agent runs on this task

Curated dual-harness runs (parsed + original sandbox). Best scored run per model.

Model	Harness	Score	Result	Links
GPT-5.5showcase	dual	6/6	Pass	Share page Public trace
Gemini 3.1 Pro	dual	0/6	Fail	Share page Public trace
GPT-5.4 mini	dual	0/6	Fail	Share page Public trace
GPT-5.4 nano	dual	6/6	Pass	Share page Public trace

Grading rubric

Criteria and grader verdict (showcase run)

States Net Profit in Year 1 is -$144.61M
Pass
Evidence: TEXT_RESPONSE table states “Net Profit ($mm) | (144.61) | ...” for Year 1. Assessment: The criterion asks whether it states Net Profit in Year 1 is -$144.61M; pass, since parentheses denote a negative USD million value of -144.61.
States Net Profit in Year 3 is -$44.53M
Pass
Evidence: TEXT_RESPONSE table states “Net Profit ($mm) | (144.61) | (44.53) | 25.19,” with Year 3 shown as “(44.53).” Assessment: The criterion asks whether it states Net Profit in Year 3 is -$44.53M; pass, since the response clearly reports -44.53 USD millions.
States Net Profit in Year 5 is $25.19M
Pass
Evidence: TEXT_RESPONSE table states “Net Profit ($mm) | (144.61) | (44.53) | 25.19,” with Year 5 shown as “25.19.” Assessment: The criterion asks whether it states Net Profit in Year 5 is $25.19M; pass, since the response reports 25.19 USD millions.
States Net Profit Margin in Year 1 is -8.51%
Pass
Evidence: TEXT_RESPONSE table states “Net Profit Margin | -8.51% | -1.96% | 0.75%,” with Year 1 as “-8.51%.” Assessment: The criterion asks whether it states Net Profit Margin in Year 1 is -8.51%; pass.
States Net Profit Margin in Year 3 is -1.96%
Pass
Evidence: TEXT_RESPONSE table states “Net Profit Margin | -8.51% | -1.96% | 0.75%,” with Year 3 as “-1.96%.” Assessment: The criterion asks whether it states Net Profit Margin in Year 3 is -1.96%; pass.
States Net Profit Margin in Year 5 is 0.75%
Pass
Evidence: TEXT_RESPONSE table states “Net Profit Margin | -8.51% | -1.96% | 0.75%,” with Year 5 as “0.75%.” Assessment: The criterion asks whether it states Net Profit Margin in Year 5 is 0.75%; pass.