CFFI vs FT Comparison

C&F Financial Corp is an American bank holding company. The company through its subsidiaries offers banking and related financial services to both individuals and businesses. It operates in three business activities: Community Banking, Mortgage Banking, and Consumer Finance. It mainly provides a range of lending activities, which include residential mortgage loans, commercial real estate loans, non-prime automobile lending, land acquisition, and development loans, and consumer loans. The company generates maximum of its revenue from the Community Banking segment.

Franklin Universal Trust is a closed-end management investment company focused on providing high current income while preserving capital. Its secondary objective is to achieve income growth through dividend increases and capital appreciation. The fund invests in two asset classes: high-yield bonds and utility stocks. It applies fundamental research to build a diversified high-yield bond portfolio and targets utility companies with attractive dividend yields and a history of increasing dividends.