CHCO vs EFC Comparison

City Holding Co is a financial holding company. The company conducts its principal activities through its wholly-owned subsidiary, City National Bank of West Virginia (City National). Through the bank, it provides banking, trust and investment management, and other financial solutions through its network of banking offices located in the states of West Virginia, Virginia, southeastern Ohio, and Kentucky. It offers various products and services such as overdraft facilities, savings accounts, credit cards and debit cards, loans for various purposes, investment advisory, securities brokerage, insurance products, and others. The company's business activities are currently limited to one reportable business segment, which is community banking.

Ellington Financial Inc is a specialty finance company. Its primary investment objective is to generate attractive, risk-adjusted total returns for its shareholders by making investments. The company has two reportable segments; The Investment Portfolio Segment is focused on investing in a diverse array of financial assets, including residential and commercial mortgage loans, residential mortgage-backed securities, non-mortgage- and mortgage-related derivatives, debt and equity investments in loan origination companies, and other strategic investments, and The Longbridge Segment is focused on the origination and servicing of reverse mortgage loans. it acquires reverse mortgage loans both through its origination activities and through secondary market purchases.