EZPW vs NFJ Comparison

EZCORP Inc is a United States-based company engaged in offering pawn loans in the United States and Mexico. It also offers short-term unsecured loans and other consumer financial products, and buys and sells second-hand goods. The operating segments of the company are U.S. Pawn, Latin America Pawn, and Other Investments. The U.S. Pawn segment includes all pawn activities in the United States. The Latin America Pawn segment includes all pawn activities in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. The company generates revenue from merchandise sales, jewelry scrapping sales, and pawn service charges, of which key revenue is derived from the merchandise sales, which are mainly collateral forfeited from pawn lending operations and used merchandise purchased from the customers.

Virtus Dividend, Interest & Premium Strategy Fund is a Massachusetts-based business trust. The primary investment objective of the company is to seek current income and gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. It pursues its investment objectives by investing in a diversified portfolio of dividend-paying common stocks and income-producing convertible securities.