HIFS vs FPI Comparison

Hingham Institution for Savings is a Massachusetts-chartered savings bank headquartered in Hingham, Massachusetts. The bank is principally engaged in the business of commercial and residential real estate mortgage lending, funded by a mix of retail and commercial deposits, wholesale deposits and borrowings. Its primary deposit products are savings, checking, and term certificate accounts, and its primary lending products are residential and commercial mortgage loans secured by properties in eastern Massachusetts. The bank also lends to commercial and residential real estate borrowers and services deposits for customers in the greater Washington, D.C. metropolitan area (WMA) and in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Farmland Partners Inc owns and seeks to acquire high-quality farmland throughout North America. The company is an internally managed real estate company which owns and contracts farmland and storage facilities located across the United States. Majority of the properties in its portfolio are used to grow primary crops, such as corn, soybeans, wheat, rice and cotton, and rest to produce specialty crops, such as almonds, pictachios, citrus, avacados, strawberies, and edible beans. The company generates its revenues through the rent it receives from its tenants.