MRBK vs EIC Comparison

Meridian Corp is a bank holding company based in the United States. Through its banking subsidiary, it operates as a full-service, state-chartered commercial bank providing personal and business lending and deposit services. It operates in three reportable segments, including Bank, Wealth, and Mortgage. Meridian generates maximum revenue from the Bank segment, which consists of commercial and retail banking. It generates interest income from its lending (including leasing) and investing activities and is dependent on the gathering of lower-cost deposits from its branch network or borrowed funds from other sources for funding its loans. Geographically, it operates in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware, as well as in the Central Maryland market and southwest Florida, U.S.

Eagle Point Income Co Inc is a closed-end management investment company. Its primary investment objective is to generate high current income, with a secondary objective to generate capital appreciation. The Company seeks to achieve its investment objectives by investing in junior debt tranches of collateralized loan obligations, or "CLOs," that are collateralized by a portfolio consisting of below-investment grade U.S. senior secured loans with a large number of distinct underlying borrowers across various industry sectors.