OPY vs RWT Comparison

Oppenheimer Holdings Inc conducts activities in the securities industry. The company is involved in retail securities brokerage, investment banking (both corporate and public finance), institutional sales and trading, market-making, research, trust services, and investment advisory and asset management services. The company has two segments: Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. IT generates maximum revenue from Wealth Management Segment which includes commissions and fee income earned on assets under management (AUM), net interest earnings on client margin loans and cash balances, fees from money market funds, custodian fees and other activities. The company generates the majority of its revenue from the Americas, with the rest from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.

Redwood Trust Inc is a real estate investment trust focused on different areas of housing credit. The company operates in three segments: Sequoia Mortgage Banking includes mortgage loan conduit that acquires residential consumer loans from third-party originators for sale to whole loan buyers and securitization; CoreVest Mortgage Banking segment includes consists of a platform that originates residential investor loans for securitization, sale, or transfer into Redwood Investments portfolio; and Redwood Investments segment consists of organic investments sourced through mortgage banking operations, including securities retained from Sequoia and CoreVest securitization activities. It derives maximum revenue from Redwood Investments segment.