SPE vs MRBK Comparison

Special Opportunities Fund Inc is a closed-ended diversified management investment company. Its investment objective is to have the total return. The company's investment portfolio consists of investment companies, common stocks, money market funds, commodity partnerships, preferred stocks, convertible bonds, liquidating trusts, promissory notes, senior unsecured notes, warrants, rights, corporate notes and corporate bonds. In addition, it also makes investments in construction materials, consumer finance, healthcare equipment and supplies, independent power and renewable electricity producers, insurance, personal products, professional services and real estate investment trusts.

Meridian Corp is a bank holding company. Through its banking subsidiary, it operates as a full-service, state-chartered commercial bank providing personal, business lending, and deposit services. It operates in three reportable segments including Bank, Wealth, and Mortgage. The company 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.