TOWN vs MEOH Comparison

Towne Bank is a financial services company that places special emphasis on serving the financial needs of individuals, commercial enterprises, and professionals, offering retail and commercial banking services to numerous markets in Virginia and North Carolina. The company has three reportable segments: Banking Segment provides loan and deposit services to retail and commercial customers and provides commercial mortgage brokerage services and investment and asset management services, and the Realty Segment provides residential real estate services and mortgage loans. It also provides resort property management and residential and commercial title insurance, and Insurance Segment provides provide a wide array of insurance products, including property, casualty, life, and health insurance.

Methanex Corp manufactures and sells methanol. Its customers use methanol as a feedstock to produce end-products including adhesives, foams, solvents, and windshield washer fluids. The firm also sells its products to the oil refining industry, where the methanol is blended with gasoline to produce a high-octane fuel or blended as a component of biodiesel. It distributes its products through a global supply chain that includes the operation of port terminals, tankers, barges, rail cars, trucks, and pipelines. The company generates the majority of its revenue from Europe.