TY vs EZPW Comparison

Tri-Continental Corp is a closed-end management investment company. It invests to produce future growth of both capital and income while providing reasonable current income. The fund is divided into two equal segments namely, the equity segment uses quantitative models to select individual stocks whereas the Flexible capital income segment invests across a company's investable capital structure, including stocks, bonds, and convertible securities. The Fund invests in a range of sectors, which include consumer discretionary, consumer staples, energy, financials, healthcare, industrials, information technology, industrials, materials, real estate, telecommunication services, utilities, aerospace and defense, banking, chemicals, and others.

EZCORP Inc is a United States-based company engaged in offering pawn loans in the United States and Mexico. It also offers short-term unsecured loans and other consumer financial products, and buys and sells second-hand goods. The operating segments of the company are U.S. Pawn, Latin America Pawn, and Other Investments. The U.S. Pawn segment includes all pawn activities in the United States. The Latin America Pawn segment includes all pawn activities in Mexico and other parts of Latin America. The company generates revenue from merchandise sales, jewelry scrapping sales, and pawn service charges, of which key revenue is derived from the merchandise sales, which are mainly collateral forfeited from pawn lending operations and used merchandise purchased from the customers.