UNIT vs TMP Comparison

Uniti is a REIT with about 140,000 route miles of fiber in the us, primarily in the Southeast. It has agreed to merge with Windstream, which will result in Uniti giving up its REIT status and adding a consumer telecom business line. Uniti's business currently consists exclusively of fiber leasing to enterprises. Windstream currently leases the Uniti network and makes up the bulk of Uniti's revenue and profits. The combined firm will own 217,000 route miles of fiber and pass 4.3 million households and 150,000 commercial buildings, mostly in less populated markets in the Southeast. The firm will continue to offer fiber access to enterprises, as Uniti currently does, but residential telecom services will become its largest revenue stream.

Tompkins Financial Corp is a Financial Holding Company. It has three business segments, consisting of banking, insurance and wealth management. It offers various products and services, including commercial and consumer banking, leasing, trust and investment management, financial planning and wealth management, and insurance. Insurance is comprised of property and casualty insurance services and employee benefit consulting. Wealth management activities include the results of the company's trust, financial planning, and wealth management services. The company generates majority of its revenue from Banking segment.