WHG vs MRBK Comparison

Westwood Holdings Group Inc manages investment assets and provides services for clients through subsidiaries. It operates its business through the Advisory and Trust segments. Its advisory segment provides investment advisory services to corporate retirement plans, public retirement plans, endowments, foundations, individuals and the Westwood Funds, as well as investment sub-advisory services to mutual funds and its trust segment. The Trust segment offers trust and custodial services to its clients and its advisory segment sponsors common trust funds to institutions and high net-worth individuals. It generates maximum revenue from the Advisory segment. Geographically, it derives a majority of its revenue from the United States.

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.