Finance
Here’s what Matthews International CEO Joseph C . Bartolacci had to say in this prepared press release about the company’s 4th Quarter (reflecting an October 1 Fiscal Year beginning) operations of their Memorial segment, “The Memorialization segment also performed well again in the fiscal 2023 fourth quarter, completing a very good year. Despite the continued…
Read MoreIn business it is many times believed that the smaller you are, the more nimble you can be. And, if you live on a lake or an ocean you probably have heard the phrase that you “can turn around a jetski faster than an aircraft carrier”. Both of those thoughts came to my…
Read MoreLast week Park Lawn Corporation reported their 3rd Quarter 2023 financial results. Much like we found with Carriage Services, we found that Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) was able to increase total revenues but struggled to turn those increased revenues into greater Net Income for the quarter. PLC reported a quarterly revenue increase…
Read MoreCarriage Services reported 3rd Quarter 2023 financial numbers last week in their 3Q 2023 Report that you can access here, and in that report they showed Total Revenue growing to $90.5 million for the quarter and Net Income dropping to $4.6 million for the same period. That compares to 3Q 2022…
Read MoreGoing back to this August article from Donnelly Financial Solutions they believe that merger and acquisition activities were low earlier in 2023 because, at least in part, “Rising interest rates made it unappealing to borrow money. Inflation shifted company focuses elsewhere. (and) Global volatility also swayed companies to press pause on M&A activity.” Nonetheless,…
Read MoreService Corporation International (SCI) reported 3rd Quarter financial numbers for 2023 last week which we highlighted in Monday’s edition of Funeral Director Daily. Today, we perused the company’s earnings call of last week to try to find some insight into the questions those in the profession are asking at this point in time.…
Read MoreService Corporation International (SCI) reported their 3rd Quarter of 2023 financial results last week. While their cumulative 6 -month report had revenues lagging behind the 2022 comparables, the 3Q 2023 report shows revenues increasing by 2.5% over the 3Q 2022 numbers — the 2nd consecutive quarter of increased revenue comparables. SCI pulled in total…
Read MorePark Lawn Corporation announced yesterday in this press release that they have reached an agreement to sell at least 83 death care properties, consisting of 72 cemeteries and 11 funeral homes to Everstory Partners, the new brand of the former StoneMor company. Here’s what the press release states: “The divestiture includes 72…
Read MoreIn an article that was published on October 1, and I’ll remind our readers that was before Park Lawn Corporation (PLC) had publicly withdrawn its $34 per share offer for Carriage Services, Seeking Alpha authors gave a positive review of Park Lawn Corporation. The article, which you can read here is entitled,…
Read MoreThe 3rd Quarter of 2023 ended with the end of September and we thought it would be a good time to take a look at how the public companies in Death Care have held up over the course of the past quarter and past nine months. From our point of view it looks like…
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