cremation business

We hit on all cylinders last month

By Funeral Director Daily / December 15, 2023 /

  Let’s see. . . . History, contemporary issues such as branding your Direct Cremation, generational funeral home acquisitions, and even some information on Death Care investments. . . . our Top 5 read articles of the last 30 days hit exactly what we look for in getting all kinds of death care related interests…

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’tis the Season. . . How’s your charitable giving?

By Funeral Director Daily / December 1, 2023 /

  It’s hard not to notice all of the mail I get at this time of the year from charities asking me to remember them in my charitable giving for the year. . . . . I’m guessing that you probably give through your individual status, but have you ever thought of having a program…

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Learning from, and planning for, your funeral business in this economy

By Funeral Director Daily / November 29, 2023 /

    According to this recent article from USA Today “discretionary” consumer spending is down, consumer savings rates have fell, and use of consumer credit card debt has shot up in the last quarter with its largest jump since 1999. . . . That’s probably all good information to know, but what does it tell…

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Park Lawn 3rd Quarter sounds familiar

By Funeral Director Daily / November 15, 2023 /

    Last 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…

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Carriage Services sees Revenue increase, Net Income decrease for 3rd Quarter comparables

By Funeral Director Daily / November 13, 2023 /

      Carriage 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…

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SCI execs give some insight to the “state of the business” in quarterly earnings call

By Funeral Director Daily / November 8, 2023 /

    Service 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.…

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Service Corporation 3Q: Regaining their revenue footing. . . .potential challenges ahead

By Funeral Director Daily / November 6, 2023 /

  Service 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…

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Seeking Alpha gives positive review of Park Lawn Corporation

By Funeral Director Daily / October 11, 2023 /

    In 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,…

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Carriage Services affirms that it is continuing its “Review of Strategic Alternatives to Maximize Shareholder Value”

By Funeral Director Daily / October 6, 2023 /

    On Wednesday Funeral Director Daily told you of the Tuesday, October 2, press release of Park Lawn Corporation stating that it was withdrawing its all-cash offer to purchase all of the outstanding stock of Carriage Services.  It also mentioned that it had declined to participate any further in Carriage Services’ “Review of Strategic…

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Seeking Alpha on SCI: “Negative scenario could be favorable for this industry consolidator”

By Funeral Director Daily / September 25, 2023 /

    This morning’s edition of Funeral Director Daily looked at the situation that death care companies could be in if inflation and the high interest environment we are in stay with us for some time.  Interestingly enough, Seeking Alpha author Gustavo Larraga Tapia published an article last week where he opined that death care…

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