Funeral Director Daily
In my opinion, it wasn’t an unreasonable or surprise 3rd Quarter 2026 report by Service Corporation International (SCI). Here’s what SCI CEO Thomas Ryan said in his opening statement from the report that you can access here: “Today, we reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.97 and adjusted net cash provided by…
My mind was somewhat “boggled” the other day when I saw an intricate graph-form portrayal about how the companies involved in computer chip, artificial inteligence, and other technological systems are so interelated with loan agreements, purchase agreements, and in some cases, equity ownership. For instance, I’m a stockholder in the company Broadcom. If…
An NFDA Convention Discussion Topic Okay. This is not about funerals, cremations, or cemeteries and the agreements that they make with customers for preneed services, but it is about the fulfillment of promises implied today for services to be used in the future. The thought process came to me because of the current…
An NFDA Convention Discussion Topic The mid-term congressional and senatorial elections are right around the corner taking place one week from today. The direction and results of those elections will help America chart our next course . . . . including the thought processes that could lead to new rules and regulations for…
An NFDA Convention Discussion Issue One of the issues that we have in America right now is that utility companies need to “store electricity” to help meet peak demand periods. Here’s how a recent article in the Wall Street Journal explained why this is so imprtant to utility companies at this time, “Battery…
Today’s Article includes an NFDA Convention Preview Who says Death Care is not “innovative”? Just this week I learned that ASD – Answering Service for Directors was named to Fortune‘s 2026 list of America’s Most Innovative Companies. This honor puts them right up there with Apple and SpaceX in a grouping of…
I’m writing this article on Monday morning after just returning from a trip to Starbucks where I had the opportunity to read Monday’s Wall Street Journal. One of the articles that I read was titled “New Medicare plans offer fewer benefits“. . . . And, one of the first descriptions of why this would…
As certain as the Minnesota weather will turn chilling cold in January you can count on at least one of the national acquisition and consolidation funeral home companies to announce an acquisition on the verge of the National Funeral Directors Association convention. It’s my opinion that an announcement on the verge of the convention…
“Revenue per Case” (RpC) is a very important metric in your funeral home to illustrate how much money comes into the your funeral home for every death call you care for. The goal, over time and including periodic price increases, is to increase that metric year over year. As you are well…
I recently learned from a press release from PlotBox that the company intends to “showcase their end-to-end Funeral Home software, built for the complexity of modern deathcare, at this year’s NFDA International Convention and Expo in Charlotte, October 25 thru 28.” According to the press release, that you can read here, “PlotBox…
