Funeral Director Daily
In a news release from April 2 that you can read here, StoneMor Partners reported their financial results for the 4th Quarter of 2018 as well as the full year 2018. As you may know, the company has been filing delayed SEC reports but this report puts them pretty much on schedule. Here are some…
Read MoreEditor’s Note: I am out of the office this week. Because of that FDD will not be publishing an article on Tuesday or Thursday. I hope you enjoy the articles for Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I have scheduled. # # …
Read MoreWithout even recognizing it funeral service has always had niche businesses inside of it. Even full service funeral homes could fit in the niche category if they exclusively catered to protestant or catholic clientele. . . or if they were a cremation society type discounter. We’ve always had some niche operations in the industry even…
Read MoreValue investor and self-described contrarian investor John Snyder wrote an article for Seeking Alpha that you can read here entitled, “Why I’m buying StoneMor”. We will leave the facts at that and I will give my opinion on the piece below. Funeral Director Daily take: This is an article that will cause all experienced funeral…
Read MoreIt was a different day and age 30-40 years ago when funeral directors and those in the funeral profession were sought out for their opinions on anything death care related. Opinions were given and communities and consumers accepted the educated opinions of the death care professionals. It may be that funeral directors and others in…
Read MoreI’m a history buff and I love to look back and learn what has happened in our country. I’ve found that many times a “precipitator” happens and that event or group of events causes history to happen. I was running on my treadmill the other morning watching CNBC for business news and Fox News for…
Read MoreToronto based funeral industry company Park Lawn Corporation released a press release that you can read here about its 2018 year end performance earlier this week. As you may know Park Lawn Corporation has grown greatly this year by acquisitions including The Signature Group, CMS Mid-Atlantic, and Citadel Management in the United States as well…
Read MoreI read an interesting article the other day from the Washington Post that you can read here about the death of a 77-year old man in Washington state. It is an interesting article about a family’s decision to skip the funeral home and bring the man back to his home for three days of visitation…
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