Funeral Director Daily
Park Lawn Corporation, the Canadian funeral home and cemetery acquisition firm, released its results for their 3rd Quarter of 2018 earlier this week. You can see their Press Release here. The fast-growing death care public company announced that their revenues increased on a year over year basis for the quarter by 92.9%. They reported revenue…
Read MoreIn the past week two things have happened that have made me ponder the relationship between those two things. About a week ago I visited a rural funeral home that for years had done a very high majority of traditional funeral services that included embalming, visitation, casketed remains, a burial vault sale, and all the…
Read MoreSecurity National Financial Corporation, a member of the Funeral Director Daily Death Care Index (DCI) of public companies recorded 3rd quarter 2018 after-tax earnings of $2.014 million as compared to last year’s 3rd quarter profits of $1.097 million. You can read the company’s complete press release here. The company which operates in the Life Insurance,…
Read MoreGreat Britain’s largest operator of funeral homes, Dignity PLC, who own and operate 540 funeral homes continues to move forward with their transformation process that they announced earlier this year. The public company filed their 3Q 2018 report on Monday and with it we can see some signs of what direction the company is moving. …
Read MoreIn a press release last week that we caught on Globe Newswire and you can read here, StoneMor Partners has, according to the press release, added depth to their operational management. The release highlights the hiring of four veterans who have experience in the death care industry in cemetery, funeral home, acquisition, and management roles. …
Read MoreIt’s November and it reminds me that for over 30 years this was the time that I put the plan together that led to growing profits in our funeral business. I’ve often been amazed that in many businesses, including funeral service, profits sometimes just happened for certain firms because they just did a number of…
Read MoreYesterday, Sunday, November 11, 2018 marked the 100th anniversary of the Armistice among nations to end the First World War. . .which was supposed to be the war to end all wars. Today, on a Monday, we in the USA will celebrate the day as a Holiday. Just to remind you. . . the end…
Read MoreAssurant Preneed, a component of Assurant, posted higher revenue and higher profits in their 3Q 2018 results that were made public after the market on Tuesday. You can read the company’s press release on its earnings report here. Assurant, a member of the Death Care Index (DCI), operates a world-wide conglomerate composed of three segments…
Read MoreMany of us are pretty proud, and rightfully so, that we have helped families in our communities cope with the death of a loved one for over 100 years and maybe are into our 3rd, 4th, or 5th generation of family service. Funeral service is a noble profession and one that those of us who…
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