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I think the last few years, especially in some of America’s largest urban centers, we’ve learned that the rule of law is essential in a democracy. It’s imperative that we have laws and even business regulations so that all people play by the same set of rules. However, sometimes it feels like…
Read MoreCarriage Services announced in this press release their operating results of the 1st Quarter of 2023. Much like we mentioned in last week’s article on Service Corporation International (SCI), these numbers need to be looked at in the light of a reduced number of deaths in the United States for 1Q 2023 as…
Read MorePark Lawn Corporation is expected to release the financial results of their First Quarter 2023 on May 11 — Thursday. Last week, however, we found that Seeking Alpha authors gave an opinion on the company in which they believe “Park Lawn (is) likely to resume EBIDTA and EPS growth in 2023″. The opinion article…
Read MoreWhen public companies report their financial numbers each quarter, it is pretty much expected that matured companies have practical and easily understood numbers in comparison to what their financial numbers were for the previous comparable quarter of operations. In that regard you would look for the results of funeral home and cemetery…
Read MoreIt’s been no secret that for the past 30 years more and more women have been becoming active in the death care profession. I saw the trend start with pre-need counselors but now according to this article from Spectrum 1, 65% of all graduates of funeral director programs in the United States are…
Read MoreI often tell people in funeral service that with Funeral Director Daily “I don’t break the news, I just tell those in the profession what I’ve heard, what I’m seeing, and what my opinion on the subject is.” I’ve secured a pretty good following by doing that and giving busy death care professionals…
Read MoreMathews International’s sales rose about 7.8% year over year for their 2nd Quarter of 2023 as compared to the same quarter of 2022. Matthews is on a fiscal year so their 2nd Quarter comprises the months of January, February, and March. Most of the sales increase occured in Matthews Industrial Technologies segment. …
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