Funeral Director Daily
Earlier in May the largest public funeral home and cemetery operator in North America, Service Corporation International (SCI), reported on their 1st Quarter of 2023 operations. Shortly after that, on May 8, an author from Seeking Alpha wrote an article on his opinion of SCI. The title of that article will give you…
Read MoreDepending on who you listen to you will get some opinions that over the next decade more than 50% of today’s family-owned funeral establishments will change hands. Now, I don’t know if that is true, but there is a shifting demographic, not only in age, but in preferred geographic living locations, that…
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As we continue to see less and less full casket traditional burials at cemeteries, especially rural cemeteries, we have kept you apprised about some of the issues that these long-time, old-established cemeteries face. Most of the time the issues are those of finances — such as not enough grave lot sales, interment sales,…
Read MoreI find it very interesting in that once I pick out an article for the day that other resources about the subject just seem to pop out to me and make me notice them when I have not noticed them in the past. I don’t know why it happens, but it does seem…
Read MoreI 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…
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Carriage 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…
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Park 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…
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When 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…
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