Finance

SCI CEO Tom Ryan on Covid deaths, preneed, and acquisitions

By Funeral Director Daily / November 10, 2021 /

Service Corporation International (SCI), the largest provider of funeral services in North America, recently released their 3rd Quarter 2021 results and following that company executives answered questions from stock analysts about the company and death care in general.  You can read a complete transcript of that commentary here. If you are not interested in reading…

Carriage Services announces record 3rd Quarter Results, comments on acquisition environment

By Funeral Director Daily / November 2, 2021 /

Funeral home and cemetery consolidator Carriage Services reported on the financial results of their 3rd Quarter for 2021 and in doing so reported record 3rd Quarter revenue for a quarter of $95.0 million.  That is 12.6% higher than the $84.3 million of revenue recorded in the 3rd Quarter of 2020. Here’s what is said in…

SCI’s 3Q Report continues solid run

By Funeral Director Daily / October 29, 2021 /

Service Corporation International (SCI), the largest funeral home and cemetery operator in North America reported their 3rd Quarter 2021 financial results on Wednesday.  You can see them for yourself here. Here’s some of what Tom Ryan, Service Corporation’s CEO said of the 3Q 2021 results, “Today we are reporting another strong quarter with earnings .…

Propel Funeral Partners raises capital, announces Share Purchase Program

By Funeral Director Daily / October 27, 2021 /

Propel Funeral Partners of Australia and New Zealand announced last week, in this announcement, that they had raised $AU 50.2 million via a placement with institutional investors.  They also announced that they are offering eligible existing shareholders the opportunity to purchase a total of up to $AU 10 million via a share purchase plan. Here’s…

Zacks Research previews SCI earnings report

By Funeral Director Daily / October 26, 2021 /

We found this report, dated October 21, interesting from Zacks Equity Research.  Here’s an interesting couple of lines from the report. . .”SCI is likely to display year-over-year declines in the top and bottom lines, when it reports third-quarter 2021 numbers on Oct 27. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for revenues is pegged at $800 million,…

Retail death care stocks lead the run-up

By Funeral Director Daily / October 25, 2021 /

On Friday the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) set a new record high by closing at 35,677.  On January 1, 2021, the DJIA stood at 30,606 so that high on Friday indicates a 16.6% increase year to date for 2021.  That’s pretty impressive. . . . and the NASDAQ closed Friday up 19.1% year to…

Park Lawn Corporation announces three acquisitions

By Funeral Director Daily / October 19, 2021 /

Toronto-based Park Lawn Corporation, a funeral home and cemetery owner and operator, announced in this press release last week that it had acquired three businesses which constitute an addition of six stand-alone funeral homes, one stand-alone cemetery, three combination funeral home/cemetery properties, and five event centers.  All businesses are located in their growing North Carolina…

Wilbert acquires Continental Casket Company. . .more growth hinted

By Funeral Director Daily / October 18, 2021 /

Wilbert Funeral Services, Inc. announced last week that they had acquired certain assets of the Continental Casket Company of Watseka, Illinois.  According to a press release received by Funeral Director Daily, “Continental is a regional distributor of metal and wood caskets with three warehouses serving funeral professionals in Illinois and areas of Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky,…

Seeking Alpha adds commentary on SCI as an investment

By Funeral Director Daily / October 13, 2021 /

Recently we found this article written by Daniel Jones for Seeking Alpha.  In the article he brings out the pros and cons of an investment in Service Corporation International. One question that he asked in the article when considering that Service Corporation International has greatly increased its gross revenues is this, “On its face, all…

A rise in case counts — Jake Johnson on how that can impact funeral home value

By Funeral Director Daily / October 13, 2021 /

Editor’s Note:  A recent article that we published on the increasing United States death rate brought commentary from Jake Johnson of Funeral Director Daily sponsor Johnson Consulting Group.  Here’s Jake’s take on what increasing death rates may mean to your funeral home: A recent article by Funeral Director Daily was published on the national death…