We’ve now entered the season where public companies will give their reports on their 4th Quarter and Year End results from 2021. As the death care companies report their results we will bring them to you. It’s also a season where financial and stock analysts like to give us their opinions on what has happened and what they think will happen in the next year or longer with these companies. Today we bring you two such reports on a couple […]
I like to stay abreast of what is happening in the world of finance. And, even though I like to stay in my lane about what I know, over the years I probably bought a stock or two in a company where I didn’t really know the inside out of how the company made its profits. I also like to think that I know the business of Death Care somewhat and understand most of the roads to profitability. I ‘ve […]
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 the press release from Carriage Services that you can read here, “All five of our field reporting segments executed at an extremely high level during […]
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, suggesting a drop of 12.9% from the prior-year quarter’s reported figure.” Service Corporation International is expected to report 3rd Quarter earnings on October 27 (tomorrow). […]
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 date and the S & P 500 index also closed on that date with a 20.9% increase year to date. Pretty impressive. . . but […]
As you can see from this Yahoo Finance article, Axar Capital Management has sent StoneMor Inc. a letter expressing “an interest in pursuing discussions concerning strategic alternatives that may be beneficial to the Company and its various stakeholders.” As you may know, and according to E-Trade, Axar Capital Management currently owns 88.6 million of the 118 million common shares of StoneMor Inc. Those 88.6 million shares represent over 75% of the outstanding common stock. StoneMor Inc. is a Pennsylvania based operator […]
Seeking Alpha recently penned an article about death care public company Carriage Services entitled, “An Under Appreciated Performer in the Death Care Industry”. You can access that article here. Here’s a few quotes from the article: Carriage Services operates in the attractive death care industry, operating 171 funeral homes and 32 cemeteries in the United States. The industry is attractive, although it is still extremely fragmented The business generates significant cash flow and returns on equity currently exceed 20%. Its […]
For several years now the stock market has churned out really good results. If you are a funeral home owner and you have been invested somewhat in the stock market. . . well, good for you. However, have you extended your foundation for the future in the funeral home business by making a little money in the stock market? Maybe you have created a little cash to help with improving your main business. If so, good for you. But, making […]
It’s quarterly reporting time in the public business realm and the companies in the death care sector are no different than others with that requirement. Last week we reported Service Corporation International’s (SCI) results and today we bring you highlights of Houston, Texas based operator, Carriage Services. You can access the Carriage Services 2nd Quarter 2021 Report here. SCI’s report brought forth the fact that the company was able to increase revenues per service by over $600 as compared to […]
Funeral Director Daily published this article last week that we titled “We saw a lot of deaths in 2020”. The article tried to put a number to the number of death care cases across the United States in our Covid-19 pandemic year. We came up with the number of 3,427,321 which was a 20% increase in the number of deaths from 2019 — 2,854,838. That article captured my interest on other numbers, or data, which may be of interest to […]
