funeral home mergers

StoneMor bucks the system

By Funeral Director Daily / March 23, 2020 /

Those of us who have watched the markets over the last few weeks have seen a deterioration in the value of our private investment portfolios.  What has happened in the broader market is also indicative of what has happened in the death care industry with the exception of StoneMor, Inc. and its stock and valuation.…

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FDD keeps growing. .requesting contributing articles

By Funeral Director Daily / March 9, 2020 /

Thanks to our readers and a solid word of mouth presence in the death care profession, Funeral Director Daily continues to grow our readership.  As you can see from the chart below we continue to grow slow and sure among decision makers in the funeral, cemetery, and cremation world.  Thank you. We continue to show…

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Propel Funeral Partners growing market share

By Funeral Director Daily / February 7, 2020 /

This article from Yahoo Finance indicates that Australian and New Zealand public funeral operating company Propel Funeral Partners is growing market share.  According to the article it is growing both from acquisitions and an annual death rate increase in both countries. Here is an excerpt from that article: “In Propel’s FY19 investor presentation, the company…

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New Year brings news of Foundation Partners adding to Tucson brands

By Funeral Director Daily / January 7, 2020 /

In a press release from Foundation Partners Group (FPG) that is dated December 31, 2019, but not known by us until January 2, 2020, we have learned that the company has made an acquisition in Tucson, Arizona which includes the Adair Funeral Homes and Desert Sunset Funeral Home of that area. You can read the…

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StoneMor announces California combo sale

By Funeral Director Daily / December 5, 2019 /

We said almost two years ago that the best way for funeral home and cemetery operator StoneMor Partners L.P. to right their ship was to divest themselves of some properties and use the cash proceeds to pay down debt so that they can get to a position where they are operating in a financial positive…

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StoneMor keeps moving towards turnaround

By Funeral Director Daily / September 25, 2019 /

StoneMor Partners, L.P. issued a press release the other day expressing some of the movements they are making as they execute their self-termed “turnaround” of the company.  As you may know, StoneMor Partners operates 321 cemeteries and 90 funeral homes and has incurred several consecutive quarters of losses in their operation.  You can read their…

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Park Lawn reports 1Q 2019

By Funeral Director Daily / May 17, 2019 /

It will come as no secret to anybody that Canadian funeral home and cemetery operator Park Lawn Corporation increased their revenue in the First Quarter of 2019 over that of the same period in 2018.  Due to the number, size, and scope of their acquisition activity it was not a matter of increasing revenue, it…

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Park Lawn makes another splash

By Funeral Director Daily / May 13, 2019 /

Toronto based funeral and cemetery services provider Park Lawn Corporation announced last week that they have entered into agreements to acquire the assets of Horan & McConaty Funeral Services and the assets of the Baue Funeral Home Company.  The press release and more information that you can read from Yahoo Finance here, indicate that the…

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Funeral Service and Public Companies – Part 2 – Carriage Services

By Funeral Director Daily / March 25, 2019 /

Carriage Services is a funeral home and cemetery acquisition company that, according to Reuters, operated 181 funeral homes in 29 states and operated 32 cemeteries in 11 states as of August 28,2018.  According to their own history from their web-site they were founded in 1991 and had their initial public offering (IPO) to become a…

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Spanish Funeral Firms Consider Merger

By Funeral Director Daily / October 25, 2018 /

The second and third largest funeral home firms in Spain are considering a merger according to this article from Reuters.  Santa Lucia’s subsidiary Albia and Mapfres’ subsidiary Funespana are the number two and three in funeral services in the country and are contemplating teaming up to become a company that would do about $229 million…

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