Hillenbrand
Last week Hillenbrand Industries reported their Fiscal Year 4th Quarter of 2022 and their Year End results for Fiscal Year 2022. It is noted that Hillenbrand operates on an annual fiscal year calendar from October 1 to September 30. Over the years Hillenbrand has moved from a company predominantly based in the death care business…
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It is our custom at Funeral Director Daily to post the top-read stories of the past 30 days at the middle of every month. Just in case you missed one or two of them. . here they are. In addition we are putting out some information for that you may find useful pertaining to the…
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Hillenbrand Industries, the parent company of Batesville Casket, reported its 3rd Quarter results earlier in the week. The 3rd Quarter for Hillenbrand encompasses the April thru June time period. It’s interesting to note that the Batesville segment of the business carried through with what we have been seen in the death care profession with other…
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A press release out of Batesville, Indiana, caught a lot of the death care profession off guard on Wednesday. That press release, which you can read here, was from Hillenbrand Industries and announced that the company would “explore strategic alternatives for its Batesville business”. Here’s what parent company Hillenbrand Industries President and CEO Kim Ryan…
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Hillenbrand Industries, parent company of Batesville, reported its 2nd Quarter 2022 (January thru March) last week and with it reported that the Batesville division increased their sales over the same quarter of last year by 6% to $176 million for the quarter. That was done, for the most part, by implementing a “price surcharge”…
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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…
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Batesville Casket’s parent company, Hillenbrand Industries, reported Fiscal Year 2021 and FY 4th Quarter 2021 results last week. In that report, that you can read here, they reported that the Batesville segment produced revenue of $623 million for the year. . . a 13% increase over FY2020. It should be mentioned here that FY2020 included…
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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…
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Hillenbrand Industries, parent company of Batesville, reported their Fiscal Year 3rd Quarter earlier this month. Their FY 2021 3Q comprises the April, May, and June 2021 business period. You can see the complete report here. Here’s what CEO Joe Raver said about the quarter, “We had another strong quarter of performance with exceptional cash generation…
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Hillenbrand Industries, parent company of Batesville Casket Company, announced last week that current CEO Joe A. Raver will be retiring at the end of 2021. The following day, Kimberly K. Ryan will succeed him as CEO of the company. In a press release that you can read here, Hillenbrand Chairperson Joe Loughrey describes Raver, “A…
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