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SCI reports 1st Qtr. . . Comparable Unit funeral sales drop 5.5%

By Funeral Director Daily / April 30, 2019 /

North America’s largest funeral home and cemetery operator, Service Corporation International, reported 1st Quarter 2019 results last week and you can see their press release on those results here. The company’s CEO, Tom Ryan, issued the following statement in the report.  “We are encouraged as we start of 2019 on par with prior year earnings…

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Funeral Services and Public Companies – Part 1 – SCI

By Funeral Director Daily / March 7, 2019 /

Every so often someone asks me what I think of the funeral/cremation/cemetery companies that are in the public ownership realm.  So, today I will start giving you my opinions of what I think each is trying to, or should try to accomplish.  Each in this series of write ups will be my day to be…

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Service Corporation reports 4th Qtr and Year End

By Funeral Director Daily / February 20, 2019 /

America’s largest owner of funeral homes reported their 2018 4th quarter and 2018 Year End results on Monday, February 18.  You can read a copy of the press release from Service Corporation International here. For the year, Service Corporation reported revenue of $3.190 billion as compared to 2017’s $3.095 billion — an increase in revenue…

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An opinion on Service Corporation International

By Funeral Director Daily / January 15, 2019 /

Just this morning I noticed an information piece on Service Corporation International from Zack’s Research.  It’s a short, but interesting look at how at least some people look at the death care industry as compared to the overall market and what they think about SCI. Interesting to note, is that according to the article, Service…

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Could we have an LBO or Hostile Takeover in the Death Care Industry

By Funeral Director Daily / December 31, 2018 /

One of the things that I find interesting about the death care industry is the continuing consolidation and spin-offs that seem to always occur.  Get a few funeral directors together and they are always talking about who is acquiring who. I’ve been around long enough to see upstart Prime Succession grow fast and then be…

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SCI to again sponsor float at Tournament of Roses Parade

By Funeral Director Daily / December 20, 2018 /

In a press release that you can read here it was announced that Service Corporation International will, for the 11th consecutive year, be a major sponsor of the “Donate Life” float at the 130th Tournament of Roses Parade on January 1, 2019, in Pasadena, California. SCI and its brand, Dignity Memorial, will be the sponsor…

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Carriage Services Reports 3Q 2018

By Funeral Director Daily / November 1, 2018 /

After the markets closed yesterday funeral home and cemetery consolidator Carriage Services announced their results for the 3rd Quarter of 2018.  The company announced quarterly revenues of $64.2 million which was an increase of 5.2% over the same period of a year ago and a Net Income of $2.2 million – which is a decrease…

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SCI Keeps Chugging Along

By Funeral Director Daily / October 30, 2018 /

Death care public company and industry leader Service Corporation International announced 3rd Quarter results yesterday and with the announcement came earnings news of $0.37 per share for the quarter compared to $0.29 per share in the same quarter one year ago.  Total revenues, which include acquisitions, are up for the quarter to over $778 million…

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A Tale of Two Stocks

By Funeral Director Daily / October 19, 2018 /

Much like many of you, I’m an amateur investor that likes to watch what is happening to public sector stocks in the death care industry.  Today I’m going to take a look at a couple of stocks that I own in the industry – Service Corporation International and Carriage Services — and try to deduce…

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Business Monday

By Funeral Director Daily / October 1, 2018 /

A lot happened at the end of last week in the Death Care industry and we will try to give you just a little idea of that as we catch up from over the weekend. StoneMor Partners, L.P. announced in this press release that they will be announcing a corporate transition from a Master Limited…

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