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PL2 Stock Overview

Owns and operates cemeteries, crematoriums, and funeral homes in Canada and the United States. More details

PL2 fundamental analysis
Snowflake Score
Valuation	3/6
Future Growth	3/6
Past Performance	0/6
Financial Health	4/6
Dividends	2/6

Rewards

Trading at 30% below our estimate of its fair value

Earnings are forecast to grow 96.77% per year

Risk Analysis

Highly volatile share price over the past 3 months

Dividend of 1.71% is not well covered by earnings

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Price History & Performance

Summary of share price highs, lows and changes for Park Lawn
Historical stock prices
Current Share Price	CA$17.40
52 Week High	CA$18.00
52 Week Low	CA$10.40
Beta	1.13
1 Month Change	0%
3 Month Change	53.98%
1 Year Change	14.47%
3 Year Change	-29.27%
5 Year Change	-4.97%
Change since IPO	48.91%

Recent updates

Shareholder Returns

	PL2	DE Consumer Services	DE Market
7D	1.8%	-1.9%	-0.8%
1Y	14.5%	24.3%	16.9%

Return vs Industry: PL2 underperformed the German Consumer Services industry which returned 15.6% over the past year.

Return vs Market: PL2 exceeded the German Market which returned -0.8% over the past year.

Price Volatility

Is PL2's price volatile compared to industry and market?
PL2 volatility
PL2 Average Weekly Movement	15.3%
Consumer Services Industry Average Movement	6.1%
Market Average Movement	6.5%
10% most volatile stocks in DE Market	12.6%
10% least volatile stocks in DE Market	3.1%

Stable Share Price: PL2's share price has been volatile over the past 3 months.

Volatility Over Time: PL2's weekly volatility has increased from 9% to 15% over the past year.

About the Company

Founded	Employees	CEO	Website
1892	2,178	Brad Green	www.parklawncorp.com

Park Lawn Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates cemeteries, crematoriums, and funeral homes in Canada and the United States. The company primarily offers cemetery lots, mausoleum crypts, niches, monuments, caskets, urns, outer burial containers, flowers, online and video tribute, and other merchandise, as well as funeral, cemetery, and cremation services. It also engages in the filing of death certificates and publication of death notices; and body preparation activities.

Park Lawn Corporation Fundamentals Summary

How do Park Lawn's earnings and revenue compare to its market cap?
PL2 fundamental statistics
Market cap	€602.58m
Earnings (TTM)	-€6.35m
Revenue (TTM)	€302.83m

2.0x

P/S Ratio

-94.8x

P/E Ratio

Is PL2 overvalued?

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Earnings & Revenue

Key profitability statistics from the latest earnings report (TTM)
PL2 income statement (TTM)
Revenue	US$331.00m
Cost of Revenue	US$82.45m
Gross Profit	US$248.54m
Other Expenses	US$255.49m
Earnings	-US$6.94m

Last Reported Earnings

Mar 31, 2024

Next Earnings Date

n/a

Earnings per share (EPS)	-0.20
Gross Margin	75.09%
Net Profit Margin	-2.10%
Debt/Equity Ratio	40.5%

How did PL2 perform over the long term?

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Dividends

1.7%

Current Dividend Yield

-169%

Payout Ratio

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/08/12 04:06
End of Day Share Price	2024/08/12 00:00
Earnings	2024/03/31
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

^* Example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

Unless specified all financial data is based on a yearly period but updated quarterly. This is known as Trailing Twelve Month (TTM) or Last Twelve Month (LTM) Data. Learn more.

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Analyst Sources

Park Lawn Corporation is covered by 11 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Raveel Afzaal	Canaccord Genuity
D. MacKay	Clarus Securities Inc.
Kyle McPhee	Cormark Securities Inc.

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Price History & Performance

Recent News & Updates

Park Lawn Provides Delisting Update

Park Lawn Shareholders OK Going-Private Transaction

Now 20% undervalued

Homesteaders Life Company and Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. entered into an arrangement agreement to acquire Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) for approximately CAD 940 million.

New major risk - Share price stability

Steven Scott Steps Down from the Board of Directors of Park Lawn Corporation

Recent updates

Park Lawn Provides Delisting Update

Park Lawn Shareholders OK Going-Private Transaction

Now 20% undervalued

Homesteaders Life Company and Birch Hill Equity Partners Management Inc. entered into an arrangement agreement to acquire Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) for approximately CAD 940 million.

New major risk - Share price stability

Steven Scott Steps Down from the Board of Directors of Park Lawn Corporation

First quarter 2024 earnings released: EPS: US$0.15 (vs US$0.13 in 1Q 2023)

Park Lawn Corporation to Report Q1, 2024 Results on May 09, 2024

Park Lawn Corporation Announces First Quarter 2024 Dividend, Payable on April 15, 2024

Park Lawn Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 03, 2024

Full year 2023 earnings released: US$0.22 loss per share (vs US$0.73 profit in FY 2022)

Park Lawn Corporation Appoints Maggie MacDougall to the Board of Directors

Park Lawn Corporation to Report Q4, 2023 Results on Mar 07, 2024

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 16%

Park Lawn Corporation Announces Fourth Quarter 2023 Dividend, Payable on December 29, 2023

Investor sentiment improves as stock rises 15%

Third quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.096 (vs US$0.15 in 3Q 2022)

Park Lawn Corporation to Report Q3, 2023 Results on Nov 09, 2023

Everstory Acquisition Portfolio, LLC entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Substantially all assets from Park Lawn Cemetery Company (USA), Inc. for $70 million.

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) completed the acquisition of substantially all the assets of Christy-Smith Funeral Homes and Crematory.

Park Lawn Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2023 Dividend, Payable on October 16, 2023

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire substantially all the assets of Christy-Smith Funeral Homes and Crematory.

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) acquired Assets of Forrest & Taylor Funeral Home Limited.

New minor risk - Financial position

Second quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.11 (vs US$0.17 in 2Q 2022)

Park Lawn Corporation to Report Q2, 2023 Results on Aug 10, 2023

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) acquired Substantially all of the assets from Ward Funeral Home Limited.

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) acquired Substantially all assets from Cobb Suncrest Memorial Gardens and Cobb Funeral Chapel.

Park Lawn Corporation Announces Quarterly Dividend, Payable on July 17, 2023

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Substantially all of the assets from Ward Funeral Home Limited.

First quarter 2023 earnings released: EPS: US$0.13 (vs US$0.26 in 1Q 2022)

Full year 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.73 (vs US$0.89 in FY 2021)

High number of new directors

Third quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.15 (vs US$0.23 in 3Q 2021)

High number of new directors

Independent Chair of the Board recently bought €81k worth of stock

Second quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.17 (vs US$0.19 in 2Q 2021)

First quarter 2022 earnings released: EPS: US$0.26 (vs US$0.26 in 1Q 2021)

Upcoming dividend of CA$0.11 per share

CEO & Director recently bought €94k worth of stock

Full year 2021 earnings: Revenues and EPS in line with analyst expectations

Third quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS CA$0.29 (vs CA$0.18 in 3Q 2020)

Chief Technology Officer recently sold €108k worth of stock

Second quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS CA$0.24 (vs CA$0.22 in 2Q 2020)

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) agreed to acquire Two on-site funeral home/Cemetery properties and compliment PLC’s footprint in Tennessee market.

Park Lawn Corporation Announces May 2021 Dividend, Payable on June 15, 2021

First quarter 2021 earnings released: EPS CA$0.33 (vs CA$0.025 in 1Q 2020)

Investor sentiment improved over the past week

Full year 2020 earnings released: EPS CA$0.64 (vs CA$0.25 in FY 2019)

Park Lawn Corporation, Annual General Meeting, Jun 01, 2021

Park Lawn Corporation to Report Fiscal Year 2020 Results on Mar 30, 2021

New 90-day high: €19.90

COO, President & Director recently bought €82k worth of stock

New 90-day high: €19.60

Revenue beats expectations

Third quarter 2020 earnings released: EPS CA$0.18

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) acquired J.F. Floyd Businesses in Spartanburg and Charleston, South Carolina from GRAS, LLC, Piedmont Crematory, Inc., Floyd's Pet Cremation, LLC, W.R. Floyd Services, Inc., and others.

Park Lawn Corporation to Report Q3, 2020 Results on Nov 12, 2020

Park Lawn Corporation (TSX:PLC) acquired assets of Bowers Funeral Service Ltd.

Yvon Rodrigue, Quebec-based investors and certain other buyers acquired certain cemetery and funeral assets in province of Quebec from Park Lawn Corporation (TSXV:PLC).

Shareholder Returns

Price Volatility