2022-08-18
In case you thought that John O'Looney is an outlier, or the phenomenon might be unique to the UK, Principia Scientific International reports exactly the same boost for the same businesses:
"Funerals are a solid but slow-growth business, and the trend toward cremations hasn’t helped,” writes Alex Berenson on his Substack. “But between 2019 and 2021, SCI’s earnings per share more than doubled, from $1.90 to $4.57"
Whilst that doesn't necessarily imply that the numbers being buried have doubled, it does imply a significant growth in numbers.
This US based report notes the "elevated numbers of consumers".
This video from Dec 2021 (in dreadful taste - but you have to soften the seriousness somehow) draws the conclusion that the authorities dare not mention:
(2 minutes)