Park Lawn (PLC) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The company was founded in 1892 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: N/A
• 50-Day Range: C$26.03 to C$26.49
• 52-Week Range: N/A
• Volume: 33,882 shs
• Average Volume: 215,221 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$904.82 million
• P/E Ratio: N/A
• Dividend Yield: 1.72%
• Price Target: C$24.92
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Park Lawn Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Park Lawn scored higher than 28% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 3.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Park Lawn has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 3 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Park Lawn has received no research coverage in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Park Lawn is -94.57, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Park Lawn is -94.57, which means that its earnings are negative and its P/E ratio cannot be compared to companies with positive earnings.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Park Lawn has a PEG Ratio of 14.67. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PLC.

Dividend

• Score: 0.8 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Park Lawn pays a meaningful dividend of 1.72%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Park Lawn does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for PLC.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.3 / 5
• News Sentiment: N/A

News Sentiment

Park Lawn has a news sentiment score of 0.41. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This news sentiment score is similar to the average news sentiment of Consumer Cyclical companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 1 news article for Park Lawn this week, compared to 2 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.0 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Park Lawn insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 1.03% of the stock of Park Lawn is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 25.14% of the stock of Park Lawn is held by institutions.

PLC Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

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What other stocks do shareholders of Park Lawn own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Park Lawn investors own include Air Canada (AC), Enbridge (ENB), Suncor Energy (SU), Algonquin Power & Utilities (AQN), Toronto-Dominion Bank (TD), Cargojet (CJT) and Canadian Natural Resources (CNQ).

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Consumer Cyclical
• Industry: Personal Services
• Sub-Industry: N/A
• Current Symbol: TSE:PLC
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.parklawncorp.com
• Phone: 416-231-1462
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 2,178
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$24.92
• High Stock Price Target: C$26.50
• Low Stock Price Target: C$22.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 3 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C($0.28)
• Trailing P/E Ratio: N/A
• Forward P/E Ratio: N/A
• P/E Growth: 14.67
• Net Income: C$-6,940,000.00
• Net Margins: -2.10%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: -1.26%
• Return on Assets: 1.83%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 43.09
• Current Ratio: 1.94
• Quick Ratio: 1.78

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$331 million
• Price / Sales: 0.00
• Cash Flow: N/A
• Price / Cash Flow: 28.73
• Book Value: C$15.98 per share
• Price / Book: N/A

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 34,170,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$904.82 million
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 1.13