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March 30, 2022 Flash Research
PARK LAWN CORPORATION LIMITED
Growing Its Mississippi Footprint
PLC announced the small, on-strategy acquisition of Chancellor Funeral
Home and Garden of Memories, a family-run company owning one stand-
alone funeral home and one combination funeral home and cemetery in
Byram and Florence, Mississippi, respectively. The assets are expected to
add ~$US1.25MM (~C$1.6MM) of annual EBITDA. We estimate a deal value
of around C$10MM, to be financed with PLC’s existing liquidity. The deal
augments the current Mississippi footprint of 13 funeral homes and two
cemeteries, and is part of the company’s normal-course acquisition program
to build out market presence in existing regions. Deal closing is expected in
April 2022. Our estimates, $43.00 price target and Outperformer rating are all unchanged.