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Typically lower beta stocks, the death care industry stocks have sold off with the rest of the market, and although revenues from services are being squeezed by social distancing, it is likely that funeral services and memorials are being postponed rather than cancelled altogether. This article focuses on the two funeral services stocks that are publicly traded, Service Corp. International (SCI) and Carriage Services Inc. (CSV). There are other companies that provide caskets and monuments, but it is the full service providers that I find