Sign in

Private company

Stewart Enterprises

American funeral services company

Stewart Enterprises, Inc., a provider of funeral and cemetery services, was founded in 1910 and grew to be the second-largest company of its kind in the United States before it was acquired in 2013. As of 1991, the year it went public, the company was headquartered in Jefferson, Louisiana, and employed nearly 5,400 people in 218 funeral homes and 140 cemeteries in 24 states and Puerto Rico. The company was publicly traded and listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol STEI.3 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

1910Founded1
  • IndustryServices-Personal Services1
  • HeadquartersJefferson, Louisiana1
  • Websitewww.stei.com
  • Listed onNasdaq1
  • Incorporated inLA4
  • Business address1333 South Clearview Parkway, Jefferson, La 701214
  • Filer categoryLarge Accelerated4

See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards

Stewart Enterprises, Inc., a provider of funeral and cemetery services, was founded in 1910 and grew to be the second-largest company of its kind in the United States before it was acquired in 2013.3

What it owns

What Stewart Enterprises reports owning in its annual reports to the SEC: buildings, land and equipment, real estate and locations, investments, intangible assets and inventory, at the end of its latest fiscal year and a year before.

Property and equipment

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Land$49.1M6 Oct 31, 2012$46.5M6 Oct 31, 2011+5.5%
Buildings and improvements$360.9M6 Oct 31, 2012$353.7M6 Oct 31, 2011+2.0%
Property and equipment, before depreciation$614.9M6 Oct 31, 2012$598.0M6 Oct 31, 2011+2.8%
Accumulated depreciation$323.6M6 Oct 31, 2012$305.7M6 Oct 31, 2011+5.9%
Property and equipment, net$291.3M6 Oct 31, 2012$292.3M6 Oct 31, 2011−0.4%

Investments

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Cash and cash equivalents$68.2M6 Oct 31, 2012$65.7M6 Oct 31, 2011+3.8%
Marketable securities, current$10.5M6 Oct 31, 2012$662.0K6 Oct 31, 2011+1488.2%
Marketable securities, non-current$1.0M6 Oct 31, 2012$1.0M6 Oct 31, 20110%

Intangibles and goodwill

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Goodwill$249.6M6 Oct 31, 2012$247.0M6 Oct 31, 2011+1.0%

Inventory

ItemLatestA year beforeChange
Inventory, total$36.5M6 Oct 31, 2012$35.9M6 Oct 31, 2011+1.8%

The story

Stewart Enterprises was founded in New Orleans in 1910 by Albert Stewart, owner of the Acme Realty Company, when his real estate business acquired the three St. Vincent de Paul Cemeteries and the St. Vincent de Paul Marble Shop, a company that built monuments for the cemeteries. Stewart kept both businesses, and they flourished. By 1931, his sons Frank Sr. and Charles incorporated the business as the Acme Marble & Granite Co. In 1949, the company established Lake Lawn Park Cemetery in New Orleans and developed a large perpetual-care community mausoleum with more than 31,000 crypts. In 1969, under the tutelage of President Frank B. Stewart, Jr. (Albert's grandson), the company purchased the adjoining Metairie Cemetery.

From Wikipedia’s article on Stewart Enterprises, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Leadership

Who has led Stewart Enterprises, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Kenneth C. Budde2006
  2. Thomas M. Kitchen2006–2013

Chief financial officer

  1. Thomas M. Kitchen2006–2011
  2. Lewis J. Derbes Jr.2011–2013

Chief operating officer

  1. Everett N. Kendrick2006
197019801990200020102020
Board members and other officers (27)

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Dec 21, 2006New chief executive Thomas M. Kitchen becomes CEO8
  2. May 17, 2006New chief executive Kenneth C. Budde becomes CEO7
  3. 1910Founded Founded1

SEC filer profile

How Stewart Enterprises is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission, from its EDGAR record and the cover page of its latest annual report.

  • Name on EDGARSTEWART ENTERPRISES INC2
  • CIK0000878522
  • Employer ID (EIN)72-06932902
  • Filer statusLarge accelerated2
  • Incorporated inLouisiana2
  • Fiscal year endsOctober 312
  • Industry code (SIC)7200 Services-Personal Services2
  • Business address1333 South Clearview Parkway, Jefferson, LA 701212
  • Phone50472914002
  • Public float$471.0M as of Apr 30, 20126
  • On EDGAR sinceFeb 7, 19962
  • Filings1,151 in all: 4 (551), 8-K (232), SC 13G/A (74), 10-Q (53), 4/A (20), SC 13G (20), 3 (19), 10-K (17)2
    All 51 form types

    DEF 14A (17), CORRESP (15), S-8 POS (15), UPLOAD (15), 11-K (10), 424B7 (7), S-8 (7), POS AM (6), S-3 (6), 10-K/A (5), DEFA14A (5), 424B5 (4), S-3/A (4), 424B3 (3), 5 (3), ARS (3), S-4 (3), SC 13D (3), SC 13D/A (3), 10-Q/A (2), 424B2 (2), 8-K/A (2), NT 10-Q (2), NT 11-K (2), PRE 14A (2), SC TO-I/A (2), 10-C (1), 15-12B (1), 25-NSE (1), 3/A (1), 424B1 (1), 8-A12B/A (1), 8-A12G (1), DEFM14A (1), EFFECT (1), NT 10-K (1), NT 10-Q/A (1), PREM14A (1), PRER14A (1), S-3ASR (1), S-3MEF (1), S-4/A (1), SC TO-I (1)

  • Latest filingsAnnual report (10-K) Dec 17, 2012
    Quarterly report (10-Q) Sep 9, 2013
    Proxy statement (DEF 14A) Feb 22, 2013
    Latest 8-K (8-K) Dec 23, 2013

Sources

The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5
  6. 6
  7. 7
  8. 8
  9. 9
  10. 10
  11. 11
  12. 12
  13. 13
  14. 14
  15. 15
  16. 16
  17. 17
  18. 18
  19. 19
  20. 20
  21. 21
  22. 22
  23. 23
  24. 24
  25. 25
  26. 26
  27. 27
  28. 28
  29. 29
  30. 30
  31. 31
  32. 32
  33. 33
  34. 34
  35. 35
  36. 36