Shares of China-based funeral company are surging as Covid infections spike

Hong Kong-listed shares of China's biggest cemeteries operator and funeral service rose to their highest level in more than a year amid a brutal Covid wave.

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Shares of China-based funeral company are surging as Covid infections spike

Workers in protective gear handle a coffin and coffin case at Dongjiao Funeral Parlor, reportedly designated to handle Covid fatalities, in Beijing, China, on Monday, Dec. 19, 2022.

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Hong Kong-listed shares of China's biggest cemeteries operator and funeral service rose to their highest level in more than a year as the country struggles with a wave of Covid infections.

Fu Shou Yuan International Group stock reached a 2022 high at 7.04 Hong Kong dollars a share as of Friday's close — having surged about 80% in two months – as the country abruptly ended most of its Covid control measures and saw case numbers surge.

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Shares of Fu Shou Yuan International Group were down nearly 40% for 2022 as of November, but they're now on pace for a 15% year-to-date gain.

The company, with a market cap of more than $2 billion, debuted in 2013 with backing from Carlyle Group and hedge fund firm Farallon Investors.

Carlyle co-founder William Conway had visited Fu Shou Yuan's main cemetery in Shanghai with a group of executives in December 2010 before agreeing to purchase $25 million worth of shares prior to the company going public.