Service Co. International (SCI) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Service Corporation International provides deathcare products and services in the United States and Canada. Its funeral service and cemetery operations comprise funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and other businesses. The company also provides professional services related to funerals and cremations, including the use of funeral home facilities and motor vehicles; arranging and directing services; and removal, preparation, embalming, cremation, memorialization, and travel protection, as well as catering services. In addition, it offers funeral merchandise, including burial caskets and related accessories, urns and other cremation receptacles, outer burial containers, flowers, online and video tributes, stationery products, casket and cremation memorialization products, and other ancillary merchandise. Further, the company's cemeteries provide cemetery property interment rights, such as developed lots, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, niches, and other cremation memorialization and interment options. It offers its products and services under the Dignity Memorial, Dignity Planning, National Cremation Society, Advantage Funeral and Cremation Services, Funeraria del Angel, Making Everlasting Memories, Neptune Society, and Trident Society brands. The company was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $81.41 to $83.12
• 50-Day Range: $75.12 to $88.64
• 52-Week Range: $64.10 to $89.37
• Volume: 2.38 million shs
• Average Volume: 909,542 shs
• Market Capitalization: $11.80 billion
• P/E Ratio: 23.72
• Dividend Yield: 1.47%
• Price Target: $88.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Service Co. International Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Service Co. International scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 87th out of 146 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Service Co. International has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Service Co. International has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 1.9 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 11.68%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Service Co. International are expected to grow by 11.68% in the coming year, from $3.51 to $3.92 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Service Co. International is 23.72, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 113.17.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Service Co. International is 23.72, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 21.97.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Service Co. International has a PEG Ratio of 2.51. PEG Ratios above 1 indicate that a company could be overvalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Service Co. International has a P/B Ratio of 7.75. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 2.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.30% of the float of Service Co. International has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Service Co. International has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Service Co. International has recently decreased by 3.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 4.2 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Strong

Dividend Yield

Service Co. International pays a meaningful dividend of 1.46%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Service Co. International has been increasing its dividend for 14 years.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Service Co. International is 34.88%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Service Co. International will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.61% next year. This indicates that Service Co. International will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

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

Percentage of Shares Shorted

5.30% of the float of Service Co. International has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Service Co. International has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 8.3.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Service Co. International has recently decreased by 3.50%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.8 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.97

News Sentiment

Service Co. International has a news sentiment score of 0.97. 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 is a higher news sentiment than the 0.69 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Service Co. International this week, compared to 6 articles on an average week.

Search Interest

Only 2 people have searched for SCI on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of 0% compared to the previous 30 days.

MarketBeat Follows

2 people have added Service Co. International to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 100% compared to the previous 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Service Co. International insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $9,356,203.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 5.10% of the stock of Service Co. International is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

85.53% of the stock of Service Co. International is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

SCI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have SCI shares performed this year?

Service Co. International's stock was trading at $68.45 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, SCI shares have increased by 19.2% and is now trading at $81.61.
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How were Service Co. International's earnings last quarter?

Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 30th. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, hitting the consensus estimate of $0.79. The firm's revenue was up 1.2% compared to the same quarter last year.

Is Service Co. International buying back stock?

Service Co. International's board approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, November 8th 2023, which authorizes the company to buy back $600,000,000 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This means that the company could purchase up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Who are Service Co. International's major shareholders?

Top institutional investors of Service Co. International include Baillie Gifford & Co. (8.68%), State Street Corp (3.10%), FMR LLC (2.80%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (2.22%). Insiders that own company stock include Thomas L Ryan, W Blair Waltrip, Sumner J Waring III, Gregory T Sangalis, Elisabeth G Nash, Steven A Tidwell, Tony Coelho, John H Faulk, Alan R Buckwalter III, Jakki L Haussler, Victor L Lund and Ellen Ochoa.
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How do I buy shares of Service Co. International?

Shares of SCI stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.
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What other stocks do shareholders of Service Co. International own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Service Co. International investors own include Salesforce (CRM), Chevron (CVX), Home Depot (HD), Meta Platforms (META), Coca-Cola (KO), Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) and Bank of America (BAC).

Company Calendar

• Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend: 9/13/2024
• Dividend Payable: 9/30/2024
• Last Earnings: 10/30/2024
• Ex-Dividend for 12/31 Dividend: 12/13/2024
• Today: 12/22/2024
• Dividend Payable: 12/31/2024
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Personal services
• Sub-Industry: Personal Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:SCI
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: 89089
• Web: www.sci-corp.com
• Phone: (713) 522-5141
• Fax: 713-525-5586
• Employees: 24,922
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $88.50
• High Stock Price Target: $92.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $85.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +8.4%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $3.44
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 23.72
• Forward P/E Ratio: 23.25
• P/E Growth: 2.51
• Net Income: $537.32 million
• Net Margins: 12.19%
• Pretax Margin: 15.85%
• Return on Equity: 31.84%
• Return on Assets: 2.98%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.91
• Current Ratio: 0.52
• Quick Ratio: 0.48

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $4.15 billion
• Price / Sales: 2.84
• Cash Flow: $5.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 14.83
• Book Value: $10.53 per share
• Price / Book: 7.75

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 144,629,000
• Free Float: 137,253,000
• Market Cap: $11.80 billion
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.85