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

$79.54
-1.02 (-1.27%)
(As of 09/18/2024 ET)

About Service Co. International Stock (NYSE:SCI)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$79.46
$80.47
50-Day Range
$71.50
$80.52
52-Week Range
$52.89
$81.32
Volume
779,035 shs
Average Volume
901,513 shs
Market Capitalization
$11.58 billion
P/E Ratio
22.86
Dividend Yield
1.51%
Price Target
$77.60
Consensus Rating
Buy

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.

Service Co. International Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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Overall MarketRank™: 58th Percentile

Service Co. International scored higher than 58% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 98th out of 151 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • 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 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Service Co. International's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Service Co. International are expected to grow by 10.80% in the coming year, from $3.52 to $3.90 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Service Co. International is 22.86, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 135.39.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Service Co. International is 22.86, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 21.88.

  • Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

    Service Co. International has a PEG Ratio of 2.30. 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 7.55. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Service Co. International's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.79% 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 8.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Service Co. International has recently increased by 14.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • Dividend Yield

    Service Co. International pays a meaningful dividend of 1.50%, 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 34.48%. 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 30.77% next year. This indicates that Service Co. International will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

  • Read more about Service Co. International's dividend.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    5.79% 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 8.1.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Service Co. International has recently increased by 14.21%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.
  • News Sentiment

    Service Co. International has a news sentiment score of 0.54. 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 lower news sentiment than the 0.70 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 13 news articles for Service Co. International this week, compared to 5 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    1 people have searched for SCI on MarketBeat in the last 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.
  • 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 $6,166,668.00 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.

  • Read more about Service Co. International's insider trading history.

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SCI Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Service Co. International's stock was trading at $68.45 at the beginning of the year. Since then, SCI stock has increased by 16.2% and is now trading at $79.54.
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Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July, 31st. The company reported $0.79 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $0.86 by $0.07. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis.

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

Service Co. International's top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (8.93%), Select Equity Group L.P. (5.01%), Swedbank AB (1.95%) and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (1.35%). Insiders that own company stock include Thomas L Ryan, W Blair Waltrip, Sumner J Waring III, Gregory T Sangalis, Elisabeth G Nash, Tony Coelho, Steven A Tidwell, John H Faulk, Alan R Buckwalter III, Jakki L Haussler, Eric D Tanzberger, Victor L Lund and Ellen Ochoa.
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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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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Service Co. International investors own include Johnson & Johnson (JNJ), AT&T (T), Micron Technology (MU), Pfizer (PFE), Carriage Services (CSV), Gilead Sciences (GILD) and Intel (INTC).

Company Calendar

Ex-Dividend for 6/28 Dividend
6/14/2024
Dividend Payable
6/28/2024
Last Earnings
7/31/2024
Ex-Dividend for 9/30 Dividend
9/13/2024
Today
9/18/2024
Dividend Payable
9/30/2024
Next Earnings (Estimated)
11/06/2024
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2024

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Industry
Personal services
Sub-Industry
Personal Services
Employees
24,922
Year Founded
N/A

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$77.60
High Stock Price Target
$85.00
Low Stock Price Target
$70.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-2.7%
Consensus Rating
Buy
Rating Score (0-4)
3.00
Research Coverage
4 Analysts

Profitability

Net Income
$537.32 million
Pretax Margin
16.19%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$4.14 billion
Cash Flow
$5.77 per share
Book Value
$10.53 per share

Miscellaneous

Free Float
138,186,000
Market Cap
$11.61 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.84

This page (NYSE:SCI) was last updated on 9/18/2024 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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