Stocks · Consumer Cyclical · Personal Products & Services
Service Corporation International SCI
$77.14 +0.84% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NYSE · Market cap $10.54B
Low risk
Next earnings report: Nov 4, 2026
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Three things to know
- Net debt is 4.0× EBITDA, a high level of leverage.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $4.48, up 21.4% year over year.
- Revenue over the last four quarters was $4.37B, up 2.9% from a year earlier.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Consumer Cyclical sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth54Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 45%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 34%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Top 50%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRBottom 49%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 48%
Quality37Weak
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalBottom 42%
- Gross marginBottom 33%
- Operating marginTop 6%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 45%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 21%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 34%
- Interest coverBottom 48%
Value52Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 36%
- Free-cash-flow yieldTop 42%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 50%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 12%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 34%
Momentum52Neutral
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 49%
- 6-month returnBottom 36%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 49%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 22%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Bottom 47%
Revisions57Neutral
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersBottom 30%
- Consecutive EPS beatsBottom 33%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetTop 41%
Stability95Exceptional
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 4%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 2%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 34%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 2.8% | 2.9% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 22.0% | 21.4% | ↓ |
| Gross margin | 26.4% | 26.0% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 22.4% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 14.2% | 16.2% | ↑ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 2.9% | 2.8% | ↑ | Bottom 45% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 21.4% | 22.0% | ↓ | Top 34% |
| Gross margin | 26.0% | 26.4% | ↓ | Bottom 33% |
| Operating margin | 22.4% | 22.4% | ↑ | Top 6% |
| Net margin | 14.4% | 12.6% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 16.2% | 14.2% | ↑ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 4.6% | — | Bottom 42% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 1.6% | — | Bottom 49% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.65×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -2.1%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 0.4%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -3.2 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 4.03×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 3.8×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 1.79%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 3.03%
- Shareholder yield
- 4.82%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -3.5%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -3.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 1
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 5 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +0.8%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.2%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 3 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $105.00
- Target vs current price
- +36.1%
- Analysts with a rating
- 10
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 90%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +1.4% | +0.8% | +0.7% | -0.6% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | -3.0% | +0.0% | -7.9% | -10.8% | -4.7% |
| Feb 11, 2026 | +0.0% | +1.2% | -3.9% | -4.7% | -5.9% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +4.8% | -0.9% | +1.0% | -3.1% | -0.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +4.8% | -0.6% | +3.5% | +4.6% | +8.0% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +6.7% | -0.2% | -4.1% | -3.8% | -5.1% |
| Feb 12, 2025 | +0.0% | -1.8% | +2.0% | +1.3% | -2.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +2.6% | -0.3% | +9.5% | +15.5% | +5.7% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $0.90 | $0.89 | +1.4% | $1.10B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $0.97 | $1.00 | -3.0% | $1.10B |
| Feb 11, 2026 | $1.14 | $1.14 | +0.0% | $1.11B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $0.87 | $0.83 | +4.8% | $1.06B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $0.88 | $0.84 | +4.8% | $1.07B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $0.96 | $0.90 | +6.7% | $1.07B |
| Feb 12, 2025 | $1.06 | $1.06 | +0.0% | $1.09B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $0.79 | $0.77 | +2.6% | $1.01B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.2× | 19.9× | 29th | Top 36% |
| P/E (forward) | 18.4× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.5× | — | — | Top 50% |
| EV / Sales | 3.57× | — | — | Bottom 12% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 6.70% | — | — | Top 42% |
| Earnings yield | 5.81% | — | — | Top 36% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 12.8× – 23.7× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -6.8%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +21.4%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -7.9%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✗ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✗ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 0
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.7%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.1%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -5.8%
- Distance from 200-day average
- -3.4%
- RSI (14)
- 38.0
- Relative volume
- 1.06×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 21.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 37th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 0.36
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.22
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -12.1%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -22.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2022 | Nov 1, 2023 | -28.6% | 316 days | 85 days (Mar 6, 2024) |
| Nov 27, 2024 | Jun 3, 2026 | -22.4% | 377 days | Not yet recovered |
| Dec 29, 2021 | Feb 17, 2022 | -18.4% | 35 days | 42 days (Apr 20, 2022) |
| Feb 12, 2021 | Mar 4, 2021 | -14.6% | 13 days | 42 days (May 4, 2021) |
| May 4, 2022 | Jun 16, 2022 | -11.4% | 30 days | 23 days (Jul 21, 2022) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $10.54B
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.2
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $4.48
- Revenue (TTM)
- $4.37B
- Dividend yield
- 1.81%
- 52-week range
- $68.41 – $90.99
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.14B | $4.11B | $4.10B | $4.19B | $4.31B |
| Gross profit | $1.32B | $1.15B | $1.09B | $1.09B | $1.14B |
| Operating income | $1.19B | $927.3M | $944.3M | $927.7M | $973.9M |
| Net income | $802.9M | $565.3M | $537.3M | $518.6M | $542.6M |
| EPS (diluted) | $4.72 | $3.53 | $3.53 | $3.53 | $3.80 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $1.01B | $1.09B | $1.07B | $1.07B | $1.06B | $1.11B | $1.10B | $1.10B |
| Net income | $117.8M | $151.4M | $142.9M | $122.9M | $117.5M | $159.4M | $226.5M | $124.9M |
| EPS (diluted) | $0.81 | $1.04 | $0.98 | $0.86 | $0.83 | $1.13 | $1.62 | $0.90 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $920.6M | $825.7M | $869.0M | $944.9M | $942.8M |
| Capital expenditure | -$303.7M | -$369.7M | -$361.8M | -$389.1M | -$388.6M |
| Free cash flow | $616.9M | $456.0M | $507.3M | $555.8M | $554.2M |
| Dividends paid | -$146.9M | -$160.0M | -$168.0M | -$174.3M | -$183.6M |
| Net share buybacks | -$554.3M | -$660.9M | -$544.8M | -$253.7M | -$431.6M |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $260.4M
- Total assets
- $19.21B
- Total liabilities
- $17.68B
- Total debt
- $5.30B
- Net debt
- $5.04B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $1.54B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 30, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $0.36 | Sep 30, 2026 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | $0.36 | Jun 30, 2026 |
| Mar 13, 2026 | $0.34 | Mar 31, 2026 |
| Dec 15, 2025 | $0.34 | Dec 31, 2025 |
| Sep 15, 2025 | $0.32 | Sep 30, 2025 |
| Jun 13, 2025 | $0.32 | Jun 30, 2025 |
| Mar 14, 2025 | $0.32 | Mar 31, 2025 |
| Dec 13, 2024 | $0.30 | Dec 31, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 4,743,349
- Days to cover
- 5.81
- Change vs previous report
- -9.8%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Sep 3, 1996
- 2-for-1
- Jul 1, 1992
- 3-for-2
- Feb 2, 1987
- 3-for-2
- Nov 1, 1985
- 3-for-2
- Oct 31, 1984
- 3-for-2