SCI
Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
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SCI (SCI) Stock Analysis 2026
Rule-based · Updated daily · Not financial advice
SCI (SCI) operates in the Personal Services space within the Consumer Cyclical sector. With a market cap of $10.3B, it qualifies as a mid-cap company. Growth is moderate and the business remains profitable, offering a balanced risk/reward profile compared to high-multiple peers.
- Forward P/E (16.4×) is lower than trailing P/E (19.7×) — analysts expect earnings to improve
- Healthy profit margin of 12.4%
- ROE of 33.1% shows management efficiently converts equity into profit
- Earnings fell 1% YoY — profitability is under pressure
- High debt-to-equity of 325.74× increases financial risk, especially with elevated interest rates
- Current ratio below 1 (0.57×) — short-term liabilities exceed current assets
Verdict
Hold
Mixed signals — strengths and risks roughly balance. Wait for a clearer catalyst.
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Revenue & Results
Dividends
Current DY
1.95%
5Y Avg Annual
$1.0680
Last Payment
$0.3600
Ex-Date
06/15/2026
Annual dividends paid per share
| Ex-Date | Payment | Amount | Est. DY |
|---|---|---|---|
Latest06/15/2026 | 06/30/2026 | $0.3600 | 1.93% |
03/13/2026 | 03/28/2026 | $0.3400 | 1.82% |
12/15/2025 | 12/30/2025 | $0.3400 | 1.82% |
09/15/2025 | 09/30/2025 | $0.3200 | 1.71% |
06/13/2025 | 06/28/2025 | $0.3200 | 1.71% |
03/14/2025 | 03/29/2025 | $0.3200 | 1.71% |
12/13/2024 | 12/28/2024 | $0.3000 | 1.60% |
09/13/2024 | 09/28/2024 | $0.3000 | 1.60% |
Magic Number
Shares needed to self-fund your next purchase
$74.80
Price
$0.3600
Last div. (quarterly)
208
shares
Own 208 SCI shares ($15,558.40) and each quarterly dividend pays for 1 new share — the snowball runs on its own.
Investment target
$15,558.40
New shares / year
+4 shares
If You Had Invested…
Hypothetical return based on historical prices
* Dividend reinvestment calculated at ex-date price. For informational purposes only.
Earnings
Next Earnings
Jul 29, 2026
43
days
EPS (TTM)
$3.79
P/E (TTM)
19.7
Fwd P/E
16.4
Earnings History
SEC EDGAR · official filings
SEC Filings
Official EDGAR documents
Key Statistics
Valuation
Trading
Dividends
Profitability
Balance Sheet
Fair Value Estimates
Current price: $74.80
Graham Number
√(22.5 × EPS × Book Value)
$31.27
Benjamin Graham's intrinsic value formula. Assumes a fair stock trades at no more than 22.5× the product of EPS and book value per share.
Bazin Ceiling Price
Avg. Annual DPS (5Y) ÷ 6%
$18.40
Décio Bazin's dividend-based ceiling. The max price you should pay so that dividends alone deliver at least 6% annual yield on your cost basis.
These are simplified estimates. Not financial advice.
Buy & Hold Checklist
Quality criteria for long-term holding
7/10
70% score
Pays dividends
15Y hist.15+ years of dividend history
Dividend consistency (5Y+)
15 yrsUninterrupted dividend payments for at least 5 years
ROE above 10%
33.1%Return on equity — measures how efficiently capital is used
Positive profit margin
12.4%Net profit margin must be positive — company earns more than it spends
Revenue growth (annual)
+2.1%Annual revenue must be growing compared to the prior year
Earnings growth (annual)
-1.0%Annual earnings must be growing compared to the prior year
Debt/Equity below 2×
325.74×Low financial leverage reduces risk of distress
Current ratio above 1
0.57×Short-term assets must cover short-term liabilities
Daily liquidity above $5M
$106M/dayHigh trading volume ensures easy entry and exit
Dividend yield above 0%
1.95%Stock must distribute income to shareholders
Related Assets
Consumer Cyclical
About SCI
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, 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, and cremation niches; custom inventory, including private mausoleums, family estates, and exclusive cremation memorialization options; and Cemetery merchandise and services, such as memorial cemetery markers and bases, outer burial containers, flowers and floral placement, other ancillary merchandise, graveside services, merchandise installation, and interments. 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 brand names. Service Corporation International was incorporated in 1962 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Sector
Consumer Cyclical
Industry
Personal Services
Location
Houston, United States
Employees
25,000