Service Corporation International (SCI) Stock

Service Corporation International (SCI) is a Consumer Discretionary stock trading at $83.42 (as of 2026-08-20), with a market capitalization of $11.40B and a trailing P/E of 21.2. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Service Corporation International provides deathcare products and services in the United States and Canada. It operates funeral and cemetery businesses, offering funeral and cremation-related services and facilities, cemetery interment rights, and related merchandise such as caskets and urns.

Understand Service Corporation International: how it makes money

Service Corporation International (SCI) provides deathcare products and services, including funeral and cemetery operations in the United States and Canada, and it makes money by operating funeral and cemetery locations and related services such as cremation and memorialization.

SCI's profit model is driven by its ability to generate pre-need sales production (especially in cemeteries), which then feeds future at-need and ongoing cemetery and funeral revenues, while the core cremation rate affects the mix and demand for its cremation-related services.

Business quality (Solid): Latest-quarter profitability was strong at the company level (gross margin 26.1%, operating margin 22.2%), but the operating metrics provided point to declines in pre-need cemetery sales production and weaker comparable trends in funeral and cemetery results.

Valuation: At 20× earnings, SCI trades 20% above the Personal Services average (17×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

Core Cremation Rate is 57.3%: The company has a defined cremation mix level, which is a key operational driver because SCI provides cremation and related services across its funeral and cemetery operations.
Direct channel mix is high (80.0% of production): A large share of markets transitioned to Service Corporation International Direct as a percent of production (80.0%), which can matter for how SCI captures and manages sales production.

Bear case

Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Production is declining: The operating metric set includes “Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Production Decline” and “Pre-Need Cemetery Sales Production Decline” sized at USD_B 0.06 and labeled as a decline, which can pressure future cemetery and related revenues.
Comparable funeral and cemetery trends are weaker: The operating metrics include “Comparable Funeral Revenues Decrease” and “Core Cemetery Revenue Decline,” indicating softness in comparable performance within both funeral and cemetery operations.

Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price	$83.42
Market Cap	$11.40B
P/E Ratio	21.2
EV / EBITDA	13.7
Price / Book	7.41
Price / Sales	2.61
FCF Yield	5.6%
DCF Value (model)	$41.21
DCF Upside vs Price	-50.6%

Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)	$4.31B
Net Margin	12.6%
Revenue Growth (YoY)	3.6%
EPS Growth (YoY)	4.6%
FCF Growth (YoY)	71.4%

Financial Health — source: SEC EDGAR
Altman Z-Score	0.83 (distress)
Piotroski F-Score	7/9 (strong)

Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E	21.2
Sector P/E (Consumer Discretionary)	20.5
Industry P/E (Personal Services)	13.9
vs Sector	3.5%
vs Industry	53.1%

Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional Holder	BlackRock, Inc. ($1.18B)
Institutional Holders Tracked	10
Congressional Trades (recent)	10

Company
Sector	Consumer Discretionary
Industry	Personal Services
CEO	Sumner J. Waring
Employees	25,000
Country	US
IPO Date	1980-03-17

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Data as of 2026-08-20.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.