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Service Corporation International

$SCI·$11B·Personal Products & Services·Consumer Cyclical
$77.76-1.6%YTD+1.8%1Y-3.5%
Price updated 10h ago·X counts updated 7d ago
SCSCI
$SCIService Corporation International
$77.76-1.62%30 posts0.9×
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On X

The complete picture of $SCI on X — how loud the conversation is right now, how it has trended over the last two weeks, and which way the crowd is leaning.

30X posts · last 7 days
Sep 1Sep 12
Chatter Meter
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QuietNormal · 1×Loud

How loud $SCI's conversation on X is versus its own normal — 1× is typical, higher means busier. Right now it's about its usual level.

Bullish sentimentAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data5 posts analyzed · as of 2026-09-10

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AI verdictAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

TickerTalks' own read on what's driving $SCI — fundamentals, momentum, or an event — and whether it agrees with the X crowd.

Proven numbersWinding up for a moveAI verdict · as of 2026-09-19

Trading in a tight range and building pressure — a move looks likely soon, but the direction isn't clear yet.

Service Corporation International coiled — funeral-services compounder with a specific director sale.

Service Corporation International is the leading US end-of-life products and services franchise — funeral homes, cemeteries, and pre-need contract sales across North America. The equity is coiling with mature-compounder characteristics.

  • The operating trajectory is stable: Q2 EPS $0.90 beat consensus by 1.4%, Q1 missed by -3%, revenue $1.1B grew 3.6% YoY at 21% operating margin — those are numbers of a mature funeral-services franchise, and 40% ROE reflects specific franchise economics.
  • The valuation is fair for the setup: 18.9x TTM earnings and 2.7x sales for a business with 40% ROE and 6.1% FCF yield — those are reasonable defensive-services multiples supported by demographic tailwinds.
  • The insider tape has a specific event: director Victor Lund's Aug 27 I-Discretionary transaction of 193,900 shares valued at $16.37M — that's specific structural capital-return activity for a director-holder, and given the -3.5% t12m return context, timing warrants noting.

Nov 4 Q3 earnings is the referee. A confirming beat plus specific pre-need contract sales commentary extends the coil upward; a soft demographics-driven revenue comment or a specific execution concern resets. Watch $75 as trend support and $82 as the breakout level. The defensive-services cohort (SCI, HCP, VMC) sets direction on macro-defensive-consumer days.

What to watch: Nov 4 Q3 earnings — pre-need contract sales growth, cemetery revenue mix, and any capital-allocation commentary. Watch $75 trend support.

On the calendar: 2026-11-04 — Q3 earnings

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What it does

Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.

North America's largest funeral services and cemetery operator with ~1,500 funeral homes and ~500 cemeteries across the US and Canada.

Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data

Where Personal Products & Services sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $SCI.

Personal Products & Services · Consumer Cyclical

Tax prep pricing pressure (HRB -16.7% post-earnings) and Weight Watchers CEO reset are the week's signal events; death care (SCI) is the cohort's defensive anchor insulated from consumer spending cyclicality. The structural bifurcation between non-cyclical services and AI-disrupted consumer subscriptions is the dominant driver.

What this means for $SCI

Neutral — death care services (1,500 funeral homes, 500 cemeteries) generate predictable, demographics-driven demand unrelated to consumer spending cycles; SCI's revenue is insulated from the week's catalysts (tax prep pressure, WW CEO change) and offers stable compounding within the cohort.

Top industry ETF

$XLYConsumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR
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Fundamentals & catalyst

Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.

Key ratios

P/E
18.9How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.
ROIC
4.6%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.
Op margin
22.4%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.
FCF yield
6.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).
P/S
2.7Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.
ROE
39.7%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.
Gross margin
26.0%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.
D/E
3.4Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.

Past earnings

QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 29, 2026$0.90$0.89+1.4%
Q1 2026Apr 29, 2026$0.97$1.00-3.0%
Q4 2025Feb 11, 2026$1.14$1.140.0%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$0.87$0.83+4.8%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $0.98

Quarterly trend

QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$1.1B+3.6%24.8%21.0%$0.91$142.9M
Q1 FY26$1.1B+2.1%26.1%22.1%$1.63$253.9M
Q4 FY25$1.1B+1.7%28.0%25.0%$1.14$132.1M
Q3 FY25$1.1B+4.4%25.1%21.4%$0.84$177.4M

Forward consensus

3-year forecast · up to 5 analysts
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$4.5B$4.4B – $4.5B$4.19$4.15 – $4.205
FY27$4.6B$4.6B – $4.7B$4.60$4.57 – $4.635
FY28$4.8B$4.8B – $4.9B$5.09$5.03 – $5.152

Setup & momentum

Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.

Right now

Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.3.0×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.41%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-5.3%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-2.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.

Float & profile

FloatMid float · 133.7M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.7% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.815-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.

Insider activity

Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.

Recent transactions

SellAug 3Eric D TanzbergerCFO54.8K sh$4.7MSellJul 31Thomas L RyanCEO253.4K sh$21.6MSellJul 31John H FaulkCOO24.6K sh$2.1M
+ 12 other (8 awards · 3 exempts · 1 discretionary) in window

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SEC filings

Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.

Recent material filings

8-KPress release / Reg FDAug 58-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

SCI filed an 8-K (Item 7.01) for a Regulation FD disclosure. A presentation or investor communication is being furnished as an exhibit. Reg FD disclosures are furnished rather than filed and are not typically market-moving on their own, but may contain forward-looking statements or strategy updates.

8-KPress release / Reg FDJun 128-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
AI summary

SCI filed an 8-K (Item 7.01) for a Regulation FD disclosure. A presentation or investor communication is being furnished as an exhibit. Reg FD disclosures are furnished rather than filed and are not typically market-moving on their own, but may contain forward-looking statements or strategy updates.

3New insider — initial holdingsMay 133
8-KCharter amendmentMay 88-K — Item 5.03: Charter amendment
8-KShareholder voteMay 88-K — Item 5.07: Shareholder vote
8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 68-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
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Recent news

Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.

CEL-SCI Invited to Deliver Keynote Address on Multikine at 6th World Congress on Otology, Rhinology and Laryngologybusinesswire.com·5d agoService Corporation International (NYSE:SCI) Shares Pass Below Fifty Day Moving Average – Here’s Whydefenseworld.net·16d agoNeuroThera Labs Achieves Significant Enrollment Momentum in SCI‑210 Autism Clinical Trialthenewswire.com·19d ago1,065,888 Shares in Service Corporation International $SCI Purchased by Bank of New York Mellon Corpdefenseworld.net·25d agoCEL-SCI Reports Fiscal Third Quarter 2026 Resultsbusinesswire.com·34d ago

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