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

4 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Service Co. International in the last year. There are currently 4 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" SCI shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Service Co. International's stock. Their SCI share price targets range from $70.00 to $80.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $75.00 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price.
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Service Co. International's stock was trading at $68.45 on January 1st, 2024. Since then, SCI shares have increased by 0.1% and is now trading at $68.5050.
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Service Co. International saw a decline in short interest in March. As of March 31st, there was short interest totaling 5,040,000 shares, a decline of 25.3% from the March 15th total of 6,750,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 836,100 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 6.0 days. Currently, 3.6% of the shares of the company are sold short.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 6th 2024.
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Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company reported $0.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.91 by $0.02. The firm earned $1.06 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $1.02 billion. Service Co. International had a net margin of 13.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 32.88%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 2.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $0.92 earnings per share.

Service Co. International declared a quarterly dividend on Thursday, February 15th. Shareholders of record on Friday, March 15th will be given a dividend of $0.30 per share on Thursday, March 28th. This represents a $1.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.75%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, March 14th. This is a positive change from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.29.
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Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) pays an annual dividend of $1.16 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.66%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 14 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 32.95%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, SCI will have a dividend payout ratio of 29.22% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Service Co. International announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback program on Wednesday, November 8th 2023, which permits the company to buyback $600,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to repurchase up to 6.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Service Co. International updated its FY 2024 earnings guidance on Tuesday, February, 13th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 3.500-3.800 for the period, compared to the consensus EPS estimate of 3.610. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

550 employees have rated Service Co. International Chief Executive Officer Thomas L. Ryan on Glassdoor.com. Thomas L. Ryan has an approval rating of 90% among the company's employees.

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Service Co. International's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Sarasin & Partners LLP (1.36%), CWM LLC (0.25%), Perpetual Ltd (0.08%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Sanders Morris Harris LLC (0.00%) and Alaska Permanent Fund Corp (0.00%). Insiders that own company stock include Alan R Buckwalter III, Elisabeth G Nash, Ellen Ochoa, Eric D Tanzberger, Eric D Tanzberger, Gregory T Sangalis, Jakki L Haussler, John H Faulk, Marcus A Watts, Steven A Tidwell, Sumner J Waring III, Sumner J Waring III, Tammy R Moore, Thomas L Ryan, Tony Coelho and W Blair Waltrip.
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