Service Corp. International (NYSE: SCI) is -1.33% lower on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $64.10 and a high of $89.37 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will make a comeback and enjoy potential growth. Why not look at analysts view on what the future holds for the stock. The SCI stock was last observed hovering at around $81.01 in the last trading session, with the day’s loss setting it -2.25%.
Currently trading at $78.76, the stock is 0.92% and -4.36% below its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 1.29 million and changing -2.78% at the moment leaves the stock 2.72% off its SMA200. SCI registered 13.86% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of -1.56%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $82.4538 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $76.6281.
The stock witnessed a -2.48% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a 3.32%, and is 1.64% up over the last 5 days. If we measure the stock’s price variations over the week and the month, we find that the volatility rates stand at 2.74% over the week and 2.07% over the month.
Service Corp. International (SCI) has around 17612 employees, a market worth around $11.39B and $4.15B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.97 and Fwd P/E is 19.91. Profit margin for the company is 12.19%. Distance from 52-week low is 22.87% and -11.87% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (7.94%).
with sales reaching $1.08B over the same period.The EPS is expected to grow by 1.57% this year, but quarterly earnings will post 1.93% year-over-year. Quarterly sales are estimated to grow 2.72% in year-over-year returns.
697.0 institutions hold shares in Service Corp. International (SCI), with institutional investors hold 97.55% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 144.98M, and float is at 140.48M with Short Float at 4.58%. Institutions hold 94.73% of the Float.
The top institutional shareholder in the company is VANGUARD GROUP INC with over 14.49 million shares valued at $1.03 billion. The investor’s holdings represent 9.9087 of the SCI Shares outstanding. As of 2024-06-30, the second largest holder is BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO with 13.0 million shares valued at $924.64 million to account for 8.8875 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 12.83 million shares representing 8.7708 and valued at over $912.5 million, while SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. holds 4.9497 of the shares totaling 7.24 million with a market value of $514.97 million.
Service Corp. International (SCI) Insider Activity
The most recent transaction is an insider sale by WALTRIP W BLAIR, the company’s Director. SEC filings show that WALTRIP W BLAIR sold 3,334 shares of the company’s common stock on Dec 12 ’24 at a price of $86.20 per share for a total of $0.29 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 43333.0 shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Nov 25 ’24, Moore Tammy R (VP, Chief Accounting Officer) disposed off 14,800 shares at an average price of $88.58 for $1.31 million. The insider now directly holds 25,815 shares of Service Corp. International (SCI).
