Service Corp. International (NYSE: SCI) is 0.48% higher on its value in year-to-date trading and has touched a low of $67.19 and a high of $89.37 in the current 52-week trading range. The question becomes, what are the chances the stock will continue to grow shareholders’ wealth in the market. Here’s what analysts think will happen to its price in the coming time. The SCI stock was last observed hovering at around $79.97 in the last trading session, with the day’s gains setting it 0.23%.
Currently trading at $80.20, the stock is 0.75% and 1.75% above its SMA20 and SMA50 respectively. However, with a daily trading volume of 0.85 million and changing 0.29% at the moment leaves the stock 2.34% off its SMA200. SCI registered 10.23% gain for a year compared to 6-month gain of 0.88%. The firm has a 50-day simple moving average (SMA 50) of $78.8226 and a 200-day simple moving average (SMA200) of $78.36505.
The stock witnessed a -0.80% loss in the last 1 month and extending the period to 3 months gives it a -0.43%, and is 1.80% 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 1.70% over the week and 2.14% over the month.
Service Corp. International (SCI) has around 24953 employees, a market worth around $11.57B and $4.19B in sales. Current P/E ratio is 22.70 and Fwd P/E is 18.93. Profit margin for the company is 12.39%. Distance from 52-week low is 19.36% and -10.26% from its 52-week high. The company has generated returns on investments over the last 12 months (8.01%).
The EPS is expected to grow by 8.78% this year
718.0 institutions hold shares in Service Corp. International (SCI), with institutional investors hold 98.58% of the company’s shares. The shares outstanding are 144.69M, and float is at 140.02M with Short Float at 5.18%. Institutions hold 95.70% 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 8.9467 of the shares outstanding. The other top investors are BLACKROCK INC. which holds 12.83 million shares representing 8.8293 and valued at over $912.5 million, while SELECT EQUITY GROUP, L.P. holds 4.9827 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 RYAN THOMAS L, the company’s CEO & Chairman. SEC filings show that RYAN THOMAS L sold 50,000 shares of the company’s common stock on Mar 10 ’25 at a price of $84.56 per share for a total of $4.23 million. Following the sale, the insider now owns 0.98 million shares.
Still, SEC filings show that on Mar 05 ’25, COELHO TONY (Director) disposed off 6,500 shares at an average price of $79.29 for $0.52 million. The insider now directly holds 46,824 shares of Service Corp. International (SCI).
