Service Corporation Internation (SCI) Stock Analysis
Recovery setup
Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
Sell if holding. At $76.92, A.R:R 0.8:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5; Thin upside margin: 9.0%.
Service Corporation International is North America's largest deathcare provider, operating 1,485 funeral service locations and 500 cemeteries in 44 states, eight Canadian provinces, DC, and Puerto Rico as of December 31, 2025. Revenue is generated from at-need and preneed... Read more
Sell if holding. At $76.92, A.R:R 0.8:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5; Thin upside margin: 9.0%. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 49. Score 4.9/10, high confidence.
Passes 7/9 gates (positive momentum, clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 46d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent developments
updated 2026-06-14Recent Developments — Service Corporation Internation
Latest news
- NEWS Service Corp. (SCI) Maintains FY26 EPS Guidance Between $4.05 an - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- NEWS Service Corp. (SCI) Q1 Earnings Lag Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance negative
- NEWS Service Corporation International (SCI) Releases Q1 2026 Earnings: Modest Revenue Gain, EPS Miss and Margin Compression — Quiver Quantitative negative
- NEWS Service International (NYSE:SCI) Reports Q1 CY2026 In Line With Expectations - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- NEWS Service Corp.: Q1 Earnings Snapshot - WKYC — WKYC neutral
Generated 2026-06-15T18:11:47Z.
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2 floor-breakers
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Ranks in the bottom of its industry peers on the composite signal. Better names in the same sector exist.static
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Sell if holding. At $76.92, A.R:R 0.8:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5; Thin upside margin: 9.0%. Chart setup: Death cross but MACD improving, RSI 49. Prior stop was $72.76. Score 4.9/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $83.81 (+9.0% upside). Prior stop was $72.76. Stop-loss: $72.76.
Thin upside margin: 9.0%; Leverage penalty (D/E 3.3): -1.5; Weak overall score: 4.9/10.
Service Corporation Internation trades at a P/E of 20.3 (forward 16.9). TrendMatrix value score: 6.3/10. Verdict: Sell.
11 analysts cover SCI with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $96.
What does Service Corporation Internation do?Service Corporation International is North America's largest deathcare provider, operating 1,485 funeral service...
Service Corporation International is North America's largest deathcare provider, operating 1,485 funeral service locations and 500 cemeteries in 44 states, eight Canadian provinces, DC, and Puerto Rico as of December 31, 2025. Revenue is generated from at-need and preneed funeral and cemetery merchandise and services, with a $17.0 billion preneed backlog at year-end 2025.