Service Co. International Stock Forecast, Price & News

3 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Service Co. International in the last year. There are currently 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Service Co. International stock.
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Service Co. International saw a decline in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 4,130,000 shares, a decline of 23.8% from the August 15th total of 5,420,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 879,300 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 4.7 days. Approximately 2.5% of the shares of the company are short sold.
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Service Co. International is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, October 27th 2021.
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Service Co. International (NYSE:SCI) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 27th. The company reported $0.92 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.67 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $987.54 million for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $837.10 million. Service Co. International had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 39.84% and a net margin of 18.08%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $0.58 EPS.
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Service Co. International's stock was trading at $47.08 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, SCI shares have increased by 31.2% and is now trading at $61.77.
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Service Co. International declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, August 11th. Investors of record on Wednesday, September 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.23 per share on Thursday, September 30th. This represents a $0.92 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, September 14th. This is a boost from Service Co. International's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21.
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Service Co. International pays an annual dividend of $0.92 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.48%. The dividend payout ratio of Service Co. International is 31.62%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Service Co. International will have a dividend payout ratio of 34.07% next year. This indicates that Service Co. International will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Service Co. International announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, May 12th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $500,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 5.5% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Service Co. International updated its FY 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $3.200-$3.500 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus estimate of $2.890. The company issued revenue guidance of -.

3 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Service Co. International's stock. Their forecasts range from $59.00 to $74.00. On average, they expect Service Co. International's share price to reach $67.67 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.5% from the stock's current price.
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550 employees have rated Service Co. International CEO Thomas L. Ryan on Glassdoor.com. Thomas L. Ryan has an approval rating of 90% among Service Co. International's employees.

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Service Co. International trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "SCI."

Service Co. International's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (9.95%), BlackRock Inc. (8.67%), Baillie Gifford & Co. (7.03%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (4.13%), State Street Corp (2.61%) and Sarasin & Partners LLP (2.12%). Company insiders that own Service Co. International stock include Alan R Buckwalter III, Elisabeth G Nash, Eric D Tanzberger, Gregory T Sangalis, John H Faulk, Marcus A Watts, Steven A Tidwell, Sumner J Waring III, Tammy R Moore, Thomas L Ryan, Tony Coelho and W Blair Waltrip.
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SCI stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Credit Suisse AG, C WorldWide Group Holding A S, BlackRock Inc., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Bank of America Corp DE, Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley, and Handelsbanken Fonder AB. Company insiders that have sold Service Co. International company stock in the last year include Alan R Buckwalter III, Elisabeth G Nash, Eric D Tanzberger, Gregory T Sangalis, Marcus A Watts, Steven A Tidwell, Sumner J Waring III, Tammy R Moore, and Thomas L Ryan.
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SCI stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Maj Invest Holding A S, Baillie Gifford & Co., Macquarie Group Ltd., Turtle Creek Asset Management Inc., BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp, State Street Corp, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, and Wells Fargo & Company MN.
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Shares of SCI can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of SCI stock can currently be purchased for approximately $61.77.

Service Co. International has a market capitalization of $10.35 billion and generates $3.51 billion in revenue each year. The company earns $515.91 million in net income (profit) each year or $2.91 on an earnings per share basis.

Service Co. International employs 24,135 workers across the globe.

The official website for Service Co. International is www.sci-corp.com.

Service Co. International is headquartered at 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX, 77019.

Service Co. International's mailing address is 1929 ALLEN PARKWAY, HOUSTON TX, 77019. The company can be reached via phone at (713) 522-5141 or via email at [email protected].