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Largest US provider of funeral and cemetery services, operating funeral homes and cemeteries nationwide.
Largest US provider of funeral and cemetery services, operating funeral homes and cemeteries nationwide.
Earns from funerals at the time of need and from cemetery plots, caskets and memorials, many of which are sold years ahead as pre-need contracts whose cash is held in trust and recognized when the service happens, giving visible backlog. It grew by buying local funeral homes and large rivals Alderwoods in 2006 and Stewart Enterprises in 2013.
Moat: wide (scale, brand, distribution). Largest funeral/cemetery network in a fragmented, locally licensed industry gives scale and roll-up buying power.
Headquarters: Houston, Texas, US · Founded: 1962 · Employees: 25,187
Size Service Corporation International (SCI) is a United States Consumer Discretionary company (Other Consumer Services) with a market value of $10.0B, the 776th largest of 3,117 United States companies the cockpit tracks. Shares closed at $73.74 on 6 Nov 2026.
Performance Over six months the shares fell 5.1%, against +13.0% for the median peer and -1.1% for the United States market (cap-weighted) — 7th lowest of 20 in its peer set.
Growth Revenue grew 3.0% over the last twelve months (peer median +12.7%); the operating margin is 22.5% (peer median 16.6%).
Valuation It trades at 17.5× forward earnings against a peer median of 12.7× (7th most expensive of 19).
Price implies For today's price to make sense, revenue must grow about 3% a year for seven years (Req g). Recent delivered growth is +4%, so the hurdle is -1 pp: the price already allows for a slowdown.
Capital Return on invested capital runs 4.3 points above its cost of capital (7.6% WACC).
Credit Service Corporation International has 6 bonds outstanding ($3.89B), rated BB by the agencies and trading like BBB- at a weighted spread of 120 bp.
Short interest Short interest is 3.7% of the free float (15 Oct 2026).
Next results Next results expected around 15 Feb 2027 (exchange calendar; dates can move).
| TTM | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $4.42B | $4.31B | $4.19B | $4.10B | $4.11B |
| Revenue growth | — | +3% | +2% | 0% | — |
| Gross profit | $1.14B | $1.14B | $1.09B | $1.09B | $1.15B |
| EBITDA | $1.34B | $1.31B | $1.28B | $1.25B | $1.21B |
| Net income | $561M | $543M | $519M | $537M | $565M |
| Free cash flow | $584M | $484M | $556M | $507M | $456M |
| Capital expenditure | $498M | $458M | $389M | $362M | $370M |
| Total debt | $5.17B | $5.22B | $4.92B | $4.80B | $4.43B |
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| Company | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Corporation International SCI | $10.0B | -5% | +3% | 22% | 17.5× | 3.4% |
| Matthews International MATW | $603M | -31% | -32% | -1% | 24.6× | n/a |
| Carriage Services CSV | $426M | -41% | +1% | 23% | 8.3× | -4.3% |
Peer set: Industry: the same industry and sector in any market, nearest in size. This is the same default set the interactive Competitor Analysis opens with.
| Measure | SCI | Peer median | Rank in peer set |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1-month return | -4.0% | +6.8% | 6th lowest of 20 |
| 6-month return | -5.1% | +13.0% | 7th lowest of 20 |
| Distance from 52-week high | -19.0% | -16.8% | 10th lowest of 20 |
| Revenue growth (TTM) | +3.0% | +12.7% | 3rd lowest of 20 |
| Operating margin | 22.5% | 16.6% | 5th highest of 20 |
| Forward P/E | 17.5× | 12.7× | 7th most expensive of 19 |
| Growth the price implies (Req g, 7 yrs) | 3.4% | 4.6% | 8th least demanding of 17 |
| Growth delivered (Del g) | +4.2% | +17.3% | 3rd lowest of 17 |
| Hurdle (Req g minus delivered) | -0.7 pp | -21.1 pp | 3rd most demanding of 17 |
| ROIC minus cost of capital | +4.3 pp | +8.5 pp | 9th lowest of 19 |
| EV / EBITDA | 11.2× | 11.9× | 9th cheapest of 18 |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 3.7× | 0.4× | 5th most indebted of 18 |
| Bond spread | 120 bp | 138 bp | 3rd tightest of 5 |
| Company | Market | Market cap | 6M return | Revenue growth | Op. margin | Forward P/E | Req g | Delivered g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Service Corporation International SCI | United States | $10.0B | -5% | +3% | 22% | 17.5× | 3.4% | +4.2% |
| Life Time LTH | United States | $10.6B | +48% | +13% | 17% | 26.7× | n/a | n/a |
| New Oriental Education & Technology 9901.HK | Hong Kong | $7.58B | -3% | +21% | 12% | 12.8× | -16.4% | +5.9% |
| Andersen ANDG | United States | $7.34B | +78% | +18% | 14% | 32.4× | 29.0% | +18.0% |
| H&R Block HRB | United States | $6.45B | +43% | +5% | 24% | 8.4× | -15.4% | +2.9% |
| Graham GHC | United States | $5.05B | +7% | +4% | 6% | 16.4× | 8.6% | +11.2% |
| Kakaku.com 2371.T | Japan | $4.63B | +42% | +17% | 27% | 31.3× | 4.6% | +13.0% |
| Planet Fitness PLNT | United States | $4.56B | +31% | +13% | 31% | 17.3× | 4.8% | +26.6% |
| Valvoline VVV | United States | $4.44B | -2% | +16% | 18% | 19.4× | 10.3% | -6.2% |
| Tui TUI1.DE | Germany | $4.31B | +17% | -2% | 4% | 7.4× | -2.0% | +24.9% |
| Indian Railway Catering & Tourism IRCTC.NS | India | $3.87B | -20% | +15% | 30% | 24.2× | 28.7% | +46.4% |
| Marriott Vacations Worldwide VAC | United States | $3.80B | +43% | +5% | 11% | 11.4× | 7.7% | +11.8% |
| Covista CVSA | United States | $3.67B | -18% | +9% | 20% | 12.0× | -3.7% | +16.6% |
| Jet2 JET2.L | United Kingdom | $3.61B | +34% | +4% | 6% | 11.1× | n/a | n/a |
| Trip.com-s 9961.HK | Hong Kong | $29.0B | -17% | +18% | 16% | 12.6× | 4.6% | +26.9% |
| Expedia EXPE | United States | $29.6B | +13% | +12% | 17% | 10.6× | -0.3% | +23.2% |
| Tongcheng Travel 0780.HK | Hong Kong | $3.38B | -37% | +15% | 17% | 6.1× | -15.0% | +25.8% |
| Ferrotec (An Hui) Technology Development 301297.SZ | China | $3.21B | -30% | +37% | 10% | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Stride LRN | United States | $3.15B | -15% | +2% | 19% | 9.5× | -19.1% | +10.4% |
| OneSpaWorld OSW | United States | $3.12B | +25% | +10% | 10% | 24.5× | 19.5% | +51.4% |
Service Corporation International has 6 bonds outstanding with $3.89B face value. The agencies rate it BB; its bonds trade like BBB-. Weighted yield 5.75%, a spread of 120 bp over government bonds.