Service Corp. International (SCI) Stock: Identifying Value and Future Vision

Service Corp. International [SCI] stock prices are down -0.61% to $85.42 at the moment. In order to assess the stock’s recent performance, you can check whether its short-term value is rising or falling. The SCI shares have gain 0.35% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 12.48%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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From an analyst’s perspective:

Service Corp. International [NYSE: SCI] stock has seen the most recent analyst activity on November 30, 2023, when UBS initiated its Buy rating and assigned the stock a price target of $72. Previously, Truist started tracking the stock with Buy rating on October 07, 2022, and set its price target to $72. On February 20, 2019, downgrade downgraded it’s rating to Outperform. Wells Fargo initiated its recommendation with a Market Perform. Credit Suisse upgraded its rating to Outperform for this stock on April 28, 2016. In a note dated March 16, 2016, Credit Suisse initiated an Neutral rating.

The stock price of Service Corp. International [SCI] has been fluctuating between $60.03 and $88.32 over the past year. Currently, Wall Street analysts expect the stock to reach $82.67 within the next 12 months. Service Corp. International [NYSE: SCI] shares were valued at $85.42 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential drop of -3.22% based on the average SCI price forecast.

Analyzing the SCI fundamentals

The Service Corp. International [NYSE:SCI] reported sales of 4.15B for trailing twelve months, representing a surge of 1.21%. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.16%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.12%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.32 and Total Capital is 0.05. An extended analysis of the company’s primary financial structure reveals a debt-to-equity ratio of2.97.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance. The company’s stock is currently sitting at 84.88 points at the first support level, and at 84.34 for the second support level. However, for the 1st resistance point, the stock is sitting at 86.03, and for the 2nd resistance point, it is at 86.63.

Ratios To Look Out For

It’s worth pointing out that Service Corp. International [NYSE:SCI]’s Current Ratio is 0.52. In addition, the Quick Ratio stands at 0.48 and the Cash Ratio stands at 0.25. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.98, the price to book ratio is 7.61 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 24.91.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved COELHO TONY, Director, that happened on Nov 20 ’24 when 2555.0 shares were purchased. Sr. V.P. Operations Services, Nash Elisabeth G. completed a deal on Nov 18 ’24 to sell 56100.0 shares. Meanwhile, Officer ELISABETH NASH bought 56100.0 shares on Nov 18 ’24.

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