Are Service Corp. International (SCI) stocks a prudent buy?

A share price of Service Corp. International [SCI] is currently trading at $80.15, up 0.91%. One of the good ways to gauge the recent performance is if the stock’s short-term value is rising or falling. The SCI shares have gain 2.45% over the last week, with a monthly amount glided 5.71%, and seem to be holding up well over a long-time horizon.

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.

Service Corp. International experienced fluctuations in its stock price throughout the past year between $68.84 and $89.37. 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 $80.15 at the most recent close of the market. An investor can expect a potential return of 3.14% based on the average SCI price forecast.

Analyzing the SCI fundamentals

Trailing Twelve Months sales for Service Corp. International [NYSE:SCI] were 4.22B which represents 2.75% growth. Gross Profit Margin for this corporation currently stands at 0.26% with Operating Profit Margin at 0.22%, Pretax Profit Margin comes in at 0.17%, and Net Profit Margin reading is 0.13%. To continue investigating profitability, this company’s Return on Assets is posted at 0.03, Equity is 0.33 and Total Capital is 0.06. Upon thorough examination of the company’s fundamental financial framework, it becomes apparent that the debt-to-equity ratio stands at 2.92.

Before buying any particular stock, readers tend to pay close attention to the indicators that support and create resistance.

Ratios To Look Out For

To put it in perspective, the Current Ratio for Service Corp. International [NYSE:SCI] is 0.51. Also, the Quick Ratio is 0.46, while the Cash Ratio stands at 0.29. Considering the valuation of this stock, the price to sales ratio is 2.71, the price to book ratio is 6.96 and price to earnings (TTM) ratio is 22.08.

Transactions by insiders

Recent insider trading involved COELHO TONY, Director, that happened on May 08 ’25 when 5400.0 shares were sold. Director, COELHO TONY completed a deal on May 08 ’25 to buy 5400.0 shares. Meanwhile, CEO & Chairman RYAN THOMAS L sold 50000.0 shares on Mar 10 ’25.

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