Service Corporation Internation (SCI) Stock Analysis
Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
Sell if holding. At $77.74, A.R:R 1.3:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 7.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0).
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 $77.74, A.R:R 1.3:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 7.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Score 4.7/10, high confidence.
Passes 6/8 gates (clean insider activity, no SEC red flags, news events none recent, earnings proximity 73d clear, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and favorable risk/reward ratio. Suitability: moderate.
Recent Developments — Service Corporation Internation
Latest news
- Service Corp. (SCI) Maintains FY26 EPS Guidance Between $4.05 an - GuruFocus — GuruFocus positive
- Service Corp. (SCI) Q1 Earnings Lag Estimates - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance negative
- Service Corporation International (SCI) Releases Q1 2026 Earnings: Modest Revenue Gain, EPS Miss and Margin Compression — Quiver Quantitative negative
- Service International (NYSE:SCI) Reports Q1 CY2026 In Line With Expectations - StockStory — StockStory neutral
- Service Corp.: Q1 Earnings Snapshot - WKYC — WKYC neutral
Generated 2026-05-20T20:21:21Z.
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
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 $77.74, A.R:R 1.3:1 is below the 1.5:1 minimum. Reward from here is too thin for a buy — the engine flags exit. Additional concerns: Thin upside margin: 7.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0). Chart setup: No recognized chart pattern (not a breakout, bounce, continuation, recovery, falling knife, or range) — technicals mixed. Prior stop was $74.14. Score 4.7/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $83.81 (+7.8% upside). Prior stop was $74.14. Stop-loss: $74.14.
Thin upside margin: 7.8%; V7 low-quality RISK_OFF penalty: -0.5 (Q=5.0); Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5.
Service Corporation Internation trades at a P/E of 20.5 (forward 17.1). 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.