Service Corporation International
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Service Corporation International
Service Corporation International is the largest provider of funeral and cemetery services in North America. It owns and operates funeral homes, cemeteries, and cremation services, helping families plan and carry out end-of-life arrangements. Its business is built around a simple need: when someone dies, families want a place and a team to handle the funeral, burial, cremation, memorial, and related paperwork. The company sells both at-need services for immediate arrangements and pre-need contracts that let customers plan and pay ahead of time. It makes money from service fees, merchandise such as caskets and urns, burial spaces, cremation services, and cemetery upkeep. SCI also earns recurring income from pre-arranged contracts that are funded over time and later fulfilled when the service is needed. What makes SCI different is its role as a local, highly regulated provider with a large network of physical locations that are hard to replace. Families usually choose a funeral home or cemetery close to where they live, so trust, convenience, and relationships matter a lot. SCI’s scale lets it offer a broad set of services across many communities while keeping control of the whole process from planning through final arrangements.
Service Corporation International is the largest provider of funeral and cemetery services in North America. It owns and operates funeral homes, cemeteries, and cremation services, helping families plan and carry out end-of-life arrangements. Its business is built around a simple need: when someone dies, families want a place and a team to handle the funeral, burial, cremation, memorial, and related paperwork.
The company sells both at-need services for immediate arrangements and pre-need contracts that let customers plan and pay ahead of time. It makes money from service fees, merchandise such as caskets and urns, burial spaces, cremation services, and cemetery upkeep. SCI also earns recurring income from pre-arranged contracts that are funded over time and later fulfilled when the service is needed.
What makes SCI different is its role as a local, highly regulated provider with a large network of physical locations that are hard to replace. Families usually choose a funeral home or cemetery close to where they live, so trust, convenience, and relationships matter a lot. SCI’s scale lets it offer a broad set of services across many communities while keeping control of the whole process from planning through final arrangements.
EPS: SCI reported adjusted earnings per share of $0.97, up slightly from $0.96 a year ago, but management said funeral volume declines held back what would otherwise have been a much stronger quarter.
Funeral volumes: Comparable funeral revenue fell $17 million, or just under 3%, as core funeral services declined 6.6%. Management said April is still down, though not as sharply as the first quarter.
Cemetery strength: Comparable cemetery revenue rose $31 million, or about 7%, driven by a 10% increase in recognized preneed revenue and 10% growth in preneed cemetery sales production.
Guidance: SCI reaffirmed full-year 2026 normalized EPS guidance of $4.05 to $4.35 and kept adjusted operating cash flow guidance at $1.0 billion to $1.06 billion.
Capital returns: The company returned $190 million to shareholders in the quarter through $143 million of buybacks and $47 million of dividends, while also staying active on acquisitions.
Outlook: Management said it expects funeral volume declines to moderate through the year and still sees preneed cemetery sales, pricing, and expense control supporting the full-year plan.
