Headquartered in Houston, TX Fiscal year ends December NYSE: SCI sci-corp.com
Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) is the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America.
**Services**
- Funeral, cemetery and cremation services.
- Preneed (advance) final-arrangement planning.
- It serves about 700,000 combined preneed and atneed families each year.
**Footprint and brands**
- At September 30, 2026, it owned and operated 1,491 funeral service locations and 506 cemeteries, of which 317 are combination locations.
- These span 44 U.S. states, eight Canadian provinces, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.
- Its flagship consumer brand is Dignity Memorial.
- It also sells through non-funeral home channels such as SCI Direct.
**Reporting segments**
- Funeral: atneed and matured preneed services, non-funeral home services, travel protection, and general agency commissions on preneed insurance policies.
- Cemetery: atneed and preneed property, merchandise and services, plus endowment care trust fund income.
**Business model**
- Preneed sales build a large deferred revenue backlog.
- Associated trust funds generate investment income that affects reported results.
The company employs more than 25,000 associates. It deploys capital into acquisitions, cemetery development, real estate and new funeral home construction, and returns cash through dividends and share repurchases. Updated
Revenue topped expectations but adjusted earnings missed expectations, and management cut full-year guidance to $3.94 to $4.04 per share on softer funeral volumes and higher healthcare, selling and marketing costs. The preneed spending push is a bet on future quarters.
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Service Corporation International (NYSE: SCI) is the largest provider of deathcare products and services in North America. **Services** - Funeral, cemetery and cremation services. - Preneed (advance) final-arrangement planning. - It serves about 700,000 combined preneed and atneed families each year. **Footprint and…
24/7 Wall St.'s 12-month price target for SCI is $90.83, rated Buy. The Wall Street consensus target is $97.33. SCI price prediction →
