Service Corp. (SCI) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

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Service Corp. (SCI) Reports Q4 Earnings: What Key Metrics Have to Say

For the quarter ended December 2025, Service Corp. (SCI) reported revenue of $1.11 billion, up 1.7% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $1.14, compared to $1.06 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.12 billion, representing a surprise of -0.69%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of -0.18%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $1.14.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

Since these metrics play a crucial role in driving the top- and bottom-line numbers, comparing them with the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated about them helps investors better project a stock's price performance.

Here is how Service Corp. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts: Total comparable funeral average revenue per service: $5,880.00 compared to the $5,877.90 average estimate based on two analysts. Funeral services performed: 89,117 versus 89,910 estimated by two analysts on average. Revenue- Cemetery: $510.9 million versus $516.82 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.1% change. Revenue- Funeral: $600.6 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $602.35 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +2.2%. Gross profit- Funeral: $126.2 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $132.55 million. Gross profit- Cemetery: $185.5 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $180.36 million.

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Shares of Service Corp. have returned +4.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.3% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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