Service Corp. (SCI) reported $1.06 billion in revenue for the quarter ended September 2025, representing a year-over-year increase of 4.4%. EPS of $0.87 for the same period compares to $0.79 a year ago.
The reported revenue compares to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.04 billion, representing a surprise of +1.6%. The company delivered an EPS surprise of +4.82%, with the consensus EPS estimate being $0.83.
While investors scrutinize revenue and earnings changes year-over-year and how they compare with Wall Street expectations to determine their next move, some key metrics always offer a more accurate picture of a company's financial health.
As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.
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: $5,843.00 compared to the $5,825.04 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Funeral services performed: 84,636 versus 84,557 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Revenue- Cemetery: $484 million versus $467.63 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +8% change.
- Revenue- Funeral: $574.1 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $573.84 million. The reported number represents a year-over-year change of +1.4%.
- Gross profit- Cemetery: $165.9 million compared to the $150.56 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gross profit- Funeral: $99.6 million compared to the $111.16 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of Service Corp. have returned -2.9% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.8% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy), indicating that it could outperform the broader market in the near term.#1 Semiconductor Stock to Buy (Not NVDA)
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