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SERVICE CO(NYSE:SCI)
Service Corp. is the largest provider of funeral and cemetery services in the world. The funeral and cemetery operations consist of the Company''s funeral service locations, cemeteries and related businesses. The financial services operations represent a combination of the Company''sinsurance operations primarily related to the funding of prearranged funeral contracts and a lending subsidiary, which previously provided capital financing for independent funeral home and cemetery operations.
# Employees: 20771
Address: 1929 Allen Parkway,Houston,TX,USA
Phone: 713-522-5141
Fax: 713-525-5586
Website: www.sci-corp.com
Email: Debbie.Young@sci-us.com
Sector: Consumer Staples
Industry: FUNERAL SVS&REL
Executive Officers
R. L. Waltrip (Chmn.)
Thomas L. Ryan (Presi.; C.E.O.; Dir.)
Eric D. Tanzberger (Sr. V.P.; C.F.O.; Treas.)
Gregory T. Sangalis (Sr. V.P.; Gen. Consl.; Sec.)
Jeffrey I. Beason (V.P.; Corp. Contro.; Chief Actg. Off.,)
Dividend
Ex-Dividend Date: 10/13/2009
Annual Dividend: $0.16
Current Dividend Yield: $2.12
Dividend Paid (3 months): $0.04
Indicated Dividend: $0.35
Earnings
Last Earnings Date: 9/30/2009
Next Earnings Date(Expected): 2/24/2010
Mean EPS (Next Qtr): $0.11
Mean EPS (Year): $0.48
Mean Estimate(Long Term): $8.75
P/E Ratio(Based on EPS estimate): 15.580
Number of Estimates: 3
Shares Performance
Period SCI Compare to S&P
YTD 51.51 % 25.38 %
4 Weeks 9.61 % 4.05 %
12 Weeks 6.06 % -1.24 %
Shares Information
Analyst Coverage: Y
Avg Volume: 1236779
Shares Outstanding: 251M
Market Cap: $1.89B
52 Week High: $7.84
52 Week Low: $2.74
P/E Ratio: 16.370
PEG Ratio: 1.780
Split: On 9/3/1996 SCI split by factor of 2.000
Earnings Performance
EPS Growth in Last Quarter: 8.33 %
EPS Growth in Last Year: 62.50 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -3.26 %
Sales Growth in Last Quarter: -3.72 %
Financials
Qtr Book Value: $1.33
Cash Flow/Share: $6.24
Change in Payout Ratio: -0.010
Price/Sales: 0.930
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