For the quarter ended March 2025, Service Corp. (SCI) reported revenue of $1.07 billion, up 2.8% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.96, compared to $0.89 in the year-ago quarter.
The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.94% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.05 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.90, the EPS surprise was +6.67%.
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.
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: $5,748 versus $5,720.04 estimated by two analysts on average.
- Funeral services performed: 97,854 compared to the 92,544 average estimate based on two analysts.
- Revenues- Cemetery: $434.70 million compared to the $446.38 million average estimate based on three analysts. The reported number represents a change of -1.3% year over year.
- Revenues- Funeral: $639.50 million versus $607.33 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +5.8% change.
- Gross profit- Cemetery: $137.40 million compared to the $143.59 million average estimate based on three analysts.
- Gross profit- Funeral: $154 million compared to the $132.71 million average estimate based on three analysts.
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Shares of Service Corp. have returned -1% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's -0.2% 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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