After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility. Most recently, Yahoo Finance reported about the stock as it publicized that SERVICE CORPORATION INTERNATIONAL INCREASES QUARTERLY CASH DIVIDEND.
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Service Corp. International is listed on the NYSE in the Consumer Cyclical sector while operating in the Personal Services industry. The current market capitalization of Service Corp. International is $11.03B. A total of 1.14 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 863.18K shares.
In the most recent transaction, RYAN THOMAS L sold 75,000 shares of SCI for 73.53 per share on Mar 04 ’24. After the transaction, the President, CEO & Chairman now owns 988,365 company shares. In a previous transaction on Feb 23 ’24, RYAN THOMAS L sold 116,055 shares at 72.63 per share. SCI shares that President, CEO & Chairman owns now total 988,365.
Among the insiders who sold shares, RYAN THOMAS L disposed of 16,580 shares on Feb 22 ’24 at a per-share price of $72.20. This resulted in the President, CEO & Chairman holding 988,365 shares of SCI after the transaction. In another insider transaction, RYAN THOMAS L sold 9,385 shares at $72.44 per share on Feb 20 ’24. Company shares held by the President, CEO & Chairman now total 988,365.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Service Corp. International pays an annual dividend of $1.12, resulting in a dividend yield of 1.48%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.42. SCI’s most recent ex-dividend date was 3/14/2024 when it declared a $0.30 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 3/28/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 12/29/2023 with an ex-dividend date of 12/14/2023. The SCI stock dividend was $0.29 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, SCI has a high of $74.59 and a low of $52.89.
As of this writing, SCI has an earnings estimate of $0.85 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 5 estimates, with a high estimate of $0.9 per share and a lower estimate of $0.83. The company reported an EPS of $0.78 in the last quarter, which was 13.00% higher than expectations of $0.69.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on this information. SCI’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $268.63M in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $4.06B in debt and $728.26M in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $10.53, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $1.91B.
Analysts Opinion
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for SCI is Buy with a score of 4.80.
