Funeral services company Service International (NYSE:SCI) will be announcing earnings results this Wednesday after market hours. Here’s what you need to know.
Service International beat analysts’ revenue expectations by 1.5% last quarter, reporting revenues of $1.06 billion, up 4.4% year on year. It was a satisfactory quarter for the company, with a decent beat of analysts’ revenue estimates. It reported 84,636 funeral services performed, down 1.3% year on year.
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This quarter, analysts are expecting Service International’s revenue to grow 2.1% year on year to $1.12 billion, slowing from the 3.5% increase it recorded in the same quarter last year. Adjusted earnings are expected to come in at $1.14 per share.
Analysts covering the company have generally reconfirmed their estimates over the last 30 days, suggesting they anticipate the business to stay the course heading into earnings. Service International has only missed Wall Street’s revenue estimates once over the last two years, exceeding top-line expectations by 1.4% on average.
Looking at Service International’s peers in the specialized consumer services segment, some have already reported their Q4 results, giving us a hint as to what we can expect. 1-800-FLOWERS’s revenues decreased 9.5% year on year, meeting analysts’ expectations, and Matthews reported a revenue decline of 29.1%, topping estimates by 0.8%. 1-800-FLOWERS traded up 6.9% following the results while Matthews’s stock price was unchanged.
Read our full analysis of 1-800-FLOWERS’s results here and Matthews’s results here.
Debates around the economy’s health and the impact of potential tariffs and corporate tax cuts have caused much uncertainty in 2025. While some of the specialized consumer services stocks have shown solid performance in this choppy environment, the group has generally underperformed, with share prices down 2.5% on average over the last month. Service International is up 4% during the same time and is heading into earnings with an average analyst price target of $97.83 (compared to the current share price of $84.17).
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