The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Service Corp. International shares valued at $4,295,392 were sold by WARING SUMNER J III on Aug 01 ’25. At $76.57 per share, WARING SUMNER J III sold 56,100 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 295,192 shares worth approximately $23.43 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, SUMNER WARING purchased 56,100 shares, netting a total of over 4,295,392 in proceeds.
Before that, COELHO TONY had sold 5,400 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $410,077, the Director traded Service Corp. International shares for $75.94 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 5,400 shares, worth approximately $3.49 million.
As published in their initiating research note from UBS on November 30, 2023, Service Corp. International [SCI] has been a Buy and the price target has been revised to $72. Analysts at Truist started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in early October. As of February 20, 2019, Raymond James has decreased its “Strong buy” rating to a “an Outperform” for SCI.
Analyzing SCI Stock Performance
On last trading session, Service Corp. International [NYSE: SCI] rose 0.30% to $79.38. The stock’s lowest price that day was $78.48, but it reached a high of $80.09 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 4.02%. Over the course of the year, Service Corp. International shares have jumped approximately 10.97%.
Is Service Corp. International subject to short interest?
Stocks of Service Corp. International saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-07-15 dropping by -0.64 million shares to 5.07 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 5.71 million shares. A decline of -12.55% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 6.23 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 6.23.
Which companies own the most shares of Service Corp. International (SCI)?
In terms of Service Corp. International share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 90 in the next 12 months, up nearly 13.72% from the previous closing price of $79.14. Analysts anticipate Service Corp. International stock to reach 90 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Service Corp. International stock as Buy at the end of 2025.
