Analysts optimistic about SCI’s future growth prospects

Roman Campbell

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 $3,236,057 were sold by Nash Elisabeth G. on Dec 04 ’25. At $76.32 per share, Nash Elisabeth G. sold 42,400 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 110,006 shares worth approximately $8.99 million following the completion of this transaction.

Also, ELISABETH NASH purchased 42,400 shares, netting a total of over 3,236,053 in proceeds.

Before that, TANZBERGER ERIC D had sold 80,800 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $6,587,640, the Exec. VP, and CFO traded Service Corp. International shares for $81.53 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 80,800 shares, worth approximately $10.21 million.

As published in their initiating research note from JP Morgan on January 20, 2026, Service Corp. International [SCI] has been an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $110. Analysts at UBS started covering the stock with ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late November. As of October 07, 2022, Truist has initiated its “Buy” rating for SCI. Earlier on February 20, 2019, Raymond James downgraded its rating. Their new recommendation was “an Outperform” for SCI stock which previously was a “a Strong buy”.

Analyzing SCI Stock Performance

On last trading session, Service Corp. International [NYSE: SCI] plunged -0.78% to $81.71. The stock’s lowest price that day was $80.8, but it reached a high of $82.86 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.32%. Over the course of the year, Service Corp. International shares have jumped approximately 6.21%.

Is Service Corp. International subject to short interest?

Stocks of Service Corp. International saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-12-31 dropping by -0.33 million shares to 3.41 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-11-28 was 3.74 million shares. A decline of -9.69% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 3.95 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 3.95.

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In terms of Service Corp. International share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 94.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 14.75% from the previous closing price of $82.35. Analysts anticipate Service Corp. International stock to reach 100 by 2026, with the lowest price target being 90. In spite of this, 3 analysts ranked Service Corp. International stock as Buy at the end of 2026. On September 30, 2016, BofA/Merrill assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and resumed coverage with a $32.

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