SCI Stock — Service Corporation International

Service Corporation International (SCI)

Updated October 16, 2026.

SCI is a Stock. its distribution rate is 1.77%, its trailing-12-month yield is 1.72%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 99/100 (Safe). Total return is 39534.7% over the past 46.6 years.

Service Corporation International operates a network of funeral homes and cemeteries across the United States and Canada, offering deathcare services and merchandise including funeral arrangements, cremation, cemetery property, caskets, urns, and memorial products under brands like Dignity Memorial and Neptune Society. The company distributes dividends quarterly at a modest current rate. This business appeals to income investors seeking exposure to an established, relatively stable sector with recurring revenue characteristics.

SCI performance

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 39534.7% over the past 46.6 years. Over the past year its total return — price change plus distributions reinvested — is 1.8%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 21.6%.

SCI key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

99 · Safe

Safety-Adjusted Yield

1.75%

Asset type

Stock

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

03/17/1980

Distribution rate

1.77%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

1.72%

5-year average yield

1.55

Last close

$81.37 (as of 2026-10-16)

Market cap

$11,090,046,434

Average volume

531433.0

Dividend

$0.36

Ex-dividend date

09/15/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.819

Payout ratio

36.1%

P/E ratio

21.25

Forward P/E

16.9205

EPS

$3.83

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.77%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (1.72%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

SCI risks and drawbacks

SCI's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 21.6%.

Who may consider SCI — and who may not

SCI may suit someone looking for a high Distribution Safety Score. It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (SCI pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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