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Compared to Estimates, Service Corp. (SCI) Q2 Earnings: A Look at Key Metrics

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For the quarter ended June 2025, Service Corp. (SCI - Free Report) reported revenue of $1.07 billion, up 3% over the same period last year. EPS came in at $0.88, compared to $0.79 in the year-ago quarter.

The reported revenue represents a surprise of +1.48% over the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.05 billion. With the consensus EPS estimate being $0.84, the EPS surprise was +4.76%.

While investors closely watch year-over-year changes in headline numbers -- revenue and earnings -- and how they compare to Wall Street expectations to determine their next course of action, some key metrics always provide a better insight into a company's underlying performance.

As these metrics influence top- and bottom-line performance, comparing them to the year-ago numbers and what analysts estimated helps investors project a stock's price performance more accurately.

Here is how Service Corp. performed in the just reported quarter in terms of the metrics most widely monitored and projected by Wall Street analysts:
  • Total comparable funeral average revenue per service: $5,807.00 versus the two-analyst average estimate of $5,762.86.
  • Funeral services performed: 87,014 versus the two-analyst average estimate of 86,839.
  • Revenue- Cemetery: $474.1 million versus $471.26 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +1.3% change.
  • Revenue- Funeral: $591.4 million versus $578.6 million estimated by three analysts on average. Compared to the year-ago quarter, this number represents a +4.5% change.
  • Gross profit- Cemetery: $155.5 million versus $154.19 million estimated by three analysts on average.
  • Gross profit- Funeral: $116 million versus the three-analyst average estimate of $106.85 million.

View all Key Company Metrics for Service Corp. here>>>

Shares of Service Corp. have returned -7.4% over the past month versus the Zacks S&P 500 composite's +3.4% change. The stock currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), indicating that it could perform in line with the broader market in the near term.

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