SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL

Results of Operations — Three Months Ended March 31, 2024 and 2023

Management Summary

In the first three months of 2024, we reported consolidated net income attributable to common stockholders of $131.3 million ($0.89 per diluted share) compared to net income attributable to common stockholders for the same period in 2023 of $144.8 million ($0.93 per diluted share). These results were impacted by certain items including:

In addition to the above items, the decrease from the prior year was expected, as higher cemetery gross profit, a lower share count, and a lower tax rate was slightly overcome by lower funeral gross profit as well as higher interest expense.

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Funeral Results

(1)We define comparable (or same store) operations as those funeral locations owned by us for the entire period beginning January 1, 2023 and ending March 31, 2024.

(2)We calculate comparable average revenue per service by dividing comparable funeral revenue, excluding general agency revenue, non-funeral home preneed sales revenue, and other revenue to avoid distorting our average of normal funeral services revenue, by the comparable number of funeral services performed during the period.

Funeral Revenue

Consolidated revenue from funeral operations was $604.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024, compared to $609.7 million for the same period in 2023. This $5.0 million decrease is primarily attributable to a $8.5 million decrease in comparable revenue as described below and offset by $4.3 million of growth in revenue contributed by acquired and newly constructed properties.

Comparable revenue from funeral operations was $599.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to $607.9 million for the same period in 2023. The $8.5 million decrease was due to a $12.3 million decrease in non-funeral home preneed sales revenue slightly offset by an increase of $3.7 million in core funeral revenue. Core revenue increased by $3.7 million primarily due to a 3.9% increase in core average revenue partially offset by a 3.0% decrease in core funeral services performed. The core cremation rate increased 70 basis points to 56.6%.

Non-funeral home preneed sales revenue decreased by $12.3 million primarily due to operational changes in certain markets with respect to timing of merchandise deliveries. This decrease is partially offset by an increase in general agency revenue as we continue to shift from trust-funded to insurance-funded contracts.

Funeral Gross Profit

Consolidated funeral gross profit decreased $17.6 million, or 11.8%, in the first three months of 2024 compared to 2023. This decrease is primarily attributable to the $18.3 million, or 12.2%, decrease in comparable funeral gross profit. Comparable funeral gross profit decreased $18.3 million to $131.2 million and the comparable gross profit percentage decreased from 24.6% to 21.9%. This decrease is primarily due to the decline in revenue mentioned above and an increase in annual incentive compensation costs over the prior year quarter.

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Cemetery Results

(1)We define comparable (or same store) operations as those cemetery locations owned by us for the entire period beginning January 1, 2023 and ending March 31, 2024.

Cemetery Revenue

Consolidated revenue from our cemetery operations increased $21.6 million, or 5.2%, for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 primarily due to a $21.1 million, or 5.0%, increase in comparable cemetery revenue and a $0.9 million increase in revenue contributed by newly constructed and acquired properties.

The $21.1 million, or 5.0%, increase in comparable cemetery revenue was primarily attributable to a $18.9 million increase in comparable cemetery core revenue. This increase was primarily a result of a $19.5 million increase in total recognized preneed revenue, which benefited from growth in comparable preneed sales production of $23.8 million, or 7.8%, that more than offset a modest decline in atneed revenue.

Cemetery Gross Profit

Consolidated cemetery gross profit increased $2.7 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, which is primarily attributable to the increase in comparable cemetery gross profit of $2.6 million. Comparable cemetery gross profit increased from $139.9 million to $142.5 million, and the gross profit percentage decreased from 33.4% to 32.4% primarily due to an increase in annual incentive compensation costs over the prior year quarter.

Other Financial Statement Items

Corporate General and Administrative Expenses

Corporate general and administrative expenses decreased $2.8 million to $41.3 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024. The decrease was primarily related to prior year accelerated compensation expenses upon the retirement of certain executives and the timing of lower long-term incentive compensation costs versus the prior year quarter.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $10.4 million to $64.4 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 primarily due to higher interest and a higher balance on our floating rate debt. During the three months ended March 31, 2024, our floating rate debt carried a weighted average rate of 7.4%, which is more than 140 basis points higher than the weighted average rate for our floating rate debt in the first quarter of 2023.

Provision for Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was 22.9% and 24.5% for the three months ended March 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was primarily due to an increase in excess tax benefits recognized on the settlement of employee share-based awards, which decreased tax expense during the quarter. The effective tax rate for the three months ended March 31, 2024 was higher than the federal statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to state tax expense.

Weighted Average Shares

The diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding was 147.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2024 compared to 155.3 million for the same period in 2023. The decrease primarily reflects the impact of shares repurchased under our share repurchase program.

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