SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL

Results of Operations — Three and Nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

Three Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

Management Summary

In the third quarter of 2024, we reported consolidated net income attributable to common stockholders of $117.8 million ($0.81 per diluted share) compared to net income attributable to common stockholders in the third quarter of 2023 of $122.0 million ($0.80 per diluted share). These results were impacted by certain items including:

In addition to the above items, operating results are relatively flat over the prior year quarter. Also, higher interest expense and corporate general and administrative expenses were partially offset by a lower tax rate and lower share count.

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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 September 30, 2024.

(2) We calculate comparable average revenue per service by dividing comparable funeral revenue, excluding general agency revenue, recognized preneed 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. Recognized preneed revenue is excluded from our calculation of comparable average revenue per service because the associated service has not yet been performed.

Funeral Revenue

Consolidated revenue from funeral operations was $566.0 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $554.8 million for the same period in 2023. This $11.2 million increase is primarily attributable to the $5.9 million increase in revenue from acquired and newly constructed properties and the $7.0 million increase in comparable revenue.

Comparable revenue from funeral operations was $556.9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $549.9 million for the same period in 2023. This $7.0 million, or 1.3%, increase is primarily due to a $4.4 million increase in core funeral revenue and a $7.6 million increase in core general agency revenue and other revenue offset by a $5.5 million decrease in non-funeral home preneed sales revenue.

The core funeral revenue increased by $4.4 million, or 1.0%, primarily due to a favorable 2.1% increase in core average revenue per service. This core average growth was achieved in light of an increase in the core cremation rate of 30 basis points to 56.8%. Non-funeral home preneed sales revenue decreased by $5.5 million, or 17.2%, primarily due to a decline of non-funeral home preneed sales production of $8.1 million, or 10.4%, impacted by our transition from trust to insurance-funded contracts. Core general agency and other revenue grew $7.6 million, primarily due to growth in general agency revenue from higher commission rates, primarily as a result of our new preneed insurance marketing agreement.

Funeral Gross Profit

Consolidated funeral gross profit decreased $1.8 million, or 1.6%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. This decrease is primarily attributable to the decrease in comparable funeral gross profit of $1.5 million, or 1.4%. Comparable funeral gross profit decreased $1.5 million to $107.4 million and the comparable gross profit percentage decreased from 19.8% to 19.3%. The stability in gross profit, in light of modest revenue growth, reflects our continued focus on managing our fixed cost structure.

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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 September 30, 2024.

Cemetery Revenue

Consolidated revenue from our cemetery operations increased $0.9 million, or 0.2%, for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 primarily due to a $1.0 million increase in revenue contributed by newly constructed and acquired properties.

The comparable cemetery revenue was flat to prior year primarily due to a $4.8 million decrease in core revenue, which was offset by a $4.8 million increase in other revenue. The decrease in core revenue was driven by a $3.5 million decline in atneed revenue combined with a $1.3 million decrease in total recognized preneed revenue. Growth in recognized preneed merchandise and service revenue of $10.3 million from higher quality sales averages maturing out of the backlog was offset by a decline of $11.6 million in recognized preneed property revenue. Other revenue was higher by $4.8 million, or 16.5%, compared to the prior year quarter primarily from an increase in endowment care trust fund income related to the expansion of our total return investment strategy in certain states.

Cemetery Gross Profit

Consolidated cemetery gross profit slightly increased $0.9 million, or 0.6%, in the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, which is primarily attributable to a $0.3 million increase in gross profit contributed by newly constructed and acquired properties and a $0.6 million increase in comparable cemetery gross profit. Comparable cemetery gross profit slightly increased $0.6 million to $144.9 million, and the gross profit percentage increased to 32.4% from 32.3%. This growth in gross profit on relatively flat revenue reflects our continued focus on managing our fixed cost structure.

Other Financial Statement Items

Corporate General and Administrative Expenses

Corporate general and administrative expenses were $43.7 million in the third quarter of 2024 compared to the third quarter of 2023 of $33.2 million. The current year third quarter was pressured by long-term incentive compensation plan expenses that were impacted by the growth in our stock price. Conversely, during the prior year third quarter we saw a decline in our stock price benefiting our long-term incentive compensation plan expenses.

Gains on Divestitures and Impairment Charges, Net

We recognized a $3.5 million net pre-tax gain on asset divestitures and impairments in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a $2.5 million net pre-tax gain in the third quarter of 2023 on asset divestitures due to non-strategic asset divestitures.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $4.3 million to $65.8 million for the third quarter of 2024 primarily due to higher average balances quarter over quarter on our floating rate debt.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net increased $2.7 million to $2.8 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to higher investment income from higher investment balances and new investment products compared to the prior year.

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Provision for Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was 21.1% and 24.5% for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to more excess tax benefits recognized on the settlement of employee share-based awards. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was higher than the federal statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to state tax expense, partially offset by excess tax benefits recognized on the settlement of employee share-based awards.

Weighted Average Shares

The diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding was 146.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 compared to 152.3 million for the same period in 2023. The decrease primarily reflects the impact of shares repurchased under our share repurchase program.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2024 and 2023

Management Summary

In the first nine months of 2024, we reported consolidated net income attributable to common stockholders of $367.3 million ($2.50 per diluted share) compared to net income attributable to common stockholders for the same period in 2023 of $398.9 million ($2.60 per diluted share). These results were impacted by certain items including:

In addition to the above items, the decrease from the prior year is primarily due to lower funeral gross profit on lower services performed which was partially offset by slightly higher cemetery gross profit. Also, higher interest expense and corporate general and administrative expenses were partially offset by a lower tax rate and lower share count.

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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 September 30, 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 $1,736.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, compared to $1,729.9 million for the same period in 2023. This $6.6 million increase is primarily attributable to $15.8 million of growth in revenue contributed by acquired and newly constructed properties offset by a $6.4 million decrease in comparable revenue as described below.

Comparable revenue from funeral operations was $1,714.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $1,720.6 million for the same period in 2023. The $6.4 million decrease was due to a $24.8 million decrease in non-funeral home preneed sales revenue, partially offset by an increase of $12.6 million in core general agency and other revenue.

Non-funeral home preneed sales revenue decreased by $24.8 million primarily due to a decline of non-funeral home preneed sales production of $10.5 million, or 4.5%, impacted by our transition from trust to insurance-funded contracts. Core general agency and other revenue grew $12.6 million, primarily due to growth in general agency revenue from higher commission rates, primarily as a result of our new preneed insurance marketing agreement.

Funeral Gross Profit

Consolidated funeral gross profit decreased $34.6 million, or 9.2%, in the first nine months of 2024 compared to the same period in 2023. This decrease is primarily attributable to the $36.2 million, or 9.7%, decrease in comparable funeral gross profit. Comparable funeral gross profit decreased $36.2 million to $338.1 million and the comparable gross profit percentage decreased from 21.8% to 19.7%. This decrease is primarily due to the decline in revenue described above coupled with higher fixed costs, including the timing of incentive compensation costs compared to the prior year.

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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 September 30, 2024.

Cemetery Revenue

Consolidated revenue from our cemetery operations increased $42.8 million, or 3.3%, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023 primarily due to a $33.1 million, or 2.5%, increase in comparable cemetery revenue and a $10.7 million increase in revenue contributed by newly constructed and acquired properties.

The $33.1 million, or 2.5%, increase in comparable cemetery revenue was primarily attributable to a $21.3 million increase in comparable cemetery core revenue. This increase was primarily a result of a $25.8 million increase in total recognized preneed revenue, which benefited from growth in comparable preneed sales production of $10.4 million, or 0.8%, and trust fund income.

Cemetery Gross Profit

Consolidated cemetery gross profit increased $15.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to the same period in 2023, which is primarily attributable to a $8.4 million increase in comparable cemetery gross profit and a $7.0 million increase in gross profit contributed by newly constructed and acquired properties. Comparable cemetery gross profit increased from $430.2 million to $438.6 million, while the gross profit percentage decreased slightly from 32.8% to 32.6%. Although we experienced revenue growth, we continue to see increases in our fixed costs, primarily due to higher maintenance and the timing of incentive compensation costs compared to the prior year.

Other Financial Statement Items

Corporate General and Administrative Expenses

Corporate general and administrative expenses were $124.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to $112.3 million for the same period in 2023. The current year and prior year were inversely impacted by long-term incentive compensation plan expenses that are tied to the changes in our stock price.

Gains on Divestitures and Impairment Charges, Net

We recognized a $4.8 million net pre-tax gain on asset divestitures and impairments in the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to a $10.2 million net pre-tax gain in 2023 on asset divestitures due to non-strategic asset divestitures.

Interest Expense

Interest expense increased $19.6 million to $194.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to higher interest rates and higher average balances on our floating rate debt.

Other Income, Net

Other income, net increased $4.4 million to $7.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 primarily due to higher investment income from higher investment balances and new investment products compared to the prior year.

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Provision for Income Taxes

Our effective tax rate was 23.1% and 24.5% for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. The lower effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was primarily due to more excess tax benefits recognized on the settlement of employee share-based awards. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was higher than the federal statutory tax rate of 21.0% primarily due to state tax expense, partially offset by excess tax benefits recognized on the settlement of employee share-based awards.

Weighted Average Shares

The diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding was 147.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 compared to 153.6 million for the same period in 2023. The decrease primarily reflects the impact of shares repurchased under our share repurchase program.