Seasonality
SCI seasonality — Service Corp Intl
Over the last 11 years, SCI's strongest month on average has been July (+7.1%) and its weakest September (-2.2%).
Average return by month
Month-by-month statistics
| Month | Avg | Median | Up % | Best | Worst | Yrs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | +1.64% | +2.93% | 70% | +7.2% | -13.1% | 10 |
| Feb | -0.31% | -0.87% | 40% | +9.0% | -8.9% | 10 |
| Mar | -0.44% | +0.66% | 60% | +8.2% | -18.2% | 10 |
| Apr | -0.05% | -0.35% | 40% | +4.7% | -6.1% | 10 |
| May | -0.09% | -0.43% | 40% | +7.3% | -9.4% | 10 |
| Jun | +1.37% | +1.05% | 60% | +6.6% | -2.5% | 10 |
| Jul | +7.10% | +8.84% | 80% | +16.6% | -6.2% | 10 |
| Aug | -1.15% | +0.39% | 60% | +6.6% | -17.1% | 10 |
| Sep | -2.21% | -3.18% | 40% | +5.3% | -9.5% | 10 |
| Oct | +1.95% | +1.57% | 70% | +13.7% | -6.2% | 10 |
| Nov | +5.35% | +5.03% | 67% | +17.9% | -4.9% | 9 |
| Dec | +0.29% | +0.97% | 60% | +11.7% | -12.9% | 10 |
Monthly returns heat map — SCI
price return, %| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3.2 | 4.7 | -2.0 | -1.8 | -7.2 | 1.0 | 13.5 | -5.3 | -6.7 | 0.3 | -3.4 | -5.4% | |
| 2025 | -2.1 | 3.7 | -1.0 | -0.4 | -2.4 | 4.4 | -6.2 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 0.3 | -4.9 | -1.8 | -2.3% |
| 2024 | -1.9 | 9.0 | 1.4 | -3.4 | -0.1 | -0.7 | 12.3 | -2.0 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 8.5 | -9.9 | +16.6% |
| 2023 | 7.2 | -8.9 | 1.9 | 2.0 | -9.4 | 1.5 | 3.2 | -5.3 | -9.5 | -4.8 | 12.6 | 11.7 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | -13.1 | -1.4 | 8.2 | -0.3 | 6.7 | -1.3 | 7.7 | -17.1 | -6.4 | 5.0 | 17.9 | -3.2 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 2.7 | -5.3 | 6.9 | 4.7 | -0.8 | 1.1 | 16.6 | 0.4 | -4.0 | 13.7 | -3.4 | 7.3 | +44.6% |
| 2020 | 4.2 | -0.3 | -18.2 | -6.1 | 7.3 | -1.4 | 11.5 | 5.3 | -7.6 | 9.8 | 5.0 | 0.9 | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 6.6 | -3.7 | -2.9 | 3.6 | 5.4 | 6.6 | -1.4 | 0.3 | 3.3 | -4.9 | -3.2 | 4.6 | +14.3% |
| 2018 | 7.1 | -6.3 | 0.8 | -3.3 | 0.5 | -2.5 | 9.9 | 6.6 | 5.3 | -6.2 | 11.4 | -12.9 | +7.9% |
| 2017 | 2.6 | 5.5 | 0.5 | 4.3 | -1.1 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 1.8 | -2.4 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.0 | +31.4% |
| 2016 | 5.2 |