Service Corp International
SCIService Corp International has retired 56.0% of its shares since 2004, from 309,972,343 to 136,291,587.
56.0%retired since 2004
17.9%last 5 years
2.8%last 12 months
136Mshares today
Service Corp International has retired 56.0% of its shares since 2004, from 309,972,343 to 136,291,587.
| Fiscal year | Date | Shares outstanding | Filing | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 2000-03-24 | 272,064,618 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2000 | 2001-03-22 | 278,001,053 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2001 | 2002-03-21 | 293,156,506 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2002 | 2003-03-10 | 298,119,717 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2003 | 2004-02-27 | 303,571,052 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2004 | 2005-03-07 | 309,972,343 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2005 | 2006-02-20 | 295,271,076 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2006 | 2007-02-20 | 293,476,937 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2007 | 2008-02-22 | 261,814,225 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2008 | 2009-02-20 | 250,932,474 | 10-K | cover page |
| 2009 | 2009-12-31 | 254,017,384 | 10-K | |
| 2010 | 2011-02-07 | 240,135,250 | 10-K | |
| 2011 | 2012-02-09 | 221,524,032 | 10-K | |
| 2012 | 2013-02-11 | 211,115,601 | 10-K | |
| 2013 | 2014-02-11 | 212,382,816 | 10-K | |
| 2014 | 2015-02-11 | 202,902,489 | 10-K | |
| 2015 | 2016-02-10 | 194,881,407 | 10-K | |
| 2016 | 2017-02-13 | 188,227,807 | 10-K | |
| 2017 | 2018-02-12 | 185,008,791 | 10-K | |
| 2018 | 2019-02-15 | 181,303,103 | 10-K | |
| 2019 | 2020-02-14 | 180,778,030 | 10-K | |
| 2020 | 2021-02-12 | 169,426,435 | 10-K | |
| 2021 | 2022-02-11 | 161,507,628 | 10-K | |
| 2022 | 2023-02-15 | 153,048,775 | 10-K | |
| 2023 | 2024-02-13 | 146,036,839 | 10-K | |
| 2024 | 2025-02-11 | 144,212,255 | 10-K | |
| 2025 | 2026-02-10 | 139,223,665 | 10-K |
Source: all 10-K filings of Service Corp International on EDGAR. Download this series as CSV. Licence CC BY 4.0, credit Buyback Radar.
Cash spent comes from the cash flow statement. Shares outstanding fell by less than the company bought, because part of every buyback only replaces shares handed to employees. Today’s price is $81.37.
Loading the chart from TradingView…
All-time chart by TradingView. Open it on TradingView →
Yes. Service Corp International has 2.8% fewer shares outstanding than twelve months ago, 136,291,587 as of July 30, 2026. Over five years the share count is down 17.9%.
Net of every new share it issued, Service Corp International has 173.7 million fewer shares than at its 2004 peak. That is 56.0% of the company. Since fiscal 2008 alone it bought back about 159.5 million shares, while the count fell by 114.6 million. The difference went to employees and other new shares.
136,291,587 shares, as of July 30, 2026, from the cover page of its latest 10-Q. At the 2004 peak it had 309,972,343.
Each share is a bigger slice of the company. Someone who held Service Corp International stock in 2004 owns 2.3 times as much of the business today without buying another share. Whether that was a good use of cash depends on the price paid.
Service Corp International ranks No. 59 of 467 companies on Buyback Radar by share of the company retired since its peak. Close to it on the list: Ross Stores (56.4%), Signet Jewelers (56.0%), Flex (55.8%), Allison Transmission (55.2%).
Every answer is computed from Service Corp International's own SEC filings and rebuilt every Monday. Latest count: 10-Q on EDGAR.
The numbers say what happened. The story says whether it can continue. We cover companies like Service Corp International in depth on Cannibal Stocks.
Read Cannibal Stocks