Sr. VP, CFO and Treasurer of Service Corp. International (SCI) Eric D Tanzberger sells 53,900 shares of SCI on 02/18/2011 at an average price of $11.01 a share.

Service Corp Intl. has a market cap of $2.72 billion; its shares were traded at around $11.13 with a P/E ratio of 18.86 and P/S ratio of 1.24. The dividend yield of Service Corp Intl. stocks is 1.44%. Service Corp Intl. had an annual average earning growth of 4.1% over the past 10 years.

Hedge Fund Gurus that owns SCI: Jim Simons of Renaissance Technologies LLC, Steven Cohen of SAC Capital Advisors. Mutual Fund and Other Gurus that owns SCI: Mason Hawkins of Southeastern Asset Management, James Barrow of Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, Pioneer Investments, Jeremy Grantham of GMO LLC.


This is the insider trade history vs. stock price of SCI. For the complete insider trading history of SCI, click here.

Directors and Officers Recent Trades:

• Sell: Vice Pres. Info Technology John Del Mixon sold 19,300 shares of SCI stock on 02/11/2011 at the average price of 11.07. John Del Mixon owns at least 21,279 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 0.54% since.


• Sell: Director W Blair Waltrip sold 40,008 shares of SCI stock on 12/14/2010 at the average price of 8.43. W Blair Waltrip owns at least 844,240 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 32.03% since.


• Sell: Director W Blair Waltrip sold 75,000 shares of SCI stock on 12/10/2010 at the average price of 8.42. W Blair Waltrip owns at least 884,248 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 32.19% since.


• Sell: Director Tony Coelho sold 20,000 shares of SCI stock on 12/10/2010 at the average price of 8.45. Tony Coelho owns at least 70,878 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 31.72% since.


• Sell: Director Tony Coelho sold 20,000 shares of SCI stock on 08/30/2010 at the average price of 7.84. Tony Coelho owns at least 90,828 shares after this. The price of the stock has increased by 41.96% since.

For the complete insider trading history of SCI, click here.

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