SCI posted Q2 GAAP EPS of $0.90, up 4.65% from a year earlier, as revenue rose 4% to $1.1 billion.
Net cash from operating activities jumped 43% to $238.7 million, driven by lower cash taxes and stronger preneed cemetery cash receipts.
Comparable cemetery preneed sales production increased 8%, while comparable funeral preneed sales production climbed 7% and comparable total funeral sales average grew 3%.
SCI tightened 2026 adjusted EPS guidance to $4.10-$4.30, confirming the $4.20 midpoint, while lifting operating cash flow guidance midpoint $50 million to $1.09 billion.