LCID
Lucid Group, Inc.
LCID offers stronger modeled upside, but that advantage does not outweigh its weaker overall profile.
SCI
Service Corporation International
SCI has a slight edge over LCID overall, supported by lower modeled downside and stronger valuation.
LCID Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Healthy | |
| Weak | |
| Weak | |
| Unavailable |
LCID's revenue is currently healthy, but its profitability and cash flow are weak. There isn't enough data to rate its balance sheet.
SCI Fundamentals
| Metric | Status |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Healthy | |
| Healthy | |
| Weak |
SCI's profitability and cash flow are currently healthy, and its revenue is stable, but its balance sheet is weak.
LCID PE Valuation
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SCI PE Valuation
| Level | PE | Price | Vs current |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheap | 15x | $60.18 | -20% |
| Forward | 18x | $74.97 | — |
| Current | 19x | $74.97 | — |
| Fair | 20x | $80.86 | +7.9% |
| Expensive | 22x | $88.36 | +18% |
Historical ranges are pointers, not guarantees.
SCI's PE is in its fair range at 19x. If earnings grow as analysts expect, today's price would be 18x next year's earnings, in its cheap range.
LCID Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| -- | |
| Losses shrinking | |
| Strong growth | |
| -- | |
| Limited | |
| Low |
Analysts expect LCID's losses to shrink, with revenue growing. However, they disagree widely on these estimates.
SCI Forward outlook
| Metric | Outlook |
|---|---|
| Stable | |
| Growth | |
| Stable | |
| Stable | |
| Limited | |
| High |
Analysts expect SCI's earnings to grow, with its revenue and profitability holding steady.
LCID Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$13.08 | -$2.57 |
| Q2 2026 | -$13.65 | -$2.35 |
| Q1 2026 | -$13.15 | -$1.25 |
| Q4 2025 | -$12.09 | +$0.41 |
| Q3 2025 | -$10.51 | +$2.49 |
| Q2 2025 | -$11.30 | +$0.40 |
| Q1 2025 | -$11.90 | +$0.40 |
| Q4 2024 | -$12.50 | +$1.10 |
LCID is still losing money, but less than at its worst: $13.08 per share over the past year, against $16.50 at its worst in mid-2023.
SCI Earnings Per Share
| Quarter | TTM EPS | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Forward | $4.22 | +4.8% |
| Q3 2026 | $4.03 | +9.2% |
| Q2 2026 | $3.83 | +4.4% |
| Q1 2026 | $3.79 | +4.7% |
| Q4 2025 | $3.80 | +7.6% |
| Q3 2025 | $3.69 | +7% |
| Q2 2025 | $3.67 | +6.7% |
| Q1 2025 | $3.62 | +3.7% |
| Q4 2024 | $3.53 | 0% |
SCI has the edge over LCID on earnings quality, reporting a profit while its opponent remains loss making.
LCID Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $350.3M | +4.1% |
| Q2 2026 | $405.3M | +56% |
| Q1 2026 | $282.5M | +20% |
| Q4 2025 | $522.7M | +123% |
| Q3 2025 | $336.6M | +68% |
| Q2 2025 | $259.4M | +29% |
| Q1 2025 | $235M | +36% |
| Q4 2024 | $234.5M | +49% |
LCID has the edge over SCI on sales, with stronger typical year-over-year growth.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -245% | +35 points |
| Q2 2026 | -267% | +43 points |
| Q1 2026 | -350% | -56 points |
| Q4 2025 | -204% | +109 points |
| Q3 2025 | -280% | +105 points |
| Q2 2025 | -310% | +83 points |
| Q1 2025 | -294% | +128 points |
| Q4 2024 | -313% | +156 points |
LCID's operating margin was −245% last quarter, up 35 points from the same quarter a year ago, near the top of its range since 2020.
SCI Quarterly Revenue
| Quarter | Revenue | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $1.1B | +4.6% |
| Q2 2026 | $1.1B | +3.6% |
| Q1 2026 | $1.1B | +2.1% |
| Q4 2025 | $1.1B | +1.7% |
| Q3 2025 | $1.1B | +4.4% |
| Q2 2025 | $1.1B | +3% |
| Q1 2025 | $1.1B | +2.8% |
| Q4 2024 | $1.1B | +3.5% |
SCI's revenue has grown year over year for 14 quarters in a row: $1.1B last quarter, up 4.6% from the same quarter a year ago.
| Quarter | Margin | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 23% | +1.4 points |
| Q2 2026 | 21% | -0.1 points |
| Q1 2026 | 22% | -1.2 points |
| Q4 2025 | 25% | +0.8 points |
| Q3 2025 | 21% | +0.4 points |
| Q2 2025 | 21% | -0.3 points |
| Q1 2025 | 23% | +1.2 points |
| Q4 2024 | 24% | +1.1 points |
SCI has the edge over LCID on profitability, with a higher operating margin.
LCID Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | -$1B | -$84.2M |
| Q2 2026 | -$1.5B | -$463.2M |
| Q1 2026 | -$1.4B | -$849M |
| Q4 2025 | -$1.2B | -$417.1M |
| Q3 2025 | -$955.5M | -$333M |
| Q2 2025 | -$1B | -$271.6M |
| Q1 2025 | -$589.9M | +$125.1M |
| Q4 2024 | -$824.8M | -$77.6M |
LCID has burned cash in almost every quarter: −$5.2B over the past year, against −$3.4B the year before.
SCI Free Cash Flow
| Quarter | Free cash flow | YoY |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $197.4M | +31% |
| Q2 2026 | $142.9M | +71% |
| Q1 2026 | $253.9M | +9% |
| Q4 2025 | $87.2M | -43% |
| Q3 2025 | $150.7M | -7.5% |
| Q2 2025 | $83.4M | -17% |
| Q1 2025 | $233M | +66% |
| Q4 2024 | $151.8M | -17% |
SCI has the edge over LCID on cash generation, producing positive trailing cash flow while its opponent burns cash.
LCID Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | +3.3% | +12.5M shares |
| 1 year | +26% | +82.4M shares |
| 3 years | +73% | +166M shares |
LCID has 395M diluted shares, up 26% from a year ago.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q4 2020 | $2.2M |
| Q1 2020 | — |
SCI Total Shares
| Period | Change % | Net change |
|---|---|---|
| Quarterly | -0.8% | -1.1M shares |
| 1 year | -3% | -4.2M shares |
| 3 years | -9.9% | -15.1M shares |
| 5 years | -19% | -32.8M shares |
| Available history | -26% | -48.3M shares |
SCI has the edge over LCID on shareholder dilution, with a more favorable share count trend.
| Quarter | Spent |
|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | $52.6M |
| Q2 2026 | $123.2M |
| Q1 2026 | $143.2M |
| Q4 2025 | $58.9M |
| Q3 2025 | $78.1M |
| Q2 2025 | $193.6M |
| Q1 2025 | $130.5M |
| Q4 2024 | $56.2M |
SCI spent $378M buying back its own shares over the past year, down 18% from the year before.
LCID Net Leverage
LCID's operating earnings (EBITDA) were negative over the past year, so its debt can't be measured against them.
SCI Net Leverage
| Quarter | Net Leverage | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2026 | 4.0x | High |
| Q2 2026 | 4.1x | High |
| Q1 2026 | 4.1x | High |
| Q4 2025 | 4.0x | High |
| Q3 2025 | 4.0x | Elevated |
| Q2 2025 | 4.0x | High |
| Q1 2025 | 3.9x | Elevated |
| Q4 2024 | 4.0x | Elevated |
SCI's net debt is about 4.0 years of its operating earnings (EBITDA), about the same as a year ago.
LCID Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 32.9 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 7.1 | Oversold |
LCID's weekly RSI is 33 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 7 (oversold).
SCI Weekly Momentum
| Metric | Value | Status |
|---|---|---|
| RSI | 43.2 | Neutral |
| Stochastic | 31.6 | Neutral |
SCI's weekly RSI is 43 (neutral) and its Stochastic is 32 (neutral).
LCID PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
LCID has no meaningful PE right now: it lost money over the past year.
SCI PE vs Consumer Cyclical Sector
| Metric | SCI | Sector median | Relative |
|---|---|---|---|
| PE | 19x | 18x | 3.2% above |
| PE % | 34 | 47 | 13 pts below |
SCI is trading at 19x earnings, in line with the Consumer Cyclical sector's median of 18x.
LCID Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $3.53 | 7.9% below |
| 20 week MA | $4.88 | 33% below |
| 50 week MA | $7.33 | 56% below |
| 100 week MA | $15.4 | 79% below |
| 200 week MA | $31.9 | 90% below |
LCID is in a downtrend: it's below all five of its weekly moving averages, and 90% below its 200-week average.
SCI Weekly Moving Averages
| Moving average | MA price | Relative |
|---|---|---|
| 8 week MA | $77.7 | 3.5% below |
| 20 week MA | $80.2 | 6.5% below |
| 50 week MA | $79.7 | 5.9% below |
| 100 week MA | $79.5 | 5.7% below |
| 200 week MA | $74.6 | 0.5% above |
SCI has the edge over LCID on trend strength, trading above more of its moving averages.
LCID Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $98.9 | $100.4 | +1.5% |
| 2021 | $100.4 | $376.4 | +275% |
| 2022 | $376.4 | $67.0 | -82% |
| 2023 | $67.0 | $42.1 | -37% |
| 2024 | $42.1 | $32.0 | -24% |
| 2025 | $32.0 | $11.4 | -64% |
| 2026 YTD | $11.4 | $3.25 | -72% |
LCID has finished four years in a row lower, and it's down 72% so far in 2026.
SCI Yearly ROI
| Year | Start price | End price | ROI |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $46.1 | $48.7 | +5.6% |
| 2021 | $48.7 | $69.7 | +43% |
| 2022 | $69.7 | $70.2 | +0.8% |
| 2023 | $70.2 | $68.5 | -2.5% |
| 2024 | $68.5 | $80.8 | +18% |
| 2025 | $80.8 | $78.0 | -3.5% |
| 2026 YTD | $78.0 | $75.0 | -3.8% |
SCI has the edge over LCID on returns for 2026, with the stronger performance.