Carriage Services/$CSV
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About Carriage Services
Carriage Services Inc is a provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the United States. It operates in two business segments: The Funeral Home Operations segment offers burial, cremation, and consultation services; removes and prepares remains; sells caskets, urns, and related funeral merchandise. The company enables the use of funeral home facilities for visitation, remembrance, and transportation services. The Cemetery Operations segment provides services, such as mausoleum spaces and niches, private estates, lawn crypt gardens, traditional single burial gravesites, and burial vaults. The majority of revenue is derived from The Funeral Home Operations segment.
- Ticker
- $CSV
- Sector
- Consumer Discretionary
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 1,785
- Headquarters
- Houston, United States
- Website
- www.carriageservices.com
CSV Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$484M
10.90
$2.80
0.78
$0.45
1.48%
Price and volume
Market cap
$484M
Beta
0.78
52-week high
$52.10
52-week low
$30.18
Average daily volume
181K
Dividend rate
$0.45
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.455
Quick ratio
0.994
Long term debt to equity
1.949
Total debt to equity
1.966
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
15.90%
Interest coverage (TTM)
3.54%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
122.993
Gross margin (TTM)
38.32%
Net profit margin (TTM)
10.69%
Operating margin (TTM)
23.45%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
28.87%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$230,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
4.63%
Return on equity (TTM)
17.33%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
10.898
Price to revenue (TTM)
1.136
Price to book
1.71
Price to tangible book (TTM)
-2.49
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
12.67
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
7.89%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
2.406
Dividend yield (TTM)
1.48%
Forward dividend yield
1.48%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
2.38%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
-15.70%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
3.66%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
5.46%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
11.56%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
9.60%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
16.23%
What the Analysts think about CSV
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Carriage Services stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Carriage Services stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Carriage showed pricing power in Q2 despite a 3.5% fall in at-need volume: average revenue per funeral contract rose 3.7%, adjusted EBITDA increased 3.1%, and the margin widened by 70 basis points to 32.3%. Adjusted EPS also rose 5.4%, supporting the case that disciplined execution can protect profits when volumes soften. (GlobeNewswire)
Preneed demand is building a longer-term revenue base: insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts grew 21.1% and cemetery preneed sales production rose 5.0% in Q2. Financial revenue increased 14.0%, adding a high-margin earnings stream that helped offset weaker current funeral volumes. (GlobeNewswire, MarketScreener)
Management has maintained its adjusted EBITDA, EPS and free-cash-flow guidance while continuing to pursue selective acquisitions. It completed a Knoxville-area funeral-home acquisition in Q2 and says several further owner discussions are advanced, creating potential for renewed growth if deals close at sensible valuations. (GlobeNewswire, GlobeNewswire)
Lower mortality is exposing the sensitivity of the core funeral business to volume. Q2 comparable funeral revenue fell 2.4%, and Carriage cut its 2026 revenue outlook by $5 million at both ends because first-half mortality was weaker than expected and acquisitions were delayed. (GlobeNewswire, MarketScreener)
Cash conversion has weakened even though reported earnings held up. First-half adjusted free cash flow fell to $13.8 million from $20.3 million a year earlier, while Q2 free cash flow dropped to $2.2 million from $5.2 million, leaving less internally generated cash for debt reduction and acquisitions. (MarketScreener, StockTitan)
Balance-sheet flexibility remains a material risk: bank leverage was 4.0 times at quarter-end, close to management’s stated long-term target range, while the new $100 million at-the-market share programme could dilute existing holders. High leverage also makes the pace and funding of future acquisitions more consequential. (GlobeNewswire, GlobeNewswire)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 16 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing CSV
Fund name | Fund size | $CSV weighting |
|---|---|---|
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | €4.8B | 0.02% |
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