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CSV Stock Chart & Stats
$34.76
$1.04(2.67%)
At close: 4:00 PM EDT
$34.76
$1.04(2.67%)
Day’s Range― - ―
52-Week Range$30.11 - $52.10
Previous Close$40
Volume105.80K
Average Volume (3M)232.15K
Market Cap
$576.69M
Enterprise Value$1.15B
Total Cash (Recent Filing)$2.55M
Total Debt (Recent Filing)$549.27M
Price to Earnings (P/E)12.5
Beta0.48
Next Earnings
Oct 28, 2026EPS Estimate
0.79Next Dividend Ex-DateN/A
Dividend Yield1.26%
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)2.85
Shares Outstanding15,882,296
10 Day Avg. Volume303,553
30 Day Avg. Volume232,149
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.25
Price to Book (P/B)2.56
Price to Sales (P/S)1.56
P/FCF Ratio-34.42
Enterprise Value/Market Cap2.00
Enterprise Value/Revenue2.77
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit7.88
Enterprise Value/Ebitda9.81
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$51.00Price Target Upside46.72% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering5
EPS Forecast (FY)3.34
Revenue Forecast (FY)$433.19M
Bulls Say, Bears Say
Bulls Say
Revenue Re-accelerationThe sharp improvement in TTM revenue growth indicates stronger demand, pricing, or both across the company’s funeral and cemetery portfolio. Sustained top-line expansion can improve operating leverage, support reinvestment, and strengthen the company’s ability to grow earnings over the next several quarters.
Strong Cash GenerationRobust free cash flow provides internally generated funding for debt service, capital spending, acquisitions, and other strategic priorities. Cash flow exceeding net income also indicates strong cash conversion, giving the business greater financial flexibility even while leverage remains meaningful.
Improved Financing FlexibilityThe larger revolving facility and extended maturities improve liquidity planning and reduce near-term refinancing pressure. Lower borrowing costs and added capacity may support attractive acquisitions, capital spending, and working capital needs without requiring immediate common-stock issuance.
Bears Say
Elevated LeverageAlthough leverage has improved from earlier periods, debt remains high relative to equity and leaves the company more exposed to interest costs and earnings volatility. This can constrain capital allocation and reduce resilience if operating performance weakens or financing conditions become less favorable.
Margin NormalizationThe decline in net, operating, and EBITDA margins shows that faster revenue growth is not fully translating into profitability at prior levels. Continued margin normalization could limit earnings growth, reduce the benefit of operating leverage, and make debt reduction less efficient.
Uneven Free Cash Flow HistoryCurrent cash generation is strong, but the weaker 2023 result indicates that free cash flow has not been consistently stable across periods. This variability makes long-term debt repayment, acquisition funding, and other capital commitments more dependent on sustained operating execution.
Carriage Services News
CSV FAQ
What was Carriage Services’s price range in the past 12 months?
Carriage Services lowest stock price was $30.11 and its highest was $52.10 in the past 12 months.
What is Carriage Services’s market cap?
Carriage Services’s market cap is $576.69M.
When is Carriage Services’s upcoming earnings report date?
Carriage Services’s upcoming earnings report date is Oct 28, 2026 which is in 5 days.
How were Carriage Services’s earnings last quarter?
Carriage Services released its earnings results on Aug 05, 2026. The company reported $0.78 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.822 by -$0.042.
Is Carriage Services overvalued?
According to Wall Street analysts Carriage Services’s price is currently Undervalued.
Does Carriage Services pay dividends?
Carriage Services pays a Quarterly dividend of $0.113 which represents an annual dividend yield of 1.26%. See more information on Carriage Services dividends here
What is Carriage Services’s EPS estimate?
Carriage Services’s EPS estimate is 0.79.
How many shares outstanding does Carriage Services have?
Carriage Services has 15,882,296 shares outstanding.
What happened to Carriage Services’s price movement after its last earnings report?
Carriage Services reported an EPS of $0.78 in its last earnings report, missing expectations of $0.822. Following the earnings report the stock price went down -10.628%.
Which hedge fund is a major shareholder of Carriage Services?
Currently, no hedge funds are holding shares in CSV
What is the TipRanks Smart Score and how is it calculated?
Smart Score combines eight research factors - such as analyst recommendations, hedge fund trends, and technical indicators - to measure a stock’s outlook. These signals are unified into a single score that reflects bullish or bearish momentum. See detailed methodology
Carriage Services Stock Smart Score
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Analyst Consensus
Strong Buy
Average Price Target:
$51.00 (46.72% Upside)
$51.00 (46.72% Upside)
Blogger Sentiment
Bullish
CSV Sentiment 67%
Sector Average 60%
Sector Average 60%
Hedge Fund Trend
Increased
By 1.7K Shares
Last Quarter.
Last Quarter.
Crowd Wisdom
Negative
Last 7 Days ▼ 1.0%
Last 30 Days ▼ 0.8%
Last 30 Days ▼ 0.8%
Technicals
SMA
Negative
20 days / 200 days
Momentum
-20.58%
12-Months-Change
Fundamentals
Return on Equity
17.07%
Trailing 12-Months
Asset Growth
7.07%
Trailing 12-Months
Learn more about TipRanks Smart Score
Company Description
Carriage Services
Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) delivers a comprehensive array of funeral and cemetery services, along with associated merchandise, throughout the United States. Its operations are structured into two distinct segments: Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment offers various services, including consultation, the use of funeral home facilities for visitations and memorial services, transportation, and the removal and preparation of remains. This segment also facilitates the sale of burial and cremation services, alongside related products such as caskets and urns. The Cemetery Operations segment provides rights to interment spaces like grave sites, lawn crypts, mausoleum sections, and niches. Furthermore, it supplies complementary cemetery merchandise, including outer burial containers, memorial markers, monuments, and floral arrangements, and performs interments, inurnments, and the installation of these items. As of December 31, 2021, the company oversaw 170 funeral homes located across 26 states and 31 cemeteries in 11 states. Carriage Services, Inc. was established in 1991 and maintains its corporate headquarters in Houston, Texas.
CSV Earnings Call
Q2 2026
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call presents a mix of operational and financial progress alongside near-term volume headwinds in the funeral channel. Positive developments include improved adjusted EBITDA and margin expansion, cemetery revenue and preneed growth, stronger operating cash flow, reduced leverage, disciplined overhead control, a strategic ATM program and a robust M&A pipeline with recent successful integrations. Lowlights center on weaker funeral volumes leading to a slight revenue decline, a drop in adjusted and GAAP EPS (partly driven by a higher tax rate and prior-year divestiture gains), a reduction in funeral EBITDA, and adjusted free cash flow being lower versus the prior year. Management reiterated full-year guidance and emphasized disciplined capital allocation and confidence in recovery across the remainder of the year, indicating balanced near-term risks but constructive long-term positioning.View all CSV earnings summariesCSV Stock 12 Month Forecast
Average Price Target
$51.00
▲(46.72% Upside)
Technical Analysis
Ownership Overview
2.03% Insiders
27.94% Mutual Funds
0.44% Other Institutional Investors
55.18% Public Companies and
Individual Investors