Carriage Services, Inc.·Consumer Cyclical

Carriage Services NYSE: CSV reported first-quarter 2026 results that management said reflected steady execution despite a difficult year-over-year comparison, as lower funeral volumes were offset in part by gains in cemetery operations and pre-need sales.

Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) Q1 2026 Earnings Call Transcript

The headline numbers for Carriage Services (CSV) give insight into how the company performed in the quarter ended March 2026, but it may be worthwhile to compare some of its key metrics to Wall Street estimates and the year-ago actuals.

Carriage Services (CSV) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.86 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.85 per share. This compares to earnings of $0.96 per share a year ago.

HOUSTON, May 06, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) today announced its financial results for the first quarter March 31, 2026. Company Highlights: Consolidated cemetery revenue increased 6.0% over the prior year, primarily driven by a 10.0% increase in consolidated preneed sales production as the consolidated average price per preneed interment rights sold grew 11.0%; Financial revenue grew 15.7% over the prior year, primarily driven by an 8.0% increase in consolidated insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts sold resulting in an increase in general agency commission revenue; Operating income declined $6.3 million, primarily as a result of a prior year gain of $7.8 million on divestitures and the sale of real property; Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA grew 2.4%, or $0.8 million, demonstrating improved profitability despite lower revenue for the quarter versus the prior year; GAAP diluted EPS of $0.84 compared to $1.34 in the prior year quarter, resulting in a decrease of 37.3%, primarily driven by the prior year gain on divestitures and the sale of real property; Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.86 compared to $0.96 in the prior year quarter, resulting in a decrease of 10.4%, as the current quarter includes an approximately $0.08 impact from a higher tax rate; Leverage ratio lowered to 4.0x from 4.2x at the same period last year; and Announces an “at the market” equity offering program to offer and sell its common stock with an aggregate offering price of up to $100.0 million.

Carriage Services (CSV) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.
Carriage Services, Inc. provides funeral and cemetery services, and merchandise in the United States. It operates through two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment engages in the provision of consultation, funeral home facilities for visitation and memorial services, and transportation services; removal and preparation of remains; and sale of burial and cremation services, and related merchandise, such as caskets and urns. The Cemetery Operations segment provides interment rights for grave sites, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, and niche; related cemetery merchandise, including outer burial containers, memorial markers, monuments, and floral placements; and interments, inurnments, and installation of cemetery merchandise services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 170 funeral homes in 26 states and 31 cemeteries in 11 states. Carriage Services, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Consumer Cyclical
Personal Products & Services
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