Carriage Services, Inc.·Consumer Cyclical

Shares of Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV - Get Free Report) have received a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" from the six ratings firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and five have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average twelve-month

The mean of analysts' price targets for Carriage Services (CSV) points to a 33.3% upside in the stock. While this highly sought-after metric has not proven reasonably effective, strong agreement among analysts in raising earnings estimates does indicate an upside in the stock.

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Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) Q4 2025 Earnings Call Transcript

While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Carriage Services (CSV) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended December 2025, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.

HOUSTON, Feb. 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) today announced its financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2025. Company Fourth Quarter and Full Year Highlights: GAAP diluted EPS of $0.77 compared to $0.62 in the prior year quarter, resulting in an increase of 24.2%; Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.75 compared to $0.62 in the prior year quarter, resulting in an increase of 21.0%; Total revenue grew 8.0% over the prior year quarter, primarily driven by an increase in funeral operating contract volume of 6.8% and a 25.5% growth in preneed cemetery sales production; GAAP diluted EPS of $3.25 compared to $2.10 in the prior year, resulting in growth of 54.8%; Adjusted diluted EPS of $3.20 compared to $2.65 in the prior year, resulting in an increase of 20.8%; Total revenue grew 3.3% over the prior year, primarily driven by a 2.3% increase in funeral operating contract volume and 13.4% growth in preneed cemetery sales production; Financial revenue increased 17.7% over the prior year, primarily driven by a 27.4% increase in insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts sold resulting in an increase in general agency commission revenue; Completed the strategic acquisition of two businesses that generated more than $15 million in revenue in 2024 and divested certain non-core assets throughout the year driving our leverage ratio down to 4.0x; The Company's guidance for 2026 is $440-$450 million in total revenue, adjusted consolidated EBITDA of $135-140 million, adjusted diluted EPS of $3.35-$3.55 and adjusted free cash flow of $40-$50 million, which assumes $25-$30 million in capital expenditures.
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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1996-08-09
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