Carriage Services

CSV

Market cap $598M

HOUSTON, July 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) today announced that its Board of Directors on July 16, 2026, declared a quarterly dividend of 11.25¢ per share payable on September 1, 2026, to common share record holders as of August 3, 2026.

Carriage Services is rated BUY, supported by compelling EV/EBITDA valuation and improving balance sheet metrics. CSV's growth is driven by M&A in a fragmented industry and internal efficiency gains from the Trinity ERP rollout. Leverage ratios are trending down, with management targeting 3.5–4x; interest coverage remains healthy at 3.5x TTM.

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SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ValGenesis Inc., the market leader in enterprise digital validation, announced that Ulrich Medical has selected ValGenesis iVal™ to modernize computer system validation (CSV) processes in support of its broader digital transformation and upcoming SAP implementation. The Germany-based medical device company will replace manual validation processes with a digital approach to manage increased CSV activity associated with the SAP rollout. The initial deployment.

HOUSTON, May 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) Carriage Services, Inc. ("Carriage" or "Carriage Services") is pleased to announce that it has acquired substantially all the assets of McCammon Ammons Click Funeral Home located in Maryville, Tennessee.

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.