Barrington Research Has Bullish Forecast for CSV Q3 Earnings

Key Points

• Barrington Research raised its Q3 2025 earnings estimate for Carriage Services to $0.74 per share, increasing the prior target of $0.69, and maintains an "Outperform" rating with a price target of $60.00.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.1125 per share, reflecting an annual yield of 0.9%, to be paid on September 2nd.
• Carriage Services' last earnings report showed a net margin of 12.85% and a return on equity of 21.63%, with revenue of $102.15 million exceeding analysts' expectations.

Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV - Free Report) - Barrington Research raised their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Carriage Services in a research note issued on Thursday, August 7th. Barrington Research analyst A. Paris now anticipates that the company will post earnings per share of $0.74 for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $0.69. Barrington Research has a "Outperform" rating and a $60.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Carriage Services' current full-year earnings is $2.50 per share. Barrington Research also issued estimates for Carriage Services' Q4 2025 earnings at $0.84 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $3.28 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $3.56 EPS.

CSV has been the subject of a number of other reports. Wall Street Zen downgraded shares of Carriage Services from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, June 27th. Roth Mkm reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $51.00 price target (up from $48.00) on shares of Carriage Services in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, B. Riley lifted their price objective on Carriage Services from $52.00 to $65.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday.

Carriage Services Price Performance

CSV stock opened at $48.21 on Monday. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $45.52 and a 200-day moving average of $41.95. Carriage Services has a 12-month low of $29.53 and a 12-month high of $49.41. The company has a current ratio of 1.06, a quick ratio of 0.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.72. The company has a market cap of $756.34 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.48, a PEG ratio of 0.98 and a beta of 0.83.

Carriage Services (NYSE:CSV - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 6th. The company reported $0.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.02. Carriage Services had a net margin of 12.85% and a return on equity of 21.63%. The company had revenue of $102.15 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $101.36 million.

Carriage Services Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, September 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, August 4th will be paid a $0.1125 dividend. This represents a $0.45 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, August 4th. Carriage Services's payout ratio is presently 13.51%.

Institutional Trading of Carriage Services

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its stake in Carriage Services by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 941,412 shares of the company's stock worth $36,480,000 after acquiring an additional 24,138 shares during the period. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP grew its stake in Carriage Services by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP now owns 734,828 shares of the company's stock worth $29,283,000 after acquiring an additional 9,080 shares during the period. LSV Asset Management grew its stake in Carriage Services by 9.7% in the 1st quarter. LSV Asset Management now owns 648,417 shares of the company's stock worth $25,126,000 after acquiring an additional 57,500 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in Carriage Services by 5.4% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 350,092 shares of the company's stock worth $16,016,000 after acquiring an additional 17,931 shares during the period. Finally, Boston Partners grew its stake in shares of Carriage Services by 7.5% during the 2nd quarter. Boston Partners now owns 202,581 shares of the company's stock valued at $9,266,000 after buying an additional 14,056 shares during the period. 66.46% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Carriage Services

Carriage Services, Inc provides funeral and cemetery services, and merchandise in the United States. It operates in two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment provides consultation services; funeral home facilities for visitation and memorial services; transportation services; removal and preparation of remains; sale of caskets and urns; cremation services; and related funeral merchandise.

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