Carriage Services (CSV) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

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. The Cemetery Operations segment sells interment rights for grave sites, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, and niches; related cemetery merchandise, including memorial markers, outer burial containers, and monuments; and interments, inurnments, and installation of cemetery merchandise services. Carriage Services, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $42.27 to $43.59
• 50-Day Range: $36.22 to $43.96
• 52-Week Range: $25.84 to $44.35
• Volume: 84,137 shs
• Average Volume: 115,173 shs
• Market Capitalization: $682.80 million
• P/E Ratio: 19.51
• Dividend Yield: 1.03%
• Price Target: $50.50
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Carriage Services Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Carriage Services scored higher than 75% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 61st out of 145 stocks in the consumer staples sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Carriage Services has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 2 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Carriage Services has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 12.80%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Carriage Services are expected to grow by 12.80% in the coming year, from $2.50 to $2.82 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Carriage Services is 19.51, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 24.74.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Carriage Services is 19.51, which means that it is trading at a more expensive P/E ratio than the Consumer Staples sector average P/E ratio of about 16.71.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Carriage Services has a PEG Ratio of 0.97. PEG Ratios around 1 indicate that a company is correctly valued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Carriage Services has a P/B Ratio of 3.70. P/B Ratios above 3 indicate that a company could be overvalued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 4.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Healthy

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.41% of the float of Carriage Services has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Carriage Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Carriage Services has recently decreased by 2.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

Dividend

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Moderate

Dividend Yield

Carriage Services pays a meaningful dividend of 1.04%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Carriage Services does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Carriage Services is 15.05%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Carriage Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 15.96% next year. This indicates that Carriage Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Percentage of Shares Shorted

2.41% of the float of Carriage Services has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Carriage Services has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.5, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Carriage Services has recently decreased by 2.71%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.

News and Social Media

• Score: 2.6 / 5
• News Sentiment: 1.63

News Sentiment

Carriage Services has a news sentiment score of 1.63. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.98 average news sentiment score of Consumer Staples companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 2 news articles for Carriage Services this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Carriage Services insiders have sold more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $0.00 in company stock and sold $362,141.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 2.60% of the stock of Carriage Services is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

66.46% of the stock of Carriage Services is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

CSV Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have CSV shares performed this year?

Carriage Services' stock was trading at $39.85 on January 1st, 2025. Since then, CSV shares have increased by 9.2% and is now trading at $43.51.
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How were Carriage Services' earnings last quarter?

Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 30th. The company reported $0.96 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.80 by $0.16. The firm had revenue of $8.47 million for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $104.17 million. Carriage Services had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.52% and a net margin of 8.57%.
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Who are Carriage Services' major shareholders?

Top institutional shareholders of Carriage Services include Vanguard Group Inc. (6.02%), LSV Asset Management (4.14%), Heartland Advisors Inc. (1.75%) and Boston Partners (1.20%). Insiders that own company stock include Melvin C Payne, Shawn R Phillips, Steven D Metzger, Carlos R Quezada, Paul Donald Elliott, Carl Benjamin Brink, Lance Kian Granmayeh, Robbie Pape, Charles Fargason, Shane Pudenz and Adeola Olaniyan.
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How do I buy shares of Carriage Services?

Shares of CSV stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

What other stocks do shareholders of Carriage Services own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Carriage Services investors own include Humana (HUM), American Water Works (AWK), Voyager Therapeutics (VYGR), Waste Connections (WCN), TotalEnergies (TTE), NVIDIA (NVDA) and The RMR Group (RMR).

Company Calendar

• Record date for 3/3 Dividend: 2/03/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 3/3 Dividend: 2/03/2025
• Dividend Payable: 3/03/2025
• Last Earnings: 4/30/2025
• Record date for 6/2 Dividend: 5/05/2025
• Ex-Dividend for 6/2 Dividend: 5/05/2025
• Today: 5/27/2025
• Dividend Payable: 6/02/2025
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 7/30/2025
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: NYSE
• Sector: Consumer Staples
• Industry: Personal services
• Sub-Industry: Specialized Consumer Services
• Current Symbol: NYSE:CSV
• CIK: 1016281
• Web: www.carriageservices.com
• Phone: (713) 332-8400
• Fax: 713-332-8401
• Employees: 2,550
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: $50.50
• High Stock Price Target: $51.00
• Low Stock Price Target: $50.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +16.1%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 2 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): $2.99
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 19.51
• Forward P/E Ratio: 17.40
• P/E Growth: 0.97
• Net Income: $33.41 million
• Net Margins: 8.57%
• Pretax Margin: 12.74%
• Return on Equity: 23.52%
• Return on Assets: 3.42%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 2.03
• Current Ratio: 0.72
• Quick Ratio: 0.59

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $407.77 million
• Price / Sales: 1.67
• Cash Flow: $4.14 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 10.52
• Book Value: $11.75 per share
• Price / Book: 3.70

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 15,693,000
• Free Float: 13,381,000
• Market Cap: $682.80 million
• Optionable: Optionable
• Beta: 0.93