Carriage Services Stock Forecast, Price & News

2 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carriage Services in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Carriage Services stock.
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Carriage Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 21st 2021.
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Carriage Services will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 21st at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 18th. The company reported $0.57 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.49 by $0.08. The business earned $90.09 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $80.75 million. Carriage Services had a net margin of 3.32% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 12.41%.
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Carriage Services' stock was trading at $17.33 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, CSV shares have increased by 107.7% and is now trading at $35.99.
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Carriage Services announced a quarterly dividend on Friday, January 22nd. Investors of record on Monday, February 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.10 per share on Monday, March 1st. This represents a $0.40 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.11%. The ex-dividend date is Friday, February 5th.
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Carriage Services pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.12%. Carriage Services does not yet have a strock track record of dividend growth. The dividend payout ratio of Carriage Services is 33.33%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Carriage Services will have a dividend payout ratio of 18.18% next year. This indicates that Carriage Services will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Carriage Services updated its FY 2021 After-Hours earnings guidance on Wednesday, February, 17th. The company provided EPS guidance of 2.28-2.28 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $2.20. The company issued revenue guidance of $334-334 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $328.1 million.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Carriage Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $34.00. On average, they expect Carriage Services' share price to reach $32.00 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 11.1%.
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24 employees have rated Carriage Services CEO Mel Payne on Glassdoor.com. Mel Payne has an approval rating of 59% among Carriage Services' employees. This puts Mel Payne in the bottom 25% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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Carriage Services trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "CSV."

Carriage Services' stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fenimore Asset Management Inc. (1.54%), Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co. (0.18%) and Wedge Capital Management L L P NC (0.16%). Company insiders that own Carriage Services stock include Adeola Olaniyan, Carl Benjamin Brink, Carlos R Quezada, Christopher Manceaux, Donald Douglas Patteson Jr, James Raymond Schenck, Melvin C Payne, Michael Loeffel, Paul Donald Elliott, Peggy Schappaugh, Shawn R Phillips, Steven D Metzger, Viki K Blinderman and William Goetz.
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CSV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Wedge Capital Management L L P NC. Company insiders that have sold Carriage Services company stock in the last year include Adeola Olaniyan, Carl Benjamin Brink, Melvin C Payne, Paul Donald Elliott, and Shawn R Phillips.
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CSV stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Dalton Greiner Hartman Maher & Co., and Fenimore Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have bought Carriage Services stock in the last two years include Adeola Olaniyan, Carl Benjamin Brink, Carlos R Quezada, Christopher Manceaux, Donald Douglas Patteson Jr, James Raymond Schenck, Melvin C Payne, Michael Loeffel, Peggy Schappaugh, Shawn R Phillips, Steven D Metzger, Viki K Blinderman, and William Goetz.
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One share of CSV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $35.99.

Carriage Services has a market capitalization of $647.64 million and generates $274.11 million in revenue each year. The company earns $14.53 million in net income (profit) each year or $1.20 on an earnings per share basis.

Carriage Services employs 1,126 workers across the globe.

The official website for Carriage Services is www.carriageservices.com.

Carriage Services is headquartered at 3040 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 300, HOUSTON TX, 77056.

Carriage Services' mailing address is 3040 POST OAK BOULEVARD SUITE 300, HOUSTON TX, 77056. The company can be reached via phone at 713-332-8400.