NYSE:CSVCarriage Services Stock Price, Forecast & News

Carriage Services' stock was trading at $17.33 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, CSV shares have increased by 14.3% and is now trading at $19.80. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

2 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Carriage Services in the last year. There are currently 2 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Carriage Services.

Carriage Services is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 29th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Carriage Services.

Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, May, 19th. The company reported $0.35 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.34 by $0.01. The firm had revenue of $77.49 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $68.85 million. Carriage Services had a net margin of 1.35% and a return on equity of 9.71%. View Carriage Services' earnings history.

Carriage Services declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, April 27th. Stockholders of record on Monday, May 11th will be given a dividend of $0.075 per share on Monday, June 1st. This represents a $0.30 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.52%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, May 8th. View Carriage Services' dividend history.

Carriage Services issued an update on its FY 2020 After-Hours earnings guidance on Tuesday, May, 19th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of 1.36-1.42 for the period, compared to the Thomson Reuters consensus EPS estimate of $1.29. The company issued revenue guidance of $300-306 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $289.84 million.

2 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Carriage Services' shares. Their forecasts range from $30.00 to $30.00. On average, they expect Carriage Services' share price to reach $30.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 51.5% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Carriage Services.

Headlines about CSV stock have trended negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Carriage Services earned a daily sentiment score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term. View the latest news aboutCarriage Services.

Carriage Services saw a drop in short interest in May. As of May 15th, there was short interest totaling 504,100 shares, a drop of 23.7% from the April 30th total of 660,700 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 199,200 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.5 days. Approximately 3.1% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Carriage Services' Current Options Chain.

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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 BlackRock Inc. (7.16%), Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. (5.06%), State Street Corp (2.07%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (1.85%), Nicholas Company Inc. (1.31%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (1.29%). Company insiders that own Carriage Services stock include Adeola Olaniyan, Barry K Fingerhut, Bryan Leibman, Carl Benjamin Brink, Christopher Manceaux, Donald Douglas Patteson Jr, James Raymond Schenck, Mark R Bruce, Melvin C Payne, Michael Loeffel, Shawn R Phillips, Steven D Metzger, Viki K Blinderman and William Goetz. View institutional ownership trends for Carriage Services.

CSV stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including AJO LP, Morgan Stanley, Two Sigma Investments LP, Squarepoint Ops LLC, Acadian Asset Management LLC, BlackRock Inc., WINTON GROUP Ltd, and Stratos Wealth Partners LTD.. Company insiders that have sold Carriage Services company stock in the last year include Adeola Olaniyan, Carl Benjamin Brink, Christopher Manceaux, Melvin C Payne, Shawn R Phillips, and Viki K Blinderman. View insider buying and selling activity for Carriage Services.

CSV stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd., Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Teton Advisors Inc., Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc., Geode Capital Management LLC, and Dean Capital Management. Company insiders that have bought Carriage Services stock in the last two years include Adeola Olaniyan, Barry K Fingerhut, Bryan Leibman, Carl Benjamin Brink, Donald Douglas Patteson Jr, James Raymond Schenck, Melvin C Payne, Michael Loeffel, Steven D Metzger, Viki K Blinderman, and William Goetz. View insider buying and selling activity for Carriage Services.

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

One share of CSV stock can currently be purchased for approximately $19.80.

Carriage Services has a market capitalization of $353.89 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 2,797 workers across the globe.

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

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.