Carriage Services, Inc.

CSV Consumer Cyclical Personal Services

Carriage Services, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $417.4 million, up 3.28% from fiscal 2024. In the quarter to June 2026, revenue was flat, EPS grew 4.00%, free cash flow fell 57.5% and total debt rose 31.4%, each against the same quarter a year earlier. Dividend growth for ten consecutive years, revenue growth for three.

36.20 0.07 +0.19%
Market cap
$573.8M
P/E
12.7×
Fwd P/E
10.9×
Dividend yield
1.24%
F-score
7/9
Altman Z
1.21
Beneish M
−2.15
Dividend safety
75/100

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Insider Ownership 8.44%

Capital & Financial Ratios $m

Market Cap 573.83
Revenue 417.29
Net Income 44.61
Free Cash Flow 37.42
Net Debt 537.19
Current Ratio 1.46
Debt/Equity 1.93
P/E ratio 12.75
Fwd P/E 10.90
P/S ratio 1.36
P/B ratio 2.03
Past 5Y EPS Growth 29.57% (at or above 15%: strong)
This Y EPS Growth 4.50%
Next Y EPS Growth 8.49%
Next Y revenue growth 3.78%
Next 5Y EPS Growth 7.27%

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Valuation vs history

P/E against its own 10 years 27.24%
10-year low 10-year high
P/S against its own 10 years 32.55%
10-year low 10-year high
P/B against its own 10 years 25.29%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/Sales against its own 10 years 27.50%
10-year low 10-year high
EV/FCF against its own 10 years 77.80%
10-year low 10-year high

Dividends

Payout Ratio 0.16
Annual Dividend Rate 0.45
Annual Dividend Yield 1.24%
total individual payouts
2028 Powerpack
2027 Powerpack
2026 0.45
0.11
0.11
0.11
2025 0.45
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2024 0.45
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2023 0.45
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2022 0.45
0.11
0.11
0.11
0.11
2021 0.41
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.11
2020 0.34
0.08
0.08
0.09
0.10
2019 0.30
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2018 0.30
0.08
0.08
0.08
0.08
2017 0.23
0.05
0.05
0.05
0.08
2016 0.15
0.03
0.03
0.05
0.05
predictions special payouts not included in total or ratios

Assets vs Liabilities $m

2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Cash 2 1 2 3
Receivables 27 30 41 44
Inventory 8 8 8 8
Other — 1 — —
42 45 56 68
2023 2024 2025 Q'26
Payables 12 15 19 16
ST’ Debt 4 4 4 5
Other — 0 — —
51 58 57 46

Compound Annual Growth %

10y 5y 3y
Sales 5.58% 4.85% 4.09%
Cash Flow 1.66% (6.05%) (0.18%)
Earnings 9.32% 25.93% 7.11%
Book Value 4.92% 1.16% 22.93%

Revenue $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 106 103 — — —
’25 107 102 103 105 417
’24 103 102 101 98 404
’23 96 98 90 99 383
’22 98 91 87 94 370
’21 97 88 95 96 376
’20 77 77 84 90 329
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Operating Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 15 8 — — —
’25 14 8 25 14 61
’24 20 2 21 9 52
’23 26 13 23 14 76
’22 16 14 20 11 61
’21 27 15 28 15 84
’20 14 17 37 15 83
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Free Cash Flow $m

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 11 2 — — —
’25 11 5 (39) 63 40
’24 16 (1) 16 5 36
’23 21 9 19 9 58
’22 9 8 13 5 35
’21 22 8 25 5 59
’20 11 14 33 10 68
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

EPS $

Mar Jun Sep Dec Year
’26 0.84 0.77 — — —
’25 1.34 0.74 0.41 0.77 3.25
’24 0.45 0.40 0.63 0.62 2.10
’23 0.57 0.53 0.30 0.75 2.14
’22 1.00 0.69 0.38 0.53 2.63
’21 0.71 (0.33) 0.71 0.77 1.81
’20 (0.23) 0.36 0.31 0.46 0.89
Fiscal quarters ending in the months shown.

Target Price Range

Analyst price targets

Recommendation Rating

1.2
1Buy 2 3Hold 4 5Sell

Ten years at a glance Fiscal years to December

Group Line 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Trend 2026e 2027e 2028e
Price, $
Price, $ Low 19.03 23.15 14.50 15.27 13.54 30.71 22.71 18.06 22.84 35.51

Analyst estimates 2026–2028

Powerpack
High 29.11 28.96 28.96 28.50 31.99 66.33 65.16 35.99 42.13 49.41
People
People Employees 2,509 2,659 2,617 2,797 2,718 2,657 2,553 2,602 2,420 2,321
Revenue/emp, $m 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.10 0.12 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.17 0.18
Income, $m
Income, $m Revenue 248 258 268 274 329 376 370 383 404 417
Gross margin, % 32.09 29.75 28.34 29.03 32.15 34.46 32.21 32.49 35.48 35.14
EBT 32 33 18 22 25 44 57 46 50 70
EBT margin, % 12.99 12.70 6.82 8.18 7.48 11.79 15.45 12.14 12.39 16.83
Net income 20 37 12 15 16 33 41 33 33 52
Depreciation 20 21 22 20 22 22 22 23 25 26
Per share, $
Per share, $ Revenue 15.03 15.70 14.91 15.33 18.43 21.59 24.92 25.84 27.00 27.06
Earnings 1.18 2.25 0.64 0.81 0.90 1.90 2.78 2.24 2.17 3.29
Cash flow 3.03 2.75 2.73 2.42 4.64 4.84 4.11 5.11 3.47 3.93
Capex (1.13) (1.00) (0.75) (0.81) (0.85) (1.43) (1.76) (1.22) (1.08) (1.34)
Free cash flow 1.90 1.75 1.97 1.61 3.79 3.41 2.35 3.89 2.40 2.60
Book value 10.64 12.02 12.33 12.67 13.46 7.35 9.23 11.69 13.93 16.51
Shares, m 17 16 18 18 18 17 15 15 15 15
Valuation, ×
Valuation, × P/E 24.38 11.44 22.14 32.00 34.42 33.22 10.31 11.26 18.36 12.82
P/S 1.90 1.65 1.04 1.67 1.70 2.98 1.15 0.97 1.48 1.56
P/B 2.68 2.16 1.26 2.02 2.33 8.76 3.09 2.15 2.86 2.56
EV/Sales 3.25 3.04 2.40 3.16 3.06 4.46 2.23 2.49 2.81 2.86
EV/FCF 25.79 27.26 18.16 30.11 14.90 28.25 23.65 16.57 31.68 29.77
Cash, $m
Cash, $m Operating cash flow 50 45 49 43 83 84 61 76 52 61
Capex (19) (16) (14) (14) (15) (25) (26) (18) (16) (21)
Free cash flow 31 29 35 29 68 59 35 58 36 40
Balance, $m
Balance, $m Working capital (11) (13) (6) 4 (13) (21) (7) (9) (14) (1)
Total debt 340 360 366 410 450 556 403 583 542 536
Net debt 337 359 365 410 449 555 402 582 541 535
Shareholders’ equity 176 198 221 227 241 128 137 173 209 255
Returns, %
Returns, % ROA 2.28 4.10 1.26 1.41 1.41 2.85 3.49 2.69 2.55 3.87
ROIC 6.12 5.49 4.48 4.66 5.19 8.57 9.24 6.70 6.82 7.73
ROE 11.75 19.85 5.53 6.46 6.87 17.97 31.19 21.35 17.04 21.94
Negative figures in brackets.

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Fiscal years to Dec 2025 · latest quarter Jun 2026

Charts ten years each

Carriage Services, Inc. vs peers in Personal Services (Q) = latest quarter vs a year earlier

Company Market cap P/E Fwd P/E Revenue growth (Q) EPS growth (Q) FCF growth (Q) Gross margin (Q) EBIT margin (Q) Compare
ROL Rollins, Inc. $16.3B 30.4× 38.7× +7.91% (above 0%: growing) +3.45% (above 0%: growing) −2.08% (below 0%: shrinking) 52.84% 18.67% Compare
SCI Service Corporation International $11.0B 21.0× 16.9× +3.55% (above 0%: growing) +4.60% (above 0%: growing) +71.36% (above 0%: growing) 24.79% 20.99% Compare
ANDG Andersen Group Inc. $6.7B — — +4.61% (above 0%: growing) n/m +517.12% (above 0%: growing) 20.26% (4.10%) Compare
HRB H&R Block, Inc. $5.9B 8.5× 7.1× +3.05% (above 0%: growing) +4.55% (above 0%: growing) −1.99% (below 0%: shrinking) 51.91% 32.91% Compare
FTDR Frontdoor Inc. $5.4B 20.5× 16.4× +4.54% (above 0%: growing) +19.21% (above 0%: growing) 0.00% 58.60% 29.46% Compare
BFAM Bright Horizons Family Solutions Inc. $3.4B 22.3× 13.8× +6.51% (above 0%: growing) −17.71% (below 0%: shrinking) −34.04% (below 0%: shrinking) 24.25% 10.24% Compare
CSV Carriage Services, Inc. $573.8M 12.7× 10.9× +0.79% (above 0%: growing) +4.00% (above 0%: growing) −57.53% (below 0%: shrinking) 34.04% 23.27%
MED MEDIFAST INC $134.8M — (loss-making) — (loss-making) −27.64% (below 0%: shrinking) n/m +115.31% (above 0%: growing) 69.90% (5.66%) Compare
RGS Regis Corporation $73.0M 10.5× — (loss-making) −7.28% (below 0%: shrinking) −96.38% (below 0%: shrinking) −42.31% (below 0%: shrinking) 100.00% 11.81% Compare
Median of peers $5.7B 20.8× 16.4× +4.05% +4.00% −0.99% 52.37% 15.24%

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Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) key facts

  • Strength: Carriage Services, Inc.’s revenue for fiscal 2025 (year ended December 2025) was $417.4 million, up 3.28% from fiscal 2024.
  • Strength: Net income was $51.5 million, or $3.29 per share (basic), a net margin of 12.2%.
  • Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) is a Personal Services company in the Consumer Cyclical sector, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • As of October 16, 2026, CSV traded at $36.20, a market capitalization of $573.8 million.
  • At that price the stock trades at 12.7× trailing-twelve-month earnings and 1.4× sales; its P/E is higher than 27% of its own readings over the past ten years.
  • Carriage Services, Inc. pays an annual dividend of $0.45 per share, a yield of 1.24%, with a payout ratio of 16.1%.
  • Return on equity was 21.9% and debt-to-equity 1.93.
  • Its Piotroski F-score is 7 out of 9 and its Altman Z-score is 1.21 (distress zone) for fiscal 2025.

Source: company filings (standardised) and stockrow calculations.

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