Carriage Services Inc
CSV NYSE· Services-Personal Services
Last close · Oct 23, 2026
$35.41
KIRA · Stoqly’s AI analyst, in plain words
- Carriage Services Inc had $417M of revenue in fiscal 2025, up 3.3% on the year before. Over five years, revenue changed +4.8% a year on average.
- Its operating margin was 23.4%, up 3.2 pts: of every 100 in sales, about 23 is left after running the business.
- Carriage Services Inc made $51.5M of net profit in fiscal 2025. From fiscal 2016 to 2025, diluted EPS grew 12.6% a year.
- Free cash flow was $40.1M in fiscal 2025, 9.6% of revenue.
- Carriage Services Inc returned $7.0M to shareholders in fiscal 2025, 18% of free cash flow. The diluted share count rose 1.2%.
- Carriage Services Inc owes $537M more than it holds in cash, about 4.4 years of operating profit.
Market cap
$561M
P/E
12.7x
Revenue
$417M
Net income
$51.5M
Free cash flow
$40.1M
Operating margin
23.4%
Carriage Services Inc in 30 seconds · fiscal 2025
Are sales growing?
+3.3%
Only a little. Sales grew 3.3% last year.
Does it make a profit?
12.3%
Yes. It keeps 12.3% of every sale as profit.
Does profit turn into cash?
9.6%
Partly. 9.6% of sales ends up as free cash.
Is debt under control?
4.4x
Heavy. Repaying its debt would take 4.4 years of operating profit.
How healthy are the accounts?
5 / 9
Mixed. It passes 5 of 9 health tests.
How is the share priced?
12.7x
One share costs 12.7 times its yearly profit per share.
What Carriage Services Inc does
No business description yet.
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31, 2025
- Latest annual report
- 10-K · Feb 26, 2026
- Legal name
- CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- CIK
- 0001016281
Carriage Services Inc · CSV
Results and finances
The last 5 fiscal years. Amounts in USD.
| Fiscal year | FY21 | FY22 | FY23 | FY24 | FY25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sales and profit | |||||
| Revenue | $376M | $370M | $383M | $404M | $417M |
| Revenue growth | 14.1% | −1.5% | 3.3% | 5.7% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 34.5% | 32.2% | 32.5% | 35.5% | 35.1% |
| Operating margin | 24.9% | 21.5% | 21.2% | 20.2% | 23.4% |
| Net income | $33.2M | $41.4M | $33.4M | $33.0M | $51.5M |
| Net margin | 8.8% | 11.2% | 8.7% | 8.2% | 12.3% |
| Diluted EPS | $1.81 | $2.63 | $2.14 | $2.10 | $3.25 |
| Cash | |||||
| Cash from operations | $84.2M | $61.0M | $75.6M | $52.0M | $60.7M |
| Capital expenditure | $24.9M | $26.1M | $18.0M | $16.1M | $20.6M |
| Free cash flow | $59.4M | $34.9M | $57.6M | $35.9M | $40.1M |
| FCF margin | 15.8% | 9.4% | 15.0% | 8.9% | 9.6% |
| Dividends paid | $7.3M | $6.8M | $6.7M | $6.8M | $7.0M |
| Share buybacks | $140M | $36.7M | $0.0M | $0.0M | — |
| Share count change | 1.0% | −14.0% | −1.6% | −0.1% | 1.2% |
| Debt and strength | |||||
| Cash and short-term investments | $1.1M | $1.2M | $1.5M | $1.2M | $1.7M |
| Debt incl. finance leases | $10.0M | $9.2M | $12.4M | $12.0M | $538M |
| Shareholders' equity | $128M | $137M | $173M | $209M | $255M |
| Net debt / EBITDA | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 0.1x | 4.4x |
| Current ratio | 0.7x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 0.8x | 1.0x |
| Interest coverage | 3.7x | 3.1x | 2.2x | 2.6x | 3.4x |
| Returns and quality | |||||
| Return on capital | 51.5% | 40.8% | 32.8% | 25.3% | 9.2% |
| Return on equity | 18.0% | 31.2% | 21.5% | 17.3% | 22.2% |
| Piotroski F-score | 7 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 |
| Altman Z'' | 0.9 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 |
Insiders bought, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Insiders sold, 12 months
$0.0M
0 insiders
Of sales under plans
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$0.0M
How to read these numbers
- Revenue:
- Total sales reported in the income statement.
- Operating margin:
- Operating income as a share of revenue.
- Net income:
- Profit after all expenses, interest and tax.
- Free cash flow:
- Cash from operations minus capital spending.
- Net debt / EBITDA:
- Years of EBITDA needed to pay off net debt. Below zero means more cash than debt.
- Return on capital:
- After-tax operating income as a share of the money invested in the business: debt plus equity, minus cash.
Carriage Services Inc · CSV
Charts and comparison
Ten years at a glance, and how it stacks up against similar companies.
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KIRA
At $35.41 a share, the company is worth $561M: 12.7 times its earnings of the last four quarters.
Source: SEC EDGAR XBRL filings (CIK 0001016281). Data updated October 24, 2026. For information only — not investment advice. Check the original filings before relying on any figure.