secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CARRIAGE SERVICES INC (CSV)
CIK:        0001016281
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-02-26T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001016281-25-000040
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Carriage Services Q4 revenue $97.7M, FY adj. EPS $2.65 (+21%); issues 2025 guidance; elects new Non-Executive Chair
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- Full year 2024 revenue $404.2M (+5.7%), adjusted EBITDA $126.2M (+11.5%), adj. diluted EPS $2.65 (+21.0%), exceeding guidance.
- GAAP net income $33.0M (-1.4%), GAAP diluted EPS $2.10 (-1.9%) due to lower volumes in Q4.
- Leverage ratio improved to 4.3x from 5.1x; $42.1M debt paid down.
- 2025 guidance: revenue $400-410M, adj. EBITDA $128-133M, adj. EPS $3.10-3.30.
- Donald D. Patteson, Jr. elected Non-Executive Chair; Edmondo Robinson elected Audit Committee Chair.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628125000040/0001016281-25-000040-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628125000040/csv-20250226.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000040

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