---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001016281-25-000073"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T01:49:28.089752+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services Q1 2025 GAAP diluted EPS $1.34, up 197.8% YoY; revenue $107.1M, up 3.5%

## Summary
- GAAP net income $20.9M vs $7.0M; GAAP diluted EPS $1.34 vs $0.45; adjusted diluted EPS $0.96 vs $0.75 (28% increase).
- Total revenue $107.1M, up 3.5% YoY; funeral operating revenue up 4.6% driven by 2.4% at-need volume increase.
- Leverage ratio lowered to 4.2x from 5.0x; paid down $17.0M of debt during Q1.
- Divested non-core assets for proceeds of $18.7M.
- Adjusted consolidated EBITDA $32.9M, margin 30.8% vs 32.5% prior year.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-25-000073
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2025-04-30T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628125000073/0001016281-25-000073-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628125000073/csv-20250430.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000073
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000073.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000073.txt

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