---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001016281-25-000099"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2025-08-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T16:58:44.922217+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services Q2 EPS $0.74 (up 85% YoY), announces acquisitions, raises FY outlook

## Summary
- GAAP diluted EPS $0.74 vs $0.40 (up 85.0%); adjusted EPS $0.74 vs $0.63 (up 17.5%).
- Total revenue $102.1M (flat); operating income $24.0M (margin 23.5% vs 18.0%).
- Under contract to acquire businesses with >$15M revenue; closing this quarter.
- Leverage ratio improved to 4.2x; paid down $7.1M of debt in Q2.
- Full-year 2025 guidance raised; no specific numbers provided in release.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-25-000099
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2025-08-07T23:59:59+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/1016281/000101628125000099/0001016281-25-000099-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628125000099/csv-20250806.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000099.txt

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