---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001016281-25-000125"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CSV"
cik: "0001016281"
company_name: "CARRIAGE SERVICES INC"
filed_at: "2025-11-05T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-17T00:09:06.435186+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Carriage Services Q3 adj EPS $0.75, +17.2% YoY; revenue $102.7M, +2%

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.41 vs $0.63 YoY; adjusted EPS $0.75 vs $0.64, up 17.2%.
- Total revenue $102.7M, +2.0% YoY; operating revenue +5.2% driven by 21.4% growth in cemetery preneed sales.
- Financial revenue +27.2% YoY, driven by 27.9% increase in preneed insurance contracts sold.
- Acquired two businesses generating >$15M annual revenue; divested seven funeral homes and one cemetery. Leverage ratio 4.1x.
- Adjusted consolidated EBITDA $33.0M, margin 32.1% vs 30.5% YoY.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001016281-25-000125
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CSV
- cik: 0001016281
- company_name: CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
- filed_at: 2025-11-05T23:59:59+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/1016281/000101628125000125/0001016281-25-000125-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000101628125000125/csv-20251105.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000125
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000125.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001016281-25-000125.txt

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