secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     CARRIAGE SERVICES INC (CSV)
CIK:        0001016281
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-06T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001104659-26-056265
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.80
Item codes: 1.01, 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Carriage Services Q1 2026: Revenue $106.1M, Adj. EBITDA up 2.4%; Announces $100M ATM Equity Program
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- GAAP diluted EPS $0.84 vs $1.34 prior year; operating income $25.3M vs $31.6M (includes $7.8M prior-year gain on divestitures).
- Adjusted diluted EPS $0.86 vs $0.96; adjusted EBITDA $33.8M (+2.4%), margin 31.8% vs 30.8%.
- Cemetery revenue up 6.0% to $34.4M; preneed sales production up 10.0%, average price per interment right up 11.0%.
- Comparable funeral volume down 5.8%, but average revenue per contract up 3.1% to $6,099.
- Announced $100M at-the-market equity offering program to fund selective acquisitions and reduce leverage.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000110465926056265/0001104659-26-056265-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1016281/000110465926056265/tm2612484d4_8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-26-056265

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