Carriage Services is a cheaply valued funeral and cemetery operator with steady revenue and a 25.3% gap to the analyst target, held back by 3 straight earnings misses, leverage, slow growth and a stock below a falling 200-day average.
Thesis pillars
- Leverage Penalty↑Improving
- Downtrend With Improving Volume↓Deteriorating
- Cheap Valuation With Target Upside→Stable
- +2 more pillars — see the Why tab for full reasoning
Pillars as of Oct 24, 2026, based on the 10-K filed Feb 26, 2026
Carriage Services, Inc. (CSV) Stock Analysis
Range Bound setup · Inst Constrain edge
Consumer Cyclical · Personal Services
Wait for pullback to $33.59. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross), recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $34.78. Engine's entry $33.59 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0.
Carriage Services, Inc. ("Carriage," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") was incorporated in the State of Delaware in December 1993 and is a leading provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the United States ("U.S."). We operate in two business segments:... Read more
Wait for pullback to $33.59. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross), recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $34.78. Engine's entry $33.59 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0. Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Earnings in 2 days. Wait until post-earnings. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Passes 5/9 gates (favorable risk/reward ratio, clean insider activity, news events none recent, semi cycle peak clear, materials cycle peak clear). Fails on weak momentum and death cross (50MA < 200MA) and earnings proximity 2d<=7d. Suitability: aggressive.
Recent developments
updated 2026-11-02Recent Developments — Carriage Services, Inc.
Material events (past 30 days)
- 8K Oct 5, 2026 MEDIUM Item 1.02: CA [... truncated]
Latest news
- NEWS Carriage Services Inc (CSV) Dividends & Stock Splits: Historical Payouts and Event Timeline - TradingKey — TradingKey neutral
- NEWS Carriage Services Inc (CSV) Dividends & Stock Splits: Historical Payouts and Event Timeline - tradingkey.com — tradingkey.com neutral
- NEWS Carriage Services (CSV) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth - finance.yahoo.com — finance.yahoo.com positive
- NEWS Carriage Services (CSV) Expected to Post Quarterly Earnings on Wednesday - MarketBeat — MarketBeat neutral
- NEWS Carriage Services (CSV) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth - Yahoo Finance — Yahoo Finance neutral
Generated 2026-11-02T11:58:13Z.
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Material Events(8-K, last 90d)
- 2026-10-05Item 1.02MEDIUMCA [... truncated]SEC filing →
- 2026-09-30Item 1.02MEDIUM**(State or other jurisdiction** **of incorporation)** | | **(Commission** **File Number)** | | **(I.R.S.SEC filing →
- 2026-08-14Item 5.02MEDIUMDEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR CERTAIN OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS; APPOINTMENT OF CERTAIN OFFICERS; COMPENSATORY ARRANGEMENTS OF CERTAIN OFFICERS. (b) Resignation of Rob Franch as Chief Information Officer On August 13, 2026, Rob Franch informed Carriage Services, Inc.SEC filing →
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Rating Breakdown
3 floor-breakers·1 ceiling hit
Growth below the gate floor. Component breakdown shows what dragged the score down.static
Price action weak — below key moving averages, no momentum carry. Needs a base before trend-continuation setups apply.static
No near-term catalyst priced in. Thesis progression will come from fundamentals grinding, not event reaction.static
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Wait for pullback to $33.59. Weak momentum; also below 200-day MA (death cross), recent C-suite change — blocks BUY_NOW at $34.78. Engine's entry $33.59 (Ma50 Sticky) is the shallowest technical level that clears the 2:1 A.R:R minimum. Key risks: Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0. Chart setup: RSI 52 mid-range, Bollinger mid-band. Earnings in 2 days. Wait until post-earnings. Target $44.37 (+27.6%), stop $31.24 (−11.3%), A.R:R 2.9:1. Score 5.4/10, high confidence.
Take-profit target: $44.37 (+27.6% upside). Target $44.37 (+27.6%), stop $31.24 (−11.3%), A.R:R 2.9:1. Stop-loss: $31.24.
Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5; Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0; Weak growth.
Carriage Services, Inc. trades at a P/E of 12.5 (forward 9.6). TrendMatrix value score: 8.8/10. Verdict: Buy (Wait for Entry).
9 analysts cover CSV with a consensus score of 4.2/5. Average price target: $51.
What does Carriage Services, Inc. do?Carriage Services, Inc. ("Carriage," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") was incorporated in the State of Delaware in...
Carriage Services, Inc. ("Carriage," the "Company," "we," "us," or "our") was incorporated in the State of Delaware in December 1993 and is a leading provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the United States ("U.S."). We operate in two business segments: Funeral Home Operations, which currently accounts for approximately 65% of our total revenue, and Cemetery Operations, which currently accounts for approximately 35% of our total revenue.