Carriage Services (CSV) Q3 2026 earnings — TrendMatrix coverage
Reported
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Key numbers
- Adjusted EPS
- $0.59
- Estimate
- $0.79
- Surprise
- -25.5%
- Score today
- 5.3/10
Revenue for this quarter isn’t shown: the reported figure hasn’t cleared TrendMatrix’s freshness and sanity checks yet, and consensus revenue isn’t tracked. EPS above is the available figure.
How the report landed
Carriage Services (CSV) missed the $0.79 estimate with adjusted EPS of $0.59 — a large 25.5% shortfall.
Coverage in the report window
- B. Riley Securities Maintains Buy on Carriage Services, Lowers Price Target to $56 — benzinga, 2026-11-06
Where TrendMatrix's rating stands now
TrendMatrix currently rates CSV Sell at 5.3/10; no pre/post engine snapshot brackets this report.
0 of the last 4 quarters beat the estimate; this quarter's -25.5% surprise compares with a -9.9% four-quarter average. Next scheduled report: 2027-02-24.
What supports the rating
- Attractive valuation
- Positive insider activity
What argues against it
- Sector modifier (Consumer Cyclical): -1.5
- Leverage penalty (D/E 2.0): -1.0
- Consecutive earnings misses (4)
This section and the ones below it reflect TrendMatrix’s latest engine read — they update after the report date and are not frozen to it.
The levels TrendMatrix's engine tracks
- Current price
- $26.86
- Price target
- $44.37
- Stop
- $25.67
- Upside to target
- +65.2%
- Reward-to-risk
- 4.3:1
The stock trades at 9.6× trailing but 7.8× forward earnings — consensus estimates already build in a substantial earnings recovery.
Risk check: RSI 29 — a level conventionally read as oversold.
Model outputs from TrendMatrix’s engine as of 2026-11-06 — shown for context, not personalized investment advice.
CSV at TrendMatrix's latest read
Cyclical consumer names live and die on demand momentum — same-quarter comps and guidance carry more weight than the headline surprise.
- Industry
- Personal Services
- Market cap
- $448.0M
- P/E (fwd)
- 7.8
- P/E (ttm)
- 9.6
- 52-week range
- $27.68–$52.10
- Off 52-week high
- 48.5%
- RSI (14)
- 29
- Volume vs avg
- 0.58×
- Score today
- 5.3/10