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CARRIAGE SERVICES INC CSV
CARRIAGE SERVICES INC (CSV) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the grey zone. It pays a dividend yielding 1.13% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $417.4M at a 12.3% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Beneish M-score: -2.19 — grey zone (between the usual thresholds). A statistical screen for earnings manipulation, not proof — and it doesn't apply to most banks/insurers.
Analyst price target
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · grey zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | -0.001 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.219 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.073 |
| Equity / liabilities | 0.233 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CSV | CARRIAGE SERVICES INC | 5/9 | 1.44 | 12 | +3.3% |
| EVI | EVI INDUSTRIES, INC. | 6/9 | 2.7 | 25.4 | +10.3% |
| DLPN | Dolphin Entertainment, Inc. | 4/9 | -8.65 | — | +9.7% |
| WW | WW INTERNATIONAL, INC. | 3/9 | 7.04 | — | -11.6% |
| XWEL | XWELL, Inc. | 2/9 | — | — | -13.8% |
| SNTL | Sentinel Holdings Ltd. | 5/9 | — | — | — |
| DLTI | DLT Resolution Inc. | 4/9 | — | 56.1 | — |
About CARRIAGE SERVICES INC
Carriage Services, Inc. provides funeral and cemetery services, and merchandise in the United States. It operates through two segments, Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. The Funeral Home Operations segment provides consultation services; funeral home facilities for visitation and memorial services; transportation services; removal and preparation of remains; cremation services; and related funeral merchandise, as well as engages in the sale of caskets and urns. The Cemetery Operations segment sells interment rights for grave sites, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, and niches; related cemetery merchandise, including memorial markers, outer burial containers, and monuments; and interments, inurnments, and installation of cemetery merchandise services. Carriage Services, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Houston, Texas.
FAQ
Is CSV financially healthy?
CARRIAGE SERVICES INC's Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the grey zone.
Does CSV pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. CARRIAGE SERVICES INC pays a dividend yielding about 1.13% with a 13.6% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is CSV?
In FY2025, CARRIAGE SERVICES INC had a net margin of 12.3% and a return on equity of 20.2%.
Is CSV overvalued or undervalued?
CARRIAGE SERVICES INC trades at about 10.4× trailing earnings — below its 10-year norm (10-year range 11.5×–37.2×, median 23.2×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for CSV?
The average Wall-Street price target for CARRIAGE SERVICES INC is $60.00, about 78.1% above the recent price, from 5 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is CSV a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on CARRIAGE SERVICES INC: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the grey zone, a P/E of about 12.0×, a dividend yield of 1.13%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.