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Carriage Services Inc Stock: price and insider trades · United States
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 23 Aug 2024.
Carriage Services Inc: what insiders have been doing
Carriage Services Inc, classified in the Retail & Commerce sector, is a listed company. Its insiders report their share dealings to SEC (Form 4). From 18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026, the disclosure feed for Carriage Services Inc logged 36 filings by 12 insiders.
Not one of the filings records a straightforward purchase or sale on the market. Compensation-driven entries like these are tracked, but they say little about how insiders judge the share price.
Compared with its exchange (5,458 companies, median 22 filings), a count of 36 filings is above the norm. Our records for Carriage Services Inc go back to 2021, with 21 purchases and 28 sales on the open market in total. For the fiscal year to 31 December 2025, the annual 10-K puts revenue at 417.4 m USD and net income at 51.5 m USD, and the dividend at 0.45 USD per share.
No insider has bought Carriage Services Inc shares on the open market in the past twelve months. The median gap between a trade and its publication by SEC (Form 4) is 2 days. For comparison, the SEC allows two business days to file a Form 4.
Other companies in the same sector with recent insider buying flagged by our signals: GameStop Corp. and Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. Source: insider filings from SEC (Form 4). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
231
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€1M
21 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€3M
28 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleCarlos R. Quezada5 sales
Steven D. Metzger5 sales
Paul Donald Elliott1 sale
Shane Pudenz1 sale
Since the insiders bought
- -28.8%Entry US$38.80 · Close at T+365 US$27.62
- -1.7%Entry US$38.70 · Close at T+365 US$38.04
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate Carriage Services Inc Strong Buy (bullish), based on 5 analysts. Average price target: US$51.00.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 8,843 of 24,158 companies
58.2
score / 100
Value58
Quality58
FCF yld-3.3%
Earn yld9.0%
EV/EBITDA9.1x
ROE17%
Gross mgn35%
Net mgn12%
Debt/EBITDA4.4x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
US$36.20
Analyst consensus
5 analystsStrong buy
US$42.00Target US$51.00(+41%)US$65.00
Income statement
RevenueUS$417.4M
Gross profitUS$146.7M35% margin
EBITDAUS$124.3M30% margin
Net incomeUS$51.5M10.7% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)12.9x
PER (forward)10.0x
P/Book2.1x
Beta0.79
Balance sheet & cash
Market capUS$574.9M
Total debtUS$552.5M
Free Cash Flow-US$19M
Debt / Equity197%
Profitability & ownership
ROE17.3%
ROA4.6%
% insiders2.8%
% institutions87.6%
Last declaration on 2 October 2026
Declarations231 total
986 shares@ US$31.170.0047% mcap21.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-064570:0
160 shares@ US$31.170.0008% mcap5.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001193242-26-000003:0
312 shares@ US$31.170.0015% mcap7.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001988250-26-000003:0
1,443 shares@ US$31.170.0069% mcap6.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001983709-26-000002:0
866 shares@ US$31.170.0041% mcap8.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001926973-26-000003:0
130 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000042:0
612 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000043:0
664 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000044:0
208 sharesCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000045:0
109 shares@ US$45.6650.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000030:0
557 shares@ US$45.6621.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000033:0
541 shares@ US$45.667.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000031:0
174 shares@ US$45.666.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000032:0
6,210 shares@ US$44.0821.7% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000028:0
20,417 shares@ US$44.0818.8% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001628280-26-012959:0
8,507 shares@ US$44.0848.3% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000027:0
6,006 shares@ US$44.0846.9% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000025:0
6,210 shares@ US$44.0819.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000024:0
1,559 shares@ US$44.0885.0% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000023:0
13,398 shares@ US$44.0819.4% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000022:0
784 shares@ US$44.862.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001913664-26-000004:0
1,741 shares@ US$44.862.6% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001703447-26-000004:0
2,651 shares@ US$44.862.5% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000018:0
109 shares@ US$44.866.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001016281-26-000017:0
869 shares@ US$44.863.1% of flowCommon StockSEC:0001923314-26-000004:0
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About Carriage Services Inc
Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE: CSV) is a United States-based provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise. For French-, Belgian- and Swiss-based investors, it is a specialized U.S. small-/mid-cap business exposed to a relatively defensive, needs-based industry rather than discretionary consumer spending. The company is listed on the NYSE in the United States and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1991, Carriage has evolved into a national consolidation platform in the deathcare industry, combining local operating discipline with acquisition-led expansion.
Carriage operates through two core segments: Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. Its business model includes funeral and memorial services, care of remains, burial and cremation services, and the sale of cemetery property, merchandise and related services. A meaningful part of the model also comes from preneed sales, meaning customers arrange and often prepay for funeral or cemetery services in advance. That gives the company a degree of revenue visibility and helps support recurring demand over time. Carriage also participates in insurance-funded preneed funeral contracts, which adds a financial-services component to the business mix.
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From a competitive standpoint, Carriage positions itself as a consolidator in a fragmented U.S. market. Rather than relying on one geography, it operates a multi-state footprint across the country, which provides diversification and access to many local markets. Its competitive edge is mainly based on local execution, service quality, brand trust, and the ability to integrate acquired businesses into a decentralized operating framework. In this industry, relationships, reputation and operational consistency matter materially, and Carriage’s strategy is designed to strengthen those areas while expanding scale.
Recent developments have been supportive. In February 2026, Carriage reported strong full-year 2025 results, including higher revenue, improved earnings per share and a lower leverage profile. During 2025, the company also completed strategic acquisitions, including assets in Florida, while continuing to divest certain non-core assets. Management issued 2026 guidance for total revenue of $440 million to $450 million, indicating continued momentum. The company’s recent messaging has emphasized service excellence, preneed growth, disciplined capital allocation and balance-sheet deleveraging. Overall, CSV offers investors an exposure to a stable, consolidation-driven service platform in the United States, with growth supported by both organic demand and acquisitions.
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