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Carriage Services vs Security National Financial

CSV and SNFCA side by side. Figures are trailing twelve months unless noted, from SEC filings and end-of-day prices.

How CSV and SNFCA compare

Carriage Services is the larger company, worth 1.8 times as much as Security National Financial ($452M against $248M).

On earnings, Security National Financial is cheaper: it trades at 7.8× trailing earnings, against 9.7× for Carriage Services.

Carriage Services grew revenue faster over the last twelve months (1.3% versus −4.2% for Security National Financial).

Carriage Services keeps more of each dollar of sales as profit, with a net margin of 11.3% compared with 9.0% at Security National Financial.

Carriage Services pays a dividend yielding 1.2%; Security National Financial does not pay one.

Carriage Services scores higher on the StockData Score (20 against 12 for Security National Financial), which adds up 30 checks on valuation, growth, past performance, financial health and dividends.

Key numbers

A dot marks the better figure where higher or lower is clearly better.

MetricCSVSNFCA
Size and price
Market cap$452M$248M
Share price$28.47$9.07
Change, 1 year−31.1%17.8%
Change, 5 years−45.0%13.2%
Beta (5Y)0.740.74
Employees2,3211,243
StockData Score
Total score20 (better)12
Valuation score6 (better)4
Growth score01 (better)
Performance score6 (better)3
Health score44
Dividend score4 (better)0
Valuation
P/E9.7×7.8× (better)
P/S1.1×0.8× (better)
P/B1.6×0.5× (better)
EV/EBITDA3.8×–
P/FCF11.8×2.2× (better)
PEG1.32 (better)1.94
FCF yield8.5%44.5% (better)
Fair value$50.15$13.56
Margin of safety43.2% (better)33.1%
Growth
Revenue growth (TTM)1.3% (better)−4.2%
Revenue growth, 5Y average4.8% (better)−6.5%
Net income growth (TTM)−4.4%7.7% (better)
EPS growth (TTM)−5.4%12.5% (better)
EPS growth, 5Y average29.6% (better)−14.4%
Profitability
Gross margin34.1%98.6% (better)
Operating margin22.5%–
Net margin11.3% (better)9.0%
FCF margin9.2%33.8% (better)
Return on equity17.7% (better)6.8%
Return on invested capital27.6%–
Financial health
Debt / equity0.02 (better)0.00
Net debt / EBITDA−0.02–
Interest coverage3.4×–
Current ratio1.45–
Altman Z-score1.06 (better)0.55
Piotroski F-score66
Dividends and buybacks
Dividend yield1.2%–
Payout ratio15.2%–
Years of dividend growth0–
Dividend growth, 5Y average5.9%–
Buyback yield–0.54%
Shareholder yield1.2% (better)0.54%
Ownership
Held by institutions85.0%34.3%
Held by insiders2.3%3.7%
Insider net buying, 12 months–−$94.5K
Short interest, % of float6.9%0.82%

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