Carriage Services Inc (CSV) company profile
Close on Nov 11, 2026Market cap $452.17MP/E 9.7Yield 1.58%
About Carriage Services
Services-Personal Services, SIC 7200
Carriage Services, Inc. provides funeral and cemetery services and merchandise to individuals and families throughout the United States. The company conducts business through two operating segments: Funeral Home Operations and Cemetery Operations. Its funeral home segment provides consultation, transportation, the preparation and removal of remains, facility access for visitations and memorial services, and merchandise such as caskets and cremation items. Its cemetery segment provides burial and memorialization offerings, including interment rights for grave sites, mausoleums, and lawn crypts, alongside markers, monuments, and installation services. Carriage delivers these solutions on both an at-need basis at the time of death and a preneed planning basis prior to death.
The company conducts its operations within the United States, managing 155 funeral homes situated in 24 states and 28 cemeteries across nine states. In addition, it maintains a corporate support center located in Houston.
Summary of the business section of Carriage Services's latest annual report, written by StockData.
Company profile
Company
- Legal name
- Carriage Services Inc
- Founded
- 1993
- Headquarters
- Houston, TX
- Address
- 3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300 77056
- Phone
- (713) 332-8400
- Website
- carriageservices.com
- Employees
- 2,321, Dec 31, 2025
- Industry
- Services-Personal Services
- Incorporated in
- Delaware
- Fiscal year ends
- December 31
- Auditor
- GRANT THORNTON LLP, Houston, Texas
Stock & identifiers
- Ticker
- CSV
- Exchange
- NYSE
- IPO date
- Aug 9, 1996
- Shares outstanding
- 16M, Jul 31, 2026
- Public float
- $699.00M, Jun 30, 2025
- Filer category
- Accelerated filer
- SEC CIK
- 1016281
- CUSIP
- 143905107
- ISIN
- US1439051079
- FIGI
- BBG000J06DW8
- Share class FIGI
- BBG001S9M5G4
- EIN
- 76-0423828
Executives and directors
Officers and directors who filed ownership reports (Forms 3, 4, 5) in the last two years
| Name | Position | Shares owned |
|---|---|---|
| Carlos R. Quezada | CEO, Director | 109,110 |
| John Enwright | SVP, CFO and Treasurer | 15,217 |
| Steven D. Metzger | President & COO | 83,634 |
| Sam A. Mazzu III | VP, GC & Secretary | 8,219 |
| Kathryn Shanley | Chief Accounting Officer | 11,616 |
| Rob Paul Franch | Chief Information Officer | 25,454 |
| Edmondo Robinson | Director | 5,697 |
| Julie Sanders | Director | 4,793 |
| Somer Webb | Director | 12,029 |
| Charles Fargason | Director | 27,369 |
| Douglas B. Meehan | Director | 54,326 |
CEO pay and shareholder return
Pay versus performance table from the proxy statement
| Fiscal year | CEO total pay | CEO pay actually paid | Other executives (avg) | Value of $100 invested | Peer group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $3.86M | $3.97M | $1.62M | $144 | $167 |
| FY2024 | $4.29M | $7.27M | $1.53M | $134 | $169 |
| FY2023 | $2.81M | $2.42M | $1.22M | $83 | $145 |
| FY2022 | $3.39M | -$11.18M | $1.54M | $90 | $142 |
| FY2021 | $5.35M | $20.95M | $1.94M | $208 | $145 |
| FY2020 | $2.36M | $4.62M | $616.34K | $124 | $105 |
“Actually paid” adjusts reported pay for changes in the value of equity awards. Shareholder return assumes $100 invested at the start of the measurement period, as disclosed by the company.
Executive compensation, fiscal 2025
Summary compensation table from the latest proxy statement
| Executive | Salary | Stock awards | Incentive pay | Other | Total | vs. prior year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos R. Quezada CEO & Vice Chair of the Board (Principal Executive Officer) | $850.00K | $1.60M | $1.32M | $90.28K | $3.86M | -10% |
| Steven D. Metzger President & Chief Operating Officer | $625.00K | $1.05M | $950.12K | $63.85K | $2.69M | -13% |
| John Enwright Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer) | $425.00K | $637.49K | $420.19K | $20.29K | $1.50M | – |
| Kathryn Shanley Chief Accounting Officer (Interim Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer) | $340.00K | $487.49K | $247.06K | $16.59K | $1.09M | +105% |
| Rob Franch Chief Information Officer | $365.00K | $547.51K | $268.98K | $21.60K | $1.20M | -6% |
Stock and option awards are grant-date fair values, not realized pay. “Other” includes pension value changes and all other compensation. Source proxy statement.
Employees
Headcount reported in annual reports
“As of December 31, 2025, we and our subsidiaries employed 2,321 employees, of whom 1,248 were full-time and 1,073 were part-time.”
Corporate history
Events identified from SEC filings
| Date | Event | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 25, 2015 | Acquisition / sale | Completion of acquisition or disposition of assets (8-K Item 2.01) |
| Mar 20, 2014 | Auditor change | Change in certifying accountant (8-K Item 4.01) |
| Jun 16, 2006 | Deregistration | Termination of SEC registration (Form 15) |
| Apr 27, 2005 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| Dec 29, 2000 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Apr 28, 1998 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
| Mar 20, 1997 | Merger | Registration of securities for a merger or exchange offer (S-4) |
| Jul 23, 1996 | Listing | Registration of securities on an exchange (Form 8-A) |
See a number that looks wrong?