NYSE$CSV

Carriage Services Inc · Q1 2021 earnings

Q1 2021 earnings · · Investor relations

Briefing

Reported record first quarter results with revenue and earnings growth.

Carriage Services reported a record first quarter, with Total Revenue increasing by 24.7% to $96.6 million, Field EBITDA increasing by 52.1% to $45.8 million, and Adjusted Diluted EPS increasing by 131.4% to $0.81.

  • Total Revenue increased by 24.7% to $96.6 million.
  • Field EBITDA increased by 52.1% to $45.8 million.
  • Adjusted Diluted EPS increased by 131.4% to $0.81.
  • Adjusted Free Cash Flow increased by 115.3% to $27.1 million.

Headline financials

Total Revenue

$96.6M

Previous: $77.5M+24.7%
EPS (adj)

$0.81

Previous: $0.35+131.4%
Adj. Cons. EBITDA Margin

35.9%

Previous: 29.5%+21.7%
Total Field EBITDA Margin

47.4%

Previous: 38.8%+22.2%
Capital Expenditures

-$4.35M

Previous: -$2.74M-58.8%
Free Cash Flow

-$8.54M

Previous: -$6.94M-23.2%
Net Income

-$4.2M

Previous: -$4.2M+0.0%
Operating Income

$26.2M

Previous: $2.15M+1120.7%
Gross Profit

$35.1M

Previous: $23.2M+51.3%
Cash & Equivalents

$406K

Previous: $11.9M-96.6%
Total Assets

$1.16B

Previous: $1.12B+3.3%

Revenue & EPS history

Carriage Services · Revenue · Quarterly

$96.6M

Q1 2021+24.7%vs Q1 2020
Beat estimate in 10 of 16 quarters(63%)
ActualEstimate

Revenue by segment

Carriage Services · $88.4M total across 2 segments · Q1 2021

  • Funeral Operating
    $66.8M+18.1%
  • Cemetery Operating
    $21.6M+57.2%

Forward guidance

Carriage Services increased its Roughly Right Scenario for 2021 and 2022, reflecting continued High Performance execution and expectations for accelerated High Performance in the coming years.

Tailwinds

  • Increased Cemetery Preneed Sales leading to higher Cemetery Revenue growth rates with higher sustained Cemetery Field EBITDA Margins.
  • Continuation of local market share gains across our funeral home portfolio.
  • Growth in Average Revenue per Funeral Contract, particularly Cremation contracts.
  • Sustained higher plateau of Financial Revenue and Financial EBITDA.
  • Higher Returns on Invested Capital from continued disciplined capital allocation combined with a lower Cost of Capital.

Headwinds

  • The relative unknown trajectory of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
  • The impact of the current vaccination campaign on the death rate in the short term.
  • Potential senior note refinancing transaction.
  • Uncertainty around maintaining current performance levels.
  • Potential impact of non-recurring items on overhead.

Historical earnings impact

How earnings announcements have historically affected this stock's price.

Avg. return before/after earnings

Based on 20 quarterly earnings reports · overlaid with Q1 2021

Historical avgQ1 2021

+0.4%

Avg return

Earnings day

-0.4%

Avg return

5 days after

+0.9%

Avg return

30 days after

46%

30 / 65 earnings

Positive

+25.8%

Q1 2020

Best reaction

-25.6%

Q3 2022

Worst reaction

Earnings price reactions
QuarterReport dateReaction (Day 0)+5 days+30 days
Q1 2026-4.5%-7.7%-19.4%
Q4 2025+2.3%+3.4%+1.2%
Q3 2025+2.2%-2.9%-2.0%
Q1 2025-0.6%+1.2%+8.9%
Q4 2024-3.6%-5.8%-5.7%
Q3 2024+14.7%+15.2%+24.4%
Q2 2024+1.3%-8.9%+3.7%
Q1 2024+0.3%+0.6%+5.1%
Q4 2023+1.6%+0.3%+4.6%
Q3 2023-8.4%-12.8%+7.7%
Q2 2023-2.9%-3.8%-4.4%
Q1 2023-7.7%-6.6%-7.5%
Q4 2022+8.5%+4.1%-5.6%
Q3 2022-25.6%-22.4%-23.1%
Q2 2022-15.6%-13.7%-14.1%
Q1 2022-7.4%-13.1%-16.6%
Q4 2021-1.0%-0.6%+10.9%
Q3 2021+13.2%+14.4%+19.3%
Q2 2021-0.8%+1.8%+22.6%
Q1 2021+4.7%+4.9%+6.3%
Q4 2020-2.7%-1.7%+4.3%
Q3 2020+6.1%+7.4%+19.8%
Q2 2020+20.0%+13.9%+16.0%
Q1 2020+25.8%+20.7%+25.1%
Q4 2019-9.1%-15.9%-36.7%
Q3 2019+20.7%+19.5%+8.0%
Q2 2019+14.8%+15.6%+9.3%
Q1 2019+1.3%+6.0%+3.8%
Q4 2018+3.3%+6.2%-5.5%
Q3 2018-20.7%-16.6%-9.7%
Q2 2018-0.7%-2.5%-4.8%
Q1 2018-2.3%-4.9%-11.4%
Q4 2017+2.9%+8.3%+11.3%
Q3 2017+5.7%+3.7%+1.0%
Q2 2017-9.6%-9.0%-9.0%
Q1 2017-5.0%-4.4%-8.3%
Q4 2016-2.5%-3.6%-1.6%
Q3 2016-0.5%-3.0%+11.2%
Q2 2016-1.3%-1.5%-3.7%
Q1 2016+4.1%
Q4 2015+2.7%
Q3 2015+1.8%
Q2 2015-3.3%
Q1 2015+2.8%
Q4 2014+0.8%
Q3 2014+1.4%
Q2 2014+11.5%
Q1 2014-2.3%
Q4 2013-4.2%
Q3 2013-2.3%
Q2 2013-0.1%
Q1 2013-0.4%
Q4 2012+4.0%
Q3 2012+2.1%
Q2 2012+0.5%
Q1 2011-0.1%
Q1 2012-1.2%
Q4 2009+1.8%
Q4 2011+1.8%
Q3 2010-2.7%
Q3 2011-2.7%
Q2 2010-3.1%
Q2 2011-3.1%
Q4 2010-3.1%
Q1 2010+0.0%

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