UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): August 4 , 2015
 
Carriage Services, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
Delaware
 
1-11961
 
76-0423828
   (State or other jurisdiction
   of incorporation)
 
   (Commission
   File Number)
 
   (IRS Employer
   Identification No.)
3040 Post Oak Boulevard, Suite 300
Houston, Texas 77056
(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:
(713) 332-8400
 


Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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ITEM 2.02    RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

In the press release dated August 4, 2015, Carriage Services, Inc. (“the Company”) announced and commented on its financial results for its quarter ended June 30, 2015. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by this reference. The information being furnished under Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits, including the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section.

The Company’s press release dated August 4, 2015 contains non-GAAP financial measures. Generally, a non-GAAP financial measure is a numerical measure of a company’s performance, financial position, or cash flows that either excludes or includes amounts that are not normally excluded or included in the most directly comparable measure calculated and presented in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP. Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation G, the Company has provided quantitative reconciliations within the press release of the non-GAAP financial measures to the most directly comparable GAAP financial measures.


ITEM 9.01    FINANCIAL STATMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

(d)     Exhibits. The following are furnished as part of this current report on Form 8-K:
    
99.1 Press Release dated August 4, 2015





SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Carriage Services, Inc. has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 
CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
 
 
 
 
Dated: August 4, 2015
By:
 
/s/ Carl B. Brink
 
 
 
Carl B. Brink
 
 
 
Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer







INDEX TO EXHIBITS

Exhibit 
  
Description
 
 
99.1

  
Press Release dated August 4, 2015.







FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CARRIAGE SERVICES ANNOUNCES RECORD RESULTS FOR SECOND QUARTER 2015
AND RAISES ROLLING FOUR QUARTER OUTLOOK
HOUSTON, August 4, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Melvin C. Payne, Chief Executive Officer, stated, “We achieved record second quarter results with Adjusted Net Income of $6.4 million equal to Adjusted Diluted EPS of $0.34 and Adjusted Net Income Margin of 10.8% on record revenue of $59.3 million. While the second quarter revenue and earnings increases over last year were all modest in the 3% - 5% range, the large increases comprising our record high performance for the first six months continues to reflect the maturity and effectiveness of Carriage as an operating and consolidation platform that has also become a superior value creation investment platform. We are producing record amounts of Adjusted Free Cash Flow, i.e. $13.9 million for the second quarter and $25.4 million for the first six months, primarily a function of our increasing cash earning power as reflected by our historically high Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin of 30.1% for the first six months of 2015. Shown below are the highlights of our three and six months performance (in millions):
Three Months ended June 30, 2015
Total Revenue of $59.3 million, an increase of 4.9%;
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA of $17.2 million, an increase of 5.4%;
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin increased 10 basis points to 29.0%;
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.34, an increase of 3.0%;
Adjusted Net Profit Margin up 10 basis points to 10.8%; and
Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $13.9 million.
Six Months ended June 30, 2015
Total Revenue of $122.5 million, an increase of 9.2%;
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA of $36.9 million, an increase of 17.3%;
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin up 210 basis points to 30.1%;
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share of $0.76, an increase of 18.8%;
Adjusted Net Profit Margin up 130 basis points to 11.8%; and
Adjusted Free Cash Flow of $25.4 million, an increase of 30.9%.
Since launching the first five year phase of our Good To Great Journey at the beginning of 2012, our goal has been to create a high performance culture driven by a strong and uniquely collaborative leadership team dynamic in our Houston home office. We initially created the Operations and Support Leadership Team (OSLT) that has since evolved into the Operations and Strategic Growth Leadership Team (OSGLT), a small group of leaders representing all major functional areas of Carriage. We have gone through several organizational structure and responsibility changes within OSGLT since January 1, 2012, each of which was designed to raise and accelerate the high and sustainable financial performance required by the Carriage Good To Great Journey. We recently completed another leadership reorganization, as our OSGLT members were reduced from fifteen active members to ten and a significant number of department or functional groups were placed under new leadership within the OSGLT. A primary by-product of these organizational changes will be much less overhead and improved execution of our three models in the future.
In May we announced that Bill Heiligbrodt will officially retire as a full time employee of Carriage on March 4, 2016, after which he will serve as a consultant for two more years to me and other members of our

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Operations and Strategic Growth Leadership Team. While Bill has officially transitioned his executive officer roles to Viki Blinderman and Ben Brink as Co-CFO's, he continues to actively serve as an advisory member of our OSGLT and Board of Directors.
Our revised Strategic Acquisition Model methodologies are being actively implemented both by Dave DeCarlo’s Corporate Development Team and by the various support teams in Houston. We remain highly optimistic that our focus on the best remaining independent businesses in the best strategic markets and areas will result in long-term high single digit annual compound revenue growth with much higher rates of growth in Adjusted Diluted EPS and Free Cash Flow over time because of the highly efficient leveraging dynamics of Carriage as a deathcare operations and consolidation platform.
We have concluded that allocation of our increasing Adjusted Free Cash Flow should include repurchasing common shares when the price does not fully reflect the cash earning power and intrinsic value of our company, which we believe is currently the case. Accordingly, we recently announced that our Board approved a $25 million common share repurchase program. We will repurchase shares under this plan from time to time as long as we can buy our shares at prices under what we consider ‘fair value’, a capital allocation strategy option that was initiated in the second quarter with the repurchase of 125,000 shares for $3.1 million. We will continue to prioritize the allocation of our Adjusted Free Cash Flow toward the goal of acquiring the best remaining independent funeral and cemetery businesses in the best strategic markets in the country and on exceptional internal growth projects.
To reflect primarily the overhead benefits of recent organizational changes, we are raising our Rolling Four Quarter Outlook of Adjusted Diluted Earnings per share to $1.57 – $1.61 from $1.55 – $1.59 at the end of the first quarter,” concluded Mr. Payne.
FIELD OPERATIONS
Three Months Ended June 30, 2015 compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2014
Total Field Revenue increased 4.9% to $59.3 million;
Total Field EBITDA increased 5.3% to $23.6 million;
Total Field EBITDA Margin increased 10 basis points to 39.7%;

Total Funeral Operating Revenue increased 6.2% to $42.3 million;
Same Store Funeral Revenue increased 1.8% with same store volume increasing 0.1%;
Acquisition Funeral Revenue increased 21.9% with acquisition volume increasing 18.9%;
Total Funeral Field EBITDA increased 9.2% to $15.3 million;
Total Funeral Field EBITDA Margin increased 100 basis points to 36.2%;

Total Cemetery Operating Revenue increased 4.1% to $12.2 million;
Cemetery pre-need property sale contracts decreased 4.6% to 2,110;
Preneed property revenue recognized increased 0.4% and At-need revenue increased 5.6%;
Total Cemetery Field EBITDA increased 3.3% to $3.8 million;
Total Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin decreased 20 basis points to 31.4%;

Total Financial Revenue decreased 3.7% to $4.8 million;
Funeral Financial Revenue decreased 6.5% to $2.2 million;
Cemetery Financial Revenue decreased 1.2% to $2.6 million;
Total Financial EBITDA decreased 4.8% to $4.4 million;
Total Financial EBITDA Margin decreased 100 basis points to 92.3%.




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Six Months Ended June 30, 2015 compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2014
Total Field Revenue increased 9.2% to $122.5 million;
Total Field EBITDA increased 13.1% to $51.1 million;
Total Field EBITDA Margin increased 140 basis points to 41.7%;

Total Funeral Operating Revenue increased 10.5% to $89.9 million;
Same Store Funeral Revenue increased 4.2% with same store volume increasing 2.5%;
Acquisition Funeral Revenue increased 35.4% with acquisition volume increasing 33.5%;
Total Funeral Field EBITDA increased 16.4% to $34.8 million;
Total Funeral Field EBITDA Margin increased 200 basis points to 38.7%;

Total Cemetery Operating Revenue increased 8.4% to $23.3 million;
Cemetery pre-need property sale contracts increased 10.2% to 4,250;
Preneed property revenue recognized increased 11.6% and At-need revenue increased 6.0%;
Total Cemetery Field EBITDA increased 17.5% to $7.7 million;
Total Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin increased 260 basis points to 33.0%;

Total Financial Revenue decreased 0.1% to $9.4 million;
Funeral Financial Revenue decreased 1.6% to $4.8 million;
Cemetery Financial Revenue increased 1.6% to $4.6 million;
Total Financial EBITDA decreased 1.3% to $8.6 million;
Total Financial EBITDA Margin decreased 110 basis points to 92.4%.

ADJUSTED FREE CASH FLOW
We produced Adjusted Free Cash Flow from operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2015 of $13.9 million and $25.4 million, respectively, compared to Adjusted Free Cash Flow from operations of $13.9 million and $19.4 million for the corresponding periods in 2014. A reconciliation of Cash Flow Provided by Operations to Adjusted Free Cash Flow for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015 is as follows (in millions):
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Cash flow provided by operations
$
14.9

 
$
15.7

 
$
13.3

 
$
28.3

Cash used for maintenance capital expenditures
(1.7
)
 
(3.0
)
 
(2.6
)
 
(4.8
)
Free Cash Flow
$
13.2

 
$
12.7

 
$
10.7

 
$
23.5

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Plus: Incremental Special Items:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjustment for tax benefit from Good to Great stock awards

 

 
4.8

 

Acquisition and divestiture expenses
0.3

 

 
1.0

 
0.5

Severance costs
0.4

 
0.5

 
0.7

 
0.6

Consulting fees

 
0.7

 
0.3

 
0.8

Other incentive compensation

 

 
1.0

 

Premium paid for the redemption of convertible junior subordinated debentures

 

 
0.9

 

Adjusted Free Cash Flow
$
13.9

 
$
13.9

 
$
19.4

 
$
25.4



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ROLLING FOUR QUARTER OUTLOOK
The Rolling Four Quarter Outlook (“Outlook”) reflects management’s opinion on the performance of the portfolio of existing businesses, including performance of existing trusts, plus likely acquisitions for the Rolling Four Quarter Outlook period ending June 30, 2016. This Outlook is not intended to be management estimates or forecasts of our future performance, as we believe such precise rolling estimates will be precisely wrong all the time. Rather our intent and goal is to reflect a “roughly right range” most of the time of future Rolling Four Quarter Outlook performance as we execute our Standards Operating, Strategic Acquisition and 4E Leadership Models over time.
ROLLING FOUR QUARTER OUTLOOK – Period Ending June 30, 2016
 
 
Range
(in millions, except per share amounts)
Revenues
 
$250 - $254
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA
 
$71 - $75
Adjusted Net Income
 
$29 - $31
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share(1)
 
$1.57 - $1.61
Factors affecting our analysis include, among others, number, size and timing of closing of acquisitions, funeral contract volumes, average revenue per funeral service, cemetery interment volumes, preneed cemetery sales, capital expenditures, execution of our funeral and cemetery Standards Operating Model, Strategic Acquisition Model, Withdrawable Trust Income and changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy. Revenues, Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA, Adjusted Net Income and Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share for the four quarter period ending June 30, 2016 are expected to improve relative to the trailing four quarter period ending June 30, 2015 for the following reasons:
Increases in Acquired Funeral Revenue and Acquired Funeral Field EBITDA;
Increases in Acquired Cemetery Revenue and Acquired Cemetery Field EBITDA;
Modest increases in Same Store Funeral Revenue and Same Store Funeral Field EBITDA;
Increases in Same Store Cemetery Revenue and Same Store Cemetery Field EBITDA;
Incremental increases in Financial Revenue and Financial EBITDA from trust funds; and
Modest decreases in Overhead as a percentage of Revenue.
    
(1)
The Rolling Four Quarter Outlook on Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share does not include any changes to our fully diluted share count that could occur related to a stock price increase and EPS dilution calculations related to our convertible notes and outstanding and exercisable stock options.


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TRUST FUND PERFORMANCE

For the six months ended June 30, 2015, Carriage’s discretionary trust funds gained 3.6% compared to our 70/30 index benchmark of 2.1%. The current yield on Carriage's discretionary fixed income portfolio, which comprises 65% of discretionary trust assets, is 7.3% and the estimated annual income for the discretionary portfolio is approximately $10.3 million.
Shown below are consolidated performance metrics for the combined trust fund portfolios (preneed funeral, cemetery merchandise and services and cemetery perpetual care) at key dates.
Investment Performance
 
 
Investment Performance(1)
 
Index Performance
 
 
Discretionary
Total Trust
 
S&P 500 Stock Index
High Yield Index
70/30 index
Benchmark(2)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
6 months ended 6/30/15
 
3.6%
3.2%
 
1.2%
2.5%
2.1%
1 year ended 12/31/14
 
8.3%
7.9%
 
13.7%
2.5%
5.8%
2 years ended 12/31/14
 
23.8%
22.7%
 
50.4%
10.1%
22.2%
3 years ended 12/31/14
 
48.9%
43.7%
 
74.5%
27.5%
41.6%
4 years ended 12/31/14
 
44.6%
41.0%
 
78.1%
33.8%
47.1%
5 years ended 12/31/14
 
74.5%
66.6%
 
105.0%
54.1%
69.3%
(1)
Investment performance includes realized income and unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
(2)
The 70/30 Benchmark is 70% weighted to the High Yield Index and 30% weighted to the S&P 500 Stock Index.
Asset Allocation as of June 30, 2015
(in thousands)
 
 
 
Discretionary
Trust Funds
 
Total
Trust Funds
Asset Class
 
 
MV

%

 
MV

%

Cash
 
 
$
19,703

10
%
 
$
35,203

15
%
Equities
 
 
47,146

24
%
 
55,245

24
%
Fixed Income
 
 
128,478

64
%
 
140,959

59
%
Other/Insurance
 
 
3,476

2
%
 
3,668

2
%
Total Portfolios
 
 
$
198,803

100
%
 
$
235,075

100
%


CONFERENCE CALL AND INVESTOR RELATIONS CONTACT

Carriage Services has scheduled a conference call for tomorrow, August 5, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. central time. To participate in the call, please dial 866-516-3867 (ID-76057989) and ask for the Carriage Services conference call. A replay of the conference call will be available through August 9, 2015 and may be accessed by dialing 855-859-2056 (ID-76057989). The conference call will also be available at www.carriageservices.com. For any investor relations questions, please contact Ben Brink at 713-332-8441.






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CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
OPERATING AND FINANCIAL TREND REPORT
FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS (IN THOUSANDS - EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2014
2015
% Change
 
2014
2015
% Change
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Same Store Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atneed Contracts
4,892

4,911

0.4
%
 
10,228

10,455

2.2
%
Preneed Contracts
1,227

1,217

-0.8
%
 
2,540

2,630

3.5
%
Total Same Store Funeral Contracts
6,119

6,128

0.1
%
 
12,768

13,085

2.5
%
Acquisition Contracts
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Atneed Contracts
1,248

1,442

15.5
%
 
2,366

3,085

30.4
%
Preneed Contracts
230

315

37.0
%
 
438

658

50.2
%
Total Acquisition Funeral Contracts
1,478

1,757

18.9
%
 
2,804

3,743

33.5
%
Total Funeral Contracts
7,597

7,885

3.8
%
 
15,572

16,828

8.1
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funeral Operating Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Same Store Revenue
$
31,199

$
31,769

1.8
%
 
$
64,863

$
67,604

4.2
%
Acquisition Revenue
8,621

10,513

21.9
%
 
16,442

22,262

35.4
%
Total Funeral Operating Revenue
$
39,820

$
42,282

6.2
%
 
$
81,305

$
89,866

10.5
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cemetery Operating Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Same Store Revenue
$
11,382

$
11,266

-1.0
%
 
$
21,094

$
21,534

2.1
%
Acquisition Revenue
334

930

178.4
%
 
389

1,752

350.4
%
Total Cemetery Operating Revenue
$
11,716

$
12,196

4.1
%
 
$
21,483

$
23,286

8.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Financial Revenue
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Preneed Funeral Commission Income
$
563

$
370

-34.3
%
 
$
1,127

$
725

-35.7
%
Preneed Funeral Trust Earnings
1,809

1,849

2.2
%
 
3,725

4,047

8.6
%
Cemetery Trust Earnings
2,276

2,176

-4.4
%
 
3,860

3,817

-1.1
%
Preneed Cemetery Finance Charges
320

388

21.3
%
 
657

773

17.7
%
Total Financial Revenue
$
4,968

$
4,783

-3.7
%
 
$
9,369

$
9,362

-0.1
%
Total Revenue
$
56,504

$
59,261

4.9
%
 
$
112,157

$
122,514

9.2
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Field EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Same Store Funeral Field EBITDA
$
10,878

$
11,415

4.9
%
 
$
23,768

$
25,953

9.2
%
Same Store Funeral Field EBITDA Margin
34.9
%
35.9
%
100 bp

 
36.6
%
38.4
%
180 bp

Acquisition Funeral Field EBITDA
3,142

3,898

24.1
%
 
6,108

8,811

44.3
%
Acquisition Funeral Field EBITDA Margin
36.4
%
37.1
%
70 bp

 
37.1
%
39.6
%
250 bp

Total Funeral Field EBITDA
$
14,020

$
15,313

9.2
%
 
$
29,876

$
34,764

16.4
%
Total Funeral Field EBITDA Margin
35.2
%
36.2
%
100 bp

 
36.7
%
38.7
%
200 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Same Store Cemetery Field EBITDA
$
3,568

$
3,537

-0.9
%
 
$
6,408

$
7,087

10.6
%
Same Store Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin
31.3
%
31.4
%
10 bp

 
30.4
%
32.9
%
250 bp

Acquisition Cemetery Field EBITDA
134

288

114.9
%
 
125

588

370.4
%
Acquisition Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin
40.1
%
31.0
%
-910 bp

 
32.1
%
33.6
%
150 bp

Total Cemetery Field EBITDA
$
3,702

$
3,825

3.3
%
 
$
6,533

$
7,675

17.5
%
Total Cemetery Field EBITDA Margin
31.6
%
31.4
%
-20 bp

 
30.4
%
33.0
%
260 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Funeral Financial EBITDA
$
2,079

$
1,925

-7.4
%
 
$
4,305

$
4,196

-2.5
%
Cemetery Financial EBITDA
2,556

2,489

-2.6
%
 
4,454

4,453

%
Total Financial EBITDA
$
4,635

$
4,414

-4.8
%
 
$
8,759

$
8,649

-1.3
%
Total Financial EBITDA Margin
93.3
%
92.3
%
-100 bp

 
93.5
%
92.4
%
-110 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Field EBITDA
$
22,357

$
23,552

5.3
%
 
$
45,168

$
51,088

13.1
%
Total Field EBITDA Margin
39.6
%
39.7
%
10 bp

 
40.3
%
41.7
%
140 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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OPERATING AND FINANCIAL TREND REPORT
FROM CONTINUING OPERATIONS (IN THOUSANDS - EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
2014
2015
% Change
 
2014
2015
% Change
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Overhead
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Variable Overhead
$
1,411

$
1,766

25.2
%
 
$
5,274

$
4,196

-20.4
%
Total Regional Fixed Overhead
781

884

13.2
%
 
1,567

1,707

8.9
%
Total Corporate Fixed Overhead
5,085

5,260

3.4
%
 
10,659

10,613

-0.4
%
Total Overhead
$
7,277

$
7,910

8.7
%
 
$
17,500

$
16,516

-5.6
%
Overhead as a percent of sales
12.9
%
13.3
%
40 bp

 
15.6
%
13.5
%
-210 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated EBITDA
$
15,080

$
15,642

3.7
%
 
$
27,668

$
34,572

25.0
%
Consolidated EBITDA Margin
26.7
%
26.4
%
-30 bp

 
24.7
%
28.2
%
350 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Expenses and Interest
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Depreciation & Amortization
$
3,029

$
3,365

11.1
%
 
$
5,785

$
6,687

15.6
%
Non-Cash Stock Compensation
1,263

1,287

1.9
%
 
1,993

2,376

19.2
%
Interest Expense
2,691

2,492

-7.4
%
 
5,536

5,042

-8.9
%
Accretion of Discount on Convertible Subordinated Notes
694

851

22.6
%
 
865

1,678

94.0
%
Loss on Early Extinguishment of Debt
1,042


-100.0
%
 
1,042


-100.0
%
Loss on Redemption of Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures



 
3,779


-100.0
%
Other, Net
(5
)
(13
)
160.0
%
 
(373
)
106

-128.4
%
Pretax Income
$
6,366

$
7,660

20.3
%
 
$
9,041

$
18,683

106.6
%
Net Tax Provision
2,483

3,103

25.0
%
 
3,526

7,708

118.6
%
GAAP Net Income
$
3,883

$
4,557

17.4
%
 
$
5,515

$
10,975

99.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Special Items, Net of tax except for **
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Withdrawable Trust Income
$
366

$
230

 
 
$
515

$
230

 
Acquisition and Divestiture Expenses
168

19

 
 
659

354

 
Severance Costs
268

323

 
 
477

407

 
Consulting Fees
6

445

 
 
165

521

 
Other Incentive Compensation


 
 
660


 
Accretion of Discount on Convertible Subordinated Notes **
694

851

 
 
865

1,678

 
Costs Related to Credit Facility
688


 
 
688


 
Loss on Redemption of Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures


 
 
2,493


 
Gain on Asset Purchase


 
 
(746
)

 
Other Special Items


 
 
503

98

 
Tax Adjustment from Prior Period **


 
 

141

 
Sum of Special Items, Net of tax
$
2,190

$
1,868

-14.7
%
 
$
6,279

$
3,429

-45.4
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted Net Income
$
6,073

$
6,425

5.8
%
 
$
11,794

$
14,404

22.1
%
Adjusted Net Profit Margin
10.7
%
10.8
%
10 bp

 
10.5
%
11.8
%
130 bp

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share
$
0.33

$
0.35

6.1
%
 
$
0.64

$
0.78

21.9
%
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share
$
0.33

$
0.34

3.0
%
 
$
0.64

$
0.76

18.8
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP Basic Earnings Per Share
$
0.21

$
0.25

19.0
%
 
$
0.30

$
0.59

96.7
%
GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share
$
0.21

$
0.24

14.3
%
 
$
0.30

$
0.57

90.0
%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted Average Basic Shares Outstanding
18,123

18,268

 
 
18,054

18,238

 
Weighted Average Diluted Shares Outstanding
18,247

18,880

 
 
18,195

18,844

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reconciliation to Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Consolidated EBITDA
$
15,080

$
15,642

3.7
%
 
$
27,668

$
34,572

25.0
%
Withdrawable Trust Income
554

348

 
 
779

348

 
Acquisition and Divestiture Expenses
255

29

 
 
999

537

 
Severance Costs
406

489

 
 
723

616

 
Consulting Fees
9

673

 
 
250

788

 
Other Incentive Compensation


 
 
1,000


 
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA
$
16,304

$
17,181

5.4
%
 
$
31,419

$
36,861

17.3
%
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin
28.9
%
29.0
%
10 bp

 
28.0
%
30.1
%
210 bp


7



CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(in thousands, except share data)
 
 
 
(unaudited)
 
December 31, 2014
 
June 30, 2015
ASSETS
 
 
 
Current assets:
 
 
 
Cash and cash equivalents
$
413

 
$
558

Accounts receivable, net
19,264

 
16,909

Inventories
5,294

 
5,502

Prepaid expenses
4,590

 
3,451

Other current assets
7,144

 
2,539

Total current assets
36,705

 
28,959

Preneed cemetery trust investments
71,972

 
71,894

Preneed funeral trust investments
97,607

 
96,002

Preneed receivables, net
26,284

 
26,448

Receivables from preneed trusts, net
12,809

 
12,939

Property, plant and equipment, net
186,211

 
205,332

Cemetery property, net
75,564

 
75,516

Goodwill
257,442

 
261,291

Deferred charges and other non-current assets
14,264

 
14,899

Cemetery perpetual care trust investments
48,670

 
48,620

Total assets
$
827,528

 
$
841,900

 
 
 
 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
 
 
 
Current liabilities:
 
 
 
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations
$
9,838

 
$
10,705

Accounts payable
6,472

 
6,639

Other liabilities
1,437

 
3,698

Accrued liabilities
15,203

 
12,942

Total current liabilities
32,950

 
33,984

Long-term debt, net of current portion
111,887

 
110,571

Revolving credit facility
40,500

 
46,400

Convertible subordinated notes due 2021
114,542

 
116,220

Obligations under capital leases, net of current portion
3,098

 
2,989

Deferred preneed cemetery revenue
56,875

 
56,298

Deferred preneed funeral revenue
31,265

 
31,028

Deferred tax liability
36,414

 
36,353

Other long-term liabilities
2,401

 
3,601

Deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust
71,972

 
71,894

Deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust
97,607

 
96,002

Care trusts’ corpus
48,142

 
48,154

Total liabilities
647,653

 
653,494

Commitments and contingencies:
 
 
 
Stockholders’ equity:
 
 
 
Common stock, $.01 par value; 80,000,000 shares authorized; 22,434,000 and 22,449,000 shares issued at December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2015
224

 
224

Additional paid-in capital
212,386

 
213,024

Accumulated deficit
(17,468
)
 
(6,493
)
Treasury stock, at cost; 3,922,000 and 4,047,000 shares at December 31, 2014 and June 30, 2015
(15,267
)
 
(18,349
)
Total stockholders’ equity
179,875

 
188,406

Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
$
827,528

 
$
841,900


8



CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share data)

 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
For the Six Months
Ended June 30,
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Revenues
$
56,504

 
$
59,261

 
$
112,157

 
$
122,514

Field costs and expenses
38,515

 
41,013

 
76,152

 
82,057

Gross profit
$
17,989

 
$
18,248

 
$
36,005

 
$
40,457

General and administrative expenses
7,201

 
7,258

 
16,877

 
14,948

Operating income
$
10,788

 
$
10,990

 
$
19,128

 
$
25,509

Interest expense, net
(2,686
)
 
(2,479
)
 
(5,531
)
 
(5,148
)
Accretion of discount on convertible subordinated notes
(694
)
 
(851
)
 
(865
)
 
(1,678
)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt
(1,042
)
 

 
(1,042
)
 

Loss on redemption of convertible junior subordinated debentures

 

 
(3,779
)
 

Other income

 

 
1,130

 

Income from continuing operations before income taxes
$
6,366

 
$
7,660

 
$
9,041

 
$
18,683

Provision for income taxes
(2,483
)
 
(3,103
)
 
(3,526
)
 
(7,708
)
Net income from continuing operations
3,883

 
4,557

 
5,515

 
10,975

Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
(637
)
 

 
(51
)
 

Net income available to common stockholders
$
3,246

 
$
4,557

 
$
5,464

 
$
10,975

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
$
0.21

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.59

Discontinued operations
(0.03
)
 

 

 

Basic earnings per common share
$
0.18

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.59

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.57

Discontinued operations
(0.04
)
 

 
(0.01
)
 

Diluted earnings per common share
$
0.17

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.29

 
$
0.57

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dividends declared per common share
$
0.025

 
$
0.025

 
$
0.050

 
$
0.050

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Weighted average number of common and common equivalent shares outstanding:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic
18,123

 
18,268

 
18,054

 
18,238

Diluted
18,247

 
18,880

 
18,195

 
18,844




9



CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(unaudited and in thousands)
 
For the Six Months Ended
 June 30,
 
2014
 
2015
Cash flows from operating activities:
 
 
 
Net income
$
5,464

 
$
10,975

Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
 
 
 
Gain on sale of businesses and purchase of other assets
(2,039
)
 

Impairment of goodwill
1,180

 

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
1,042

 

Depreciation and amortization
5,801

 
6,687

Amortization of deferred financing costs
456

 
460

Accretion of discount on convertible subordinated notes
865

 
1,678

Provision for losses on accounts receivable
1,338

 
833

Stock-based compensation expense
2,782

 
2,376

Deferred income tax (benefit) expense
(1,884
)
 
1,452

Loss on redemption of convertible junior subordinated debentures
2,932

 

Other
(8
)
 

Changes in operating assets and liabilities that provided (required) cash:
 
 
 
Accounts and preneed receivables
(1,783
)
 
1,358

Inventories and other current assets
818

 
4,062

Deferred charges and other
(174
)
 
117

Preneed funeral and cemetery trust investments
(10,057
)
 
1,603

Accounts payable
(871
)
 
167

Accrued and other liabilities
(2,117
)
 
(953
)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery revenue
345

 
(814
)
Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust
9,229

 
(1,671
)
Net cash provided by operating activities
13,319

 
28,330

 
 
 
 
Cash flows from investing activities:
 
 
 
Acquisitions and land for new construction
(54,850
)
 
(4,250
)
Purchase of land and buildings previously leased
(4,100
)
 
(6,080
)
Net proceeds from the sale of businesses and other assets
200

 

Capital expenditures
(5,593
)
 
(15,285
)
Net cash used in investing activities
(64,343
)
 
(25,615
)
 
 
 
 
Cash flows from financing activities:
 
 
 
Net borrowings on the revolving credit facility
5,500

 
5,900

Net borrowings (payments) on the term loan
8,000

 
(4,688
)
Proceeds from the issuance of convertible subordinated notes
143,750

 

Payment of debt issuance costs related to the convertible subordinated notes
(4,650
)
 

Payments on other long-term debt and obligations under capital leases
(542
)
 
(401
)
Redemption of convertible junior subordinated debentures
(89,748
)
 

Payments for performance-based stock awards
(16,150
)
 

Proceeds from the exercise of stock options and employee stock purchase plan contributions
863

 
410

Dividends on common stock
(917
)
 
(925
)
Payment of loan origination costs related to the credit facility
(797
)
 
(13
)
Purchases of treasury stock

 
(3,082
)
Excess tax benefit of equity compensation
5,069

 
229

Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities
50,378

 
(2,570
)
 
 
 
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents
(646
)
 
145

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
1,377

 
413

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period
$
731

 
$
558


10



CARRIAGE SERVICES, INC.
CALCULATION OF EARNINGS PER SHARE
(UNAUDITED)
(in thousands, except per share data)
 
For the Three Months Ended June 30,
 
For the Six Months
 Ended June 30,
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator from continuing operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income from continuing operations
$
3,883

 
$
4,557

 
$
5,515

 
$
10,975

Less: Earnings allocated to unvested restricted stock
(76
)
 
(53
)
 
(115
)
 
(146
)
Income attributable to continuing operations
$
3,807

 
$
4,504

 
$
5,400

 
$
10,829

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Numerator from discontinued operations
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss from discontinued operations
$
(637
)
 
$

 
$
(51
)
 
$

Less: Earnings allocated to unvested restricted stock
13

 

 
1

 

Loss attributable to discontinued operations
$
(624
)
 
$

 
$
(50
)
 
$

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denominator
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denominator for basic earnings per common share - weighted average shares outstanding
18,123

 
18,268

 
18,054

 
18,238

Effect of dilutive securities:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stock options
124

 
261

 
141

 
255

Convertible subordinated notes

 
351

 

 
351

Denominator for diluted earnings per common share - weighted average shares outstanding
18,247

 
18,880

 
18,195

 
18,844

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
$
0.21

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.59

Discontinued operations
(0.03
)
 

 

 

Basic earnings per common share
$
0.18

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.59

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Continuing operations
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.57

Discontinued operations
(0.04
)
 

 
(0.01
)
 

Diluted earnings per common share
$
0.17

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.29

 
$
0.57







11



NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
This press release uses Non-GAAP financial measures to present the financial performance of the Company. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the Company’s reported operating results or cash flow from operations or any other measure of performance as determined in accordance with GAAP. We believe the Non-GAAP results are useful to investors because such results help investors compare our results to previous periods and provide insights into underlying trends in our business. The Company’s GAAP financial statements accompany this release. Reconciliations of the Non-GAAP financial measures to GAAP measures are provided in this press release.

The Non-GAAP financial measures include “Adjusted Net Income”, “Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share”, “Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share”, “Consolidated EBITDA”, “Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA”, “Adjusted Free Cash Flow”, “Funeral, Cemetery and Financial EBITDA”, “Total Field EBITDA” and “Special Items” in this press release.  These financial measurements are defined as similar GAAP items adjusted for Special Items and are reconciled to GAAP in this press release. In addition, the Company’s presentation of these measures may not be comparable to similarly titled measures in other companies’ reports. The definitions used by the Company for our internal management purposes and in this press release are as follows:
Adjusted Net Income is defined as net income from continuing operations plus adjustments for special items and other non-recurring expenses or credits.
Consolidated EBITDA is defined as net income from continuing operations before income taxes, interest expenses, non-cash stock compensation, depreciation and amortization, and interest income and other, net.
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA is defined as Consolidated EBITDA plus adjustments for special items and non-recurring expenses or credits.
Adjusted Free Cash Flow is defined as net cash provided by operations, adjusted by special items as deemed necessary, less cash for maintenance capital expenditures.
Funeral Field EBITDA is defined as Funeral Gross Profit less depreciation and amortization, regional and unallocated overhead expenses and net financial income.
Cemetery Field EBITDA is defined as Cemetery Gross Profit less depreciation and amortization, regional and unallocated overhead expenses and net financial income.
Financial EBITDA is defined as Financial Revenue less Financial Expenses.
Total Field EBITDA is defined as Gross Profit less depreciation and amortization and regional and unallocated overhead expenses.
Special Items is defined as charges or credits that are deemed as Non-GAAP items such as withdrawable trust income, acquisition and divestiture expenses, severance costs, loss on early retirement of debt and other costs, discrete tax items and other non-recurring amounts. Special items are taxed at the federal statutory rate of 34 percent for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015, except for the accretion of the discount on Convertible Notes as this is a non-tax deductible item and the tax adjustment from prior period.
Adjusted Basic Earnings Per Share is defined as GAAP Basic Earnings Per Share, adjusted for special items.
Adjusted Diluted Earnings Per Share is defined as GAAP Diluted Earnings Per Share, adjusted for special items.

Certain state regulations allow the withdrawal of financial income from preneed cemetery merchandise and services trust funds when realized in the trust. Under current generally accepted accounting principles, trust income is only recognized in the Company’s financial statements at a later time when the related merchandise and services sold on the preneed contract is delivered at the time of death. Carriage has provided financial income from the trusts, termed “Withdrawable Trust Income” and reported on a Non-GAAP proforma basis within Special Items in the accompanying Operating and Financial Trend Report (a Non-GAAP Unaudited Income Statement), to reflect the current cash results. Management believes that the Withdrawable Trust Income provides useful information to investors because it presents income and cash flow when earned by the trusts.

12



Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Financial Measures:

    This press release includes the use of certain financial measures that are not GAAP measures. The Non-GAAP financial measures are presented for additional information and are reconciled to their most comparable GAAP measures below.

Reconciliation of Net Income from continuing operations to Adjusted Net Income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015 (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Net Income from continuing operations
$
3,883

 
$
4,557

 
$
5,515

 
$
10,975

Special items, net of tax except for **
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Withdrawable Trust Income
$
366

 
$
230

 
$
515

 
$
230

Acquisition and Divestiture Expenses
168

 
19

 
659

 
354

Severance Costs
268

 
323

 
477

 
407

Consulting Fees
6

 
445

 
165

 
521

Other Incentive Compensation

 

 
660

 

Accretion of Discount on Convertible Subordinated Notes **
694

 
851

 
865

 
1,678

Costs Related to the Credit Facility
688

 

 
688

 

Loss on Redemption of Convertible Junior Subordinated Debentures

 

 
2,493

 

Gain on Asset Purchase

 

 
(746
)
 

Other Special Items

 

 
503

 
98

Tax Adjustment from Prior Period **

 

 

 
141

     Total Special items affecting net income
$
2,190

 
$
1,868

 
$
6,279

 
$
3,429

Adjusted Net Income
$
6,073

 
$
6,425

 
$
11,794

 
$
14,404



13



Reconciliation of Net Income from continuing operations to Consolidated EBITDA and Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015 (in thousands):
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Net income from continuing operations
$
3,883

 
$
4,557

 
$
5,515

 
$
10,975

Net provision for income taxes
2,483

 
3,103

 
3,526

 
7,708

Pre-tax earnings from continuing operations
$
6,366

 
$
7,660

 
$
9,041

 
$
18,683

Depreciation & amortization
3,029

 
3,365

 
5,785

 
6,687

Non-cash stock compensation
1,263

 
1,287

 
1,993

 
2,376

Interest expense
2,691

 
2,492

 
5,536

 
5,042

Accretion of discount on convertible subordinated notes
694

 
851

 
865

 
1,678

Loss on early extinguishment of debt
1,042

 

 
1,042

 

Loss on redemption of convertible junior subordinated debentures

 

 
3,779

 

Other, net
(5
)
 
(13
)
 
(373
)
 
106

Consolidated EBITDA
$
15,080

 
$
15,642

 
$
27,668

 
$
34,572

Adjusted For:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Withdrawable Trust Income
$
554

 
$
348

 
$
779

 
$
348

Acquisition and Divestiture Expenses
255

 
29

 
999

 
537

Severance Costs
406

 
489

 
723

 
616

Consulting Fees
9

 
673

 
250

 
788

Other Incentive Compensation

 

 
1,000

 

Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA
$
16,304

 
$
17,181

 
$
31,419

 
$
36,861

Revenue
$
56,504

 
$
59,261

 
$
112,157

 
$
122,514

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjusted Consolidated EBITDA Margin
28.9
%
 
29.0
%
 
28.0
%
 
30.1
%


14



Reconciliation of funeral and cemetery income before income taxes to Field EBITDA for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015 (in thousands):
Funeral Field EBITDA
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Gross Profit (GAAP)
$
13,214

 
$
13,644

 
$
27,735

 
$
31,640

Depreciation & amortization
1,683

 
1,876

 
3,297

 
3,665

Regional & unallocated costs
1,202

 
1,718

 
3,149

 
3,655

Net financial income
(2,079
)
 
(1,925
)
 
(4,305
)
 
(4,196
)
Funeral Field EBITDA
$
14,020

 
$
15,313

 
$
29,876

 
$
34,764


Cemetery Field EBITDA
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Gross Profit (GAAP)
$
4,775

 
$
4,604

 
$
8,270

 
$
8,817

Depreciation & amortization
992

 
1,117

 
1,793

 
2,130

Regional & unallocated costs
491

 
593

 
924

 
1,181

Net financial income
(2,556
)
 
(2,489
)
 
(4,454
)
 
(4,453
)
Cemetery Field EBITDA
$
3,702

 
$
3,825

 
$
6,533

 
$
7,675


Total Field EBITDA
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

Funeral Field EBITDA
$
14,020

 
$
15,313

 
$
29,876

 
$
34,764

Cemetery Field EBITDA
3,702

 
3,825

 
6,533

 
7,675

Funeral Financial EBITDA
2,079

 
1,925

 
4,305

 
4,196

Cemetery Financial EBITDA
2,556

 
2,489

 
4,454

 
4,453

Total Field EBITDA
$
22,357

 
$
23,552

 
$
45,168

 
$
51,088


Reconciliation of GAAP basic earnings per share to Adjusted basic earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

GAAP basic earnings per share from continuing operations
$
0.21

 
$
0.25

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.59

Special items affecting net income
0.12

 
0.10

 
0.34

 
0.19

Adjusted basic earnings per share
$
0.33

 
$
0.35

 
$
0.64

 
$
0.78


Reconciliation of GAAP diluted earnings per share to Adjusted diluted earnings per share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2014 and 2015:
 
Three Months Ended
June 30,
 
Six Months Ended
June 30,
 
 
2014

 
2015

 
2014

 
2015

GAAP diluted earnings per share from continuing operations
$
0.21

 
$
0.24

 
$
0.30

 
$
0.57

Special items affecting net income
0.12

 
0.10

 
0.34

 
0.19

Adjusted diluted earnings per share
$
0.33

 
$
0.34

 
$
0.64

 
$
0.76


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CAUTIONARY STATEMENT ON FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Certain statements made herein or elsewhere by, or on behalf of, the Company that are not historical facts are intended to be forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. In addition to historical information, this Press Release contains certain statements and information that may constitute forward-looking statements within the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements include statements regarding the consummation of the SCI acquisition, any projections of earnings, revenues, asset sales, cash flow, debt levels or other financial items; any statements of the plans, strategies and objectives of management for future operations; any statements regarding future economic conditions or performance; any statements of belief; and any statements of assumptions underlying any of the foregoing and are based on our current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effect on us. The words “may”, “will”, “estimate”, “intend”, “believe”, “expect”, “project”, “forecast”, “foresee”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “plan”, “anticipate” and other similar words or expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements, which are generally not historical in nature. While management believes that these forward-looking statements are reasonable as and when made, there can be no assurance that future developments affecting us will be those that we anticipate. All comments concerning our expectations for future revenues and operating results are based on our forecasts for our existing operations and do not include the potential impact of any future acquisitions. Our forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties (some of which are beyond our control) and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from our historical experience and our present expectations or projections. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, those summarized below:
the execution of our Standards Operating, 4E leadership and Standard Acquisition Models;
changes in the number of deaths in our markets;
changes in consumer preferences;
ability to find and retain skilled personnel;
the effects of competition;
the investment performance of our funeral and cemetery trust funds;
fluctuations in interest rates;
our ability to obtain debt or equity financing on satisfactory terms to fund additional acquisitions, expansion projects, working capital requirements and the repayment or refinancing of indebtedness;
death benefits related to preneed funeral contracts funded through life insurance contracts;
our ability to generate preneed sales;
the financial condition of third-party insurance companies that fund our preneed funeral contracts;
increased or unanticipated costs, such as insurance or taxes;
effects of the application of applicable laws and regulations, including changes in such regulations or the interpretation thereof;
consolidation of the deathcare industry; and
other factors and uncertainties inherent in the deathcare industry.
For additional information regarding known material factors that could cause our actual results to differ from our projected results, please see “Risk Factors” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements after the date they are made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. A copy of the Company’s Form 10-K, other Carriage Services information and news releases are available at www.carriageservices.com.
This press release includes the use of certain financial measures that are not GAAP measures. The Non-GAAP financial measures are presented for additional information and are reconciled to their most comparable GAAP measures in the tables presented above.


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