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Basis of Presentation and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract] |
BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES | BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES The Company Carriage Services, Inc. (“Carriage,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) is a leading provider of funeral and cemetery services and merchandise in the United States. Our operations are reported in two business segments: Funeral Home Operations, which currently accounts for approximately 65% of our total revenue, and Cemetery Operations, which currently accounts for approximately 35% of our total revenue. At June 30, 2024, we operated 164 funeral homes in 26 states and 31 cemeteries in 11 states. Our funeral home operations are principally service businesses that generate revenue from sales of burial and cremation services and related merchandise, such as caskets and urns. Funeral services include consultation, the removal and preparation of remains, the sale of caskets and related funeral merchandise, the use of funeral home facilities for visitation and memorial services and transportation services. We provide funeral services and products on both an “atneed” (time of death) and “preneed” (planned prior to death) basis. Our cemetery operations generate revenue primarily through sales of cemetery interment rights (primarily grave sites, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces and niches), related cemetery merchandise (such as memorial markers, outer burial containers and monuments) and services (interments, inurnments and installation of cemetery merchandise). We provide cemetery services and products on both an atneed and preneed basis. Principles of Consolidation and Interim Condensed Disclosures Our unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements include the Company and its subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated. Our interim Consolidated Financial Statements are unaudited, but include all adjustments, which consist of normal, recurring accruals, that are necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position and results of operations as of and for the interim periods presented. There have been no material changes in our accounting policies previously disclosed in Part II, Item 8 “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Note 1 in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023. In addition, our unaudited Consolidated Financial Statements have been prepared in a manner consistent with the accounting principles described in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023 unless otherwise disclosed herein, and should be read in conjunction therewith. Use of Estimates The preparation of our Consolidated Financial Statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenue and expenses. On an ongoing basis, we evaluate our critical estimates and judgments, which include those related to the impairment of goodwill and the fair value measurements used in business combinations. These policies are considered critical because they may result in fluctuations in our reported results from period to period due to the significant judgments, estimates and assumptions about complex and inherently uncertain matters and because the use of different judgments, assumptions or estimates could have a material impact on our financial condition or results of operations. Actual results may differ from these estimates and such estimates may change if the underlying conditions or assumptions change. Historical performance should not be viewed as indicative of future performance because there can be no assurance the margins, operating income and net earnings, as a percentage of revenue, will be consistent from period to period. Cash and Cash Equivalents We consider all highly liquid investments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. Inventory Inventory consists primarily of caskets, outer burial containers and cemetery monuments and markers and is recorded at the lower of its cost basis or net realizable value. Inventory is relieved using specific identification in fulfillment of performance obligations on our contracts. Contingent Liability We recognize a contingent liability when both i) it is probable that a loss has been incurred and ii) the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. In evaluating these two conditions, we consider all relevant information that is available as of the date the financial statements are issued. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, we recorded a $5.0 million contingent liability to reflect our agreement to pay our financial advisor in connection with the review of strategic alternatives. Deferred Revenue During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we withdrew $8.6 million of realized capital gains and earnings from our preneed funeral and cemetery trust investments. We did not withdraw any realized capital gains and earnings from our preneed trust investments during the six months ended June 30, 2024. In certain states, we are allowed to make these withdrawals prior to the delivery of preneed merchandise and service contracts. The realized capital gains and earnings withdrawn increase our cash flow from operations, but are not recognized as revenue in our Consolidated Statements of Operations, however, they reduce our Preneed funeral trust investments and Preneed cemetery trust investments and increase our Deferred preneed funeral revenue and Deferred preneed cemetery revenue. Additionally, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2023, we received a $6.0 million incentive payment from a vendor for entering into a strategic partnership agreement to market and sell prearranged funeral services in the future, which increased our cash flow from operations and Deferred preneed funeral revenue. The incentive payment is subject to partial claw-back if certain preneed funeral sales volumes are not met within the ten-year term of the agreement. As such, we will recognize the incentive payment in proportion to our achieved preneed funeral sales volume per the agreement at each reporting period. Property, Plant and Equipment Property, plant and equipment is comprised of the following (in thousands):
| June 30, 2024 |  | December 31, 2023
Land | $ | 86,829 |  |  | $ | 87,635 |
Buildings and improvements | 262,353 |  |  | 263,522 |
Furniture, equipment and vehicles | 73,139 |  |  | 74,372 |
Property, plant and equipment, at cost | 422,321 |  |  | 425,529 |
Less: accumulated depreciation | (141,966) |  |  | (138,045) |
Property, plant and equipment, net | $ | 280,355 |  |  | $ | 287,484 |
During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we sold six funeral homes and one cemetery that had a carrying value of property, plant and equipment of $3.1 million, which was included in the loss on sale and recorded in Net loss on divestitures, disposals and impairment charges on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Additionally, we sold real property for $0.3 million, with a carrying value of $0.3 million. At June 30, 2024, we had $0.5 million of assets classified as held for sale in Property, plant and equipment, net on our Consolidated Balance Sheet related to one funeral home that we intend to divest within the next six months. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we acquired $12.8 million of property, plant and equipment related to our acquisition of a business located in Bakersfield, CA, as more fully described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. Additionally, we sold real property for $1.2 million, with a carrying value of $0.6 million, resulting in a gain on the sale of $0.6 million, which was recorded in Net loss on divestitures, disposals and impairment charges on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Our growth and maintenance capital expenditures totaled $1.9 million and $2.6 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $3.5 million and $5.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. In addition, we recorded depreciation expense of $3.5 million and $3.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $7.2 million for both the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023. Cemetery Property Cemetery property was $113.3 million and $114.6 million, net of accumulated amortization of $68.7 million and $64.6 million at June 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, respectively. When cemetery property is sold, the value of the cemetery property (interment right costs) is expensed as amortization using the specific identification method in the period in which the sale of the interment right is recognized as revenue. Our growth capital expenditures for cemetery property development totaled $1.6 million and $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $3.6 million and $3.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. We recorded amortization expense for cemetery interment rights of $2.6 million and $1.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $4.3 million and $3.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2024, we sold one cemetery that had a carrying value of cemetery property of $0.8 million, which was included in the loss on sale and recorded in Net loss on divestitures, disposals and impairment charges on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, we acquired cemetery property for $9.0 million related to our acquisition of a business located in Bakersfield, CA, as more fully described in Note 3 to the Consolidated Financial Statements. We also sold two cemeteries that had a carrying value of cemetery property of $0.8 million, which was included in the loss on sale and recorded in Net loss on divestitures, disposals and impairment charges on our Consolidated Statements of Operations. Income Taxes Income tax expense was $4.2 million and $3.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and $7.9 million and $6.9 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Our operating tax rate before discrete items was 33.6% and 28.0% for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, and 33.2% and 28.5% for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively. Subsequent Events We have evaluated events and transactions during the period subsequent to June 30, 2024 through the date the financial statements were issued for potential recognition or disclosure in the accompanying financial statements covered by this report.

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