Carriage Services, Inc.

ITEM 2.02 RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION . In the press release dated August 5, 2026, Carriage Services, Inc. (the “Company”) announced and commented on its financial results for its quarter ended June 30, 2026. A copy of the press release issued by the Company is attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 and incorporated by this reference. The Company’s press release dated August 5, 2026, 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. In accordance with General Instruction B.2 of Form 8-K, the foregoing information, including the Press Release filed herewith as Exhibit 99.1, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to liabilities of that Section, nor shall such information, including Exhibit 99.1, be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.