Carriage Services (CSV) executive compensation, 2026 proxy

Carlos R. Quezada, CEO & Vice Chair of the Board, was paid $3.9M in fiscal 2025, down 10% from $4.3M the year before. The CEO-to-median-employee pay ratio was 143:1, on median employee pay of $26,996.

Filed
March 27, 2026
Annual meeting
May 12, 2026
Pay year
fiscal 2025
Named executives
5
CEO total pay
$3.9M-10% vs prior year
CEO to median employee
143:1median $26,996
CEO pay in equity
41%$1.6M in awards
CEO Total Compensation
$3,859,198Fiscal 2025 total
CEO Base Salary
$850,000Fiscal 2025 salary
Median Employee Pay
$26,996Fiscal 2025 annual total
CEO Pay Ratio
143:1Ratio to median employee
Strategic Acquisitions
$60MCompleted in 2025

How Quezada was paid

$3.9M in total for fiscal 2025, as reported in the Summary Compensation Table. Equity awards are valued at grant, not at what they turned out to be worth.

Salary22%Stock awards41%Non-equity incentive34%All other compensation2%

Named executive officers

ExecutiveTotal
Carlos R. QuezadaCEO & Vice Chair of the Board$3,859,198
Steven D. MetzgerPresident & Chief Operating Officer$2,688,972
John EnwrightSenior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer & Treasurer$1,502,966
Kathryn ShanleyChief Accounting Officer$1,091,135
Rob FranchChief Information Officer$1,203,087

What changed and why

  • $3.9MCarlos R. Quezada received total compensation of $3,859,198 in fiscal 2025, representing a decrease from $4,294,842 in fiscal 2024.
  • Annual cash incentive bonuses became metric-based and non-discretionary beginning in fiscal 2025.
  • $60MStrategic acquisitions totaling approximately $60 million were completed in 2025.
  • $26,996The CEO to median employee pay ratio was calculated as 143 to 1 based on median employee pay of $26,996.

About this page

Figures are automated and can be wrong; check the filing for the exact numbers. Totals follow SEC rules, which value stock and option awards at grant. Read the DEF 14A proxy statement for footnotes and the compensation committee's full reasoning.