CARRIAGE SERVICES INC

5. GOODWILL

Many of the former owners and staff of our acquired funeral home and cemetery businesses have provided high quality service to families for generations, which often represents a substantial portion of the value of a business. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of identifiable net assets of acquired funeral home and cemetery businesses is recorded as goodwill. For our 2026 annual qualitative assessment, we determined that there were no factors indicating that a quantitative goodwill impairment test was required. We concluded that it is more-likely-than-not that the fair value of our reporting units is greater than their carrying value and thus there wasno impairment to goodwill.

The following table presents changes in goodwill in the accompanying Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (in thousands):

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we recognized $9.4 million related to acquisitions completed during 2026 and measurement-period adjustments associated with the finalization of purchase price allocations for acquisitions completed during 2025.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2026, we allocated $0.3 million of goodwill to the sale ofone funeral home which was recorded in Net loss on divestitures and impairment chargeson our Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations, allocated to our funeral home segment.

During the first quarter of 2026, the Company implemented an executive leadership restructuring that changed the manner in which certain funeral home operations are managed and reviewed. As a result, the Company reassessed its reporting unit structure under ASC 350, Intangibles—Goodwill and Other and determined that certain reporting units within the funeral home segment no longer met the criteria to be considered separate reporting units. Accordingly, the Company combined these reporting units into a single reporting unit. This change did not affect the Company’s operating segments under ASC 280, Segment Reporting. In connection with the change in reporting unit structure, the Company performed a qualitative goodwill impairment assessment and concluded that it was not more likely than not that the fair value of the combined reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. Accordingly, no quantitative impairment test was required, and no goodwill impairment charge was recognized.