Carriage Services, Inc. (NYSE:CSV) Q1 2023 Earnings Conference Call May 4, 2023 10:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Steve Metzger - Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer & General Counsel and Secretary

Mel Payne - Chairman & Chief Executive Officer

Carlos Quezada - President & Chief Operating Officer

Kian Granmayeh - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer

Conference Call Participants

Alex Paris - Barrington Research

Liam Burke - B. Riley Financial.

JP Wollam - ROTH MKM

Operator

Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Carriage Services First Quarter 2023 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the speakers' presentation, there will be a question-and-answer session. [Operator Instructions] Please be advised that today's conference is being recorded.

I would now like to hand the conference over to your speaker today, Steve Metzger, Executive Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel and Secretary. Please go ahead.

Steve Metzger

Hi, everyone, and thank you for joining us to discuss our first quarter results. In addition to myself, on the call this morning from management are Mel Payne, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer; Carlos Quezada, President and Chief Operating Officer; and Kian Granmayeh, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.

On the Carriage Services website, you can find our earnings press release, which was issued yesterday after the market closed. Our press release is intended to supplement our remarks this morning and include supplemental financial information, including the reconciliation of differences between GAAP and non-GAAP financial measures. Today's call will begin with formal remarks from Mel, Carlos, Kian, and me and will be followed by a question-and-answer period.

Before we begin, I'd like to remind everyone that during this call, we'll make some forward-looking statements, including comments about our business and plans, as well as 2023 guidance. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties and only reflect our view as of today. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, factors identified in our earnings release, as well as in our SEC filings, all of which can be found on our website.

Thank you all for joining us this morning, and now I'd like to turn the call over to Mel.

Mel Payne

Good morning, everyone. It brings me a miss joy to join you all today following weeks of rigorous rehabilitation. Through support and thoughtful prayers and wishes I have received from so many people across our company during my recovery have been nothing short of heartwarming, even humbling and I will be forever grateful for each and every one of them.