INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

The income tax expense (benefit) consists of the following for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024, and 2023 (in thousands):

	Year Ended December 31,
	2025		2024		2023
U.S. federal income tax expense (benefit):
Current	$	51,994	$	47,239	$	56,474
Deferred	9,291		16,396		18,739
	61,285		63,635		75,213
State income tax expense (benefit):
Current	12,606		10,597		20,253
Deferred	1,424		(2,456)		(3,814)
	14,030		8,141		16,439
Total income tax expense	$	75,315	$	71,776	$	91,652

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

The following table is a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% to the Company’s effective rate for the year ended December 31, 2025 in accordance with the guidance in ASU 2023-09 (in thousands, except for percentages):

	Year Ended December 31, 2025
	Amount		Percent
U.S. federal statutory income tax rate	$	59,409	21.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect (1)	11,382		4.0	%
Tax credits:
Research and development tax credits	(555)		(0.2)	%
Nontaxable or nondeductible items:
Share-based compensation impacts	4,779		1.7	%
Other	300		0.1	%
Effective income tax rate	$	75,315	26.6	%

(1) State tax in California, Florida, New York and Pennsylvania made up more than 50% of the tax effect in this category.

The following table is a reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory rate of 21% to the Company’s effective rate for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 in accordance with the guidance prior to the adoption of ASU 2023-09:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2024		2023
U.S. federal statutory tax rate	21.0	%	21.0	%
State and local income taxes, net of federal income tax effect	3.5	%	4.8	%
Valuation allowance	(0.8)	%	(1.5)	%
Share-based compensation impacts	1.2	%	0.7	%
Other, net	0.4	%	0.5	%
Effective income tax rate	25.3	%	25.5	%

Schedule of Income Taxes Paid

Also in accordance with ASU 2023-09, the following table reflects income taxes paid disaggregated by Federal and State for the year ended December 31, 2025 (in thousands):

	Amount
Federal	$	57,500
State	9,787
Total income taxes paid	$	67,287

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The components of deferred income tax assets and liabilities were as follows as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 (in thousands):

	December 31, 2025		December 31, 2024
Deferred tax assets:
Price concessions	$	5,697	$	8,053
Compensation and benefits	7,364		6,166
Interest limitation carryforward	3,533		5,768
Operating lease liability	25,323		23,880
Net operating losses	46,459		50,860
Other	13,012		12,676
Deferred tax assets before valuation allowance	101,388		107,403
Valuation allowance	(2,839)		(3,337)
Deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance	98,549		104,066
Deferred tax liabilities:
Accelerated depreciation	(16,914)		(12,630)
Operating lease right-of-use asset	(20,078)		(18,883)
Intangible assets	(43,445)		(48,412)
Goodwill	(67,766)		(59,303)
Other	(6,365)		(12,414)
Deferred tax liabilities	(154,568)		(151,642)
Net deferred tax liabilities	$	(56,019)	$	(47,576)

Schedule of Valuation Allowance

The following table presents the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 (in thousands):

			Additions
Description	Balance at Beginning of Period		Charged (Benefit) to Costs and Expenses		Charged (Benefit) to Other Accounts		Balance at End of Period
2023: Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets	$	13,056	$	(6,685)	$	—	$	6,371
2024: Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets	$	6,371	$	(3,034)	$	—	$	3,337
2025: Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets	$	3,337	$	(498)	$	—	$	2,839