Segment Reporting (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule of Segment Reporting Information, by Segment [Table Text Block]

Our reportable segment, including disaggregated revenue, information is as follows:

	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
	September 30,						September 30,
	2018			2017(1)			2018			2017(1)
	(In thousands)
Revenue from customers:
Funeral revenue:
Atneed revenue	$	236,021		$	236,166		$	753,378		$	757,096
Matured preneed revenue	138,754			135,219			450,081			425,281
Core funeral revenue	374,775			371,385			1,203,459			1,182,377
Non-funeral home revenue	11,534			10,783			37,249			34,804
Recognized preneed revenue	32,129			26,630			98,508			88,883
Other revenue	32,518			28,731			94,753			89,103
Total funeral revenue	450,956			437,529			1,433,969			1,395,167
Cemetery revenue:
Atneed revenue	76,983			76,079			240,967			238,196
Recognized preneed property revenue	151,269			129,611			403,375			378,546
Recognized preneed merchandise and services revenue	68,967			69,255			210,460			206,376
Core cemetery revenue	297,219			274,945			854,802			823,118
Other revenue	30,611			18,872			80,589			64,013
Total cemetery revenue	327,830			293,817			935,391			887,131
Total revenue from customers	$	778,786		$	731,346		$	2,369,360		$	2,282,298
Operating profit:
Funeral operating profit	$	68,145		$	70,118		$	279,021		$	274,802
Cemetery operating profit	98,025			79,658			271,038			235,731
Operating profit from reportable segments	166,170			149,776			550,059			510,533
General and administrative expenses	(41,070		)	(38,992		)	(106,990		)	(121,644		)
Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net	7,970			(143		)	15,317			5,545
Hurricane expenses, net	(767		)	(1,290		)	(437		)	(1,290		)
Operating income	132,303			109,351			457,949			393,144
Interest expense	(46,419		)	(42,754		)	(134,514		)	(125,473		)
Loss on early extinguishment of debt, net	—			—			(10,131		)	—
Other income (expense), net	152			(19		)	2,416			(1,049		)
Income before income taxes	$	86,036		$	66,578		$	315,720		$	266,622

Schedule of Disclosure on Geographic Areas, Long-Lived Assets in Individual Foreign Countries by Country [Table Text Block]

Our geographic area information is as follows:

	United States		Canada		Total
			(In thousands)
Three Months Ended September 30,
Revenue from external customers:
2018	$	731,147	$	47,639	$	778,786
2017 (1)	$	685,186	$	46,160	$	731,346
Nine Months Ended September 30,
Revenue from external customers:
2018	$	2,225,705	$	143,655	$	2,369,360
2017 (1)	$	2,140,796	$	141,502	$	2,282,298