Segment Reporting Level 3 (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2022		2021		2022		2021
	(In thousands)
Revenue from customers:
Funeral revenue:
Atneed revenue	$	291,640	$	318,432	$	931,000	$	938,835
Matured preneed revenue	167,427		172,410		528,122		522,051
Core funeral revenue	459,067		490,842		1,459,122		1,460,886
Non-funeral home revenue	18,150		18,478		56,694		55,089
Recognized preneed revenue	40,132		45,552		125,824		120,414
Other revenue	36,621		37,417		110,239		107,041
Total funeral revenue	553,970		592,289		1,751,879		1,743,430
Cemetery revenue:
Atneed revenue	108,604		123,443		341,397		357,094
Recognized preneed property revenue	200,811		201,876		640,378		643,016
Recognized preneed merchandise and services revenue	85,707		84,989		255,535		258,525
Core cemetery revenue	395,122		410,308		1,237,310		1,258,635
Other revenue	28,628		31,775		91,789		97,823
Total cemetery revenue	423,750		442,083		1,329,099		1,356,458
Total revenue from customers	$	977,720	$	1,034,372	$	3,080,978	$	3,099,888
Gross profit:
Funeral gross profit	$	101,844	$	168,451	$	414,456	$	474,650
Cemetery gross profit	129,112		169,552		460,058		519,120
Gross profit from reportable segments	230,956		338,003		874,514		993,770
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(41,911)		(41,461)		(129,336)		(116,779)
Gains on divestitures and impairment charges, net	14,403		7,804		15,186		15,232
Operating income	203,448		304,346		760,364		892,223
Interest expense	(43,508)		(38,618)		(123,107)		(111,865)
Losses on early extinguishment of debt, net	—		—		(1,225)		(5,226)
Other (expense) income, net	(1,514)		8,218		(2,489)		9,214
Income before income taxes	$	158,426	$	273,946	$	633,543	$	784,346

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

Our geographic area information was as follows:

	United States		Canada		Total
	(In thousands)
Three months ended September 30,
Revenue from external customers:
2022	$	923,738	$	53,982	$	977,720
2021	$	978,850	$	55,522	$	1,034,372
Nine months ended September 30,
Revenue from external customers:
2022	$	2,905,975	$	175,003	$	3,080,978
2021	$	2,932,464	$	167,424	$	3,099,888