Segment Reporting Level 3 (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2024		2023		2024		2023
	(In thousands)
Revenue from customers:
Funeral revenue:
Atneed revenue	$	289,077	$	282,979	$	887,812	$	884,835
Matured preneed revenue	173,759		172,272		542,488		533,678
Core funeral revenue	462,836		455,251		1,430,300		1,418,513
Non-funeral home revenue	23,214		21,949		69,765		63,651
Non-funeral home preneed sales revenue	26,923		32,009		85,141		109,140
Core general agency and other revenue	53,006		45,574		151,292		138,562
Total funeral revenue	565,979		554,783		1,736,498		1,729,866
Cemetery revenue:
Atneed revenue	106,965		110,214		324,390		328,450
Recognized preneed property revenue	203,376		214,585		628,223		625,985
Recognized preneed merchandise and services revenue	103,585		93,113		301,844		269,129
Core cemetery revenue	413,926		417,912		1,254,457		1,223,564
Other revenue	34,053		29,164		102,401		90,552
Total cemetery revenue	447,979		447,076		1,356,858		1,314,116
Total revenue from customers	$	1,013,958	$	1,001,859	$	3,093,356	$	3,043,982
Gross profit:
Funeral gross profit	$	107,878	$	109,747	$	340,178	$	374,750
Cemetery gross profit	144,761		143,936		444,589		429,495
Gross profit from reportable segments	252,639		253,683		784,767		804,245
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(43,732)		(33,213)		(124,055)		(112,294)
Gains on divestitures and impairment charges, net	3,515		2,542		4,755		10,187
Operating income	212,422		223,012		665,467		702,138
Interest expense	(65,804)		(61,512)		(194,540)		(174,904)
Losses on early extinguishment of debt	(25)		—		(25)		(1,114)
Other income, net	2,815		128		7,002		2,647
Income before income taxes	$	149,408	$	161,628	$	477,904	$	528,767

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:
2024	$	961,866	$	52,092	$	1,013,958
2023	$	950,750	$	51,109	$	1,001,859
Nine months ended September 30,
Revenue from external customers:
2024	$	2,928,382	$	164,974	$	3,093,356
2023	$	2,879,076	$	164,906	$	3,043,982