Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 194,986	$ 134,599
Receivables, net	98,455	90,462
Inventories	26,431	27,835
Other	34,524	47,155
Total current assets	354,396	300,051
Preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments	1,817,445	1,760,297
Preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments	2,487,720	2,318,167
Cemetery property	1,776,935	1,753,015
Property and equipment, net	1,827,587	1,846,722
Goodwill	1,799,081	1,796,340
Deferred charges and other assets	567,520	582,378
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,407,465	1,319,427
Total assets	12,038,149	11,676,397
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	439,936	422,816
Current maturities of long-term debt	89,974	86,823
Income taxes payable	7,960	1,373
Total current liabilities	537,870	511,012
Long-term debt	3,196,616	3,037,605
Deferred preneed funeral revenue	581,280	557,897
Deferred preneed cemetery revenue	1,150,137	1,120,001
Deferred tax liability	454,638	470,584
Other liabilities	510,322	496,947
Deferred preneed receipts held in trust	3,103,796	2,973,386
Care trusts’ corpus	1,408,243	1,319,564
Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)
Equity:
Common stock, $1 per share par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 195,403,644 and 200,859,676 shares issued, respectively, and 189,405,244 and 195,772,876 shares outstanding, respectively	189,405	195,773
Capital in excess of par value	990,203	1,092,106
Accumulated deficit	(103,387)	(109,351)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	16,492	6,164
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,092,713	1,184,692
Noncontrolling interests	2,534	4,709
Total equity	1,095,247	1,189,401
Total liabilities and equity	$ 12,038,149	$ 11,676,397