Consolidated Balance Sheet - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 330,039	$ 194,986
Receivables, net	90,304	98,455
Inventories	25,378	26,431
Other	35,575	34,524
Total current assets	481,296	354,396
Preneed receivables, net and trust investments	4,778,842	4,305,165
Cemetery property	1,791,989	1,776,935
Property and equipment, net	1,873,044	1,827,587
Goodwill	1,805,981	1,799,081
Deferred charges and other assets	601,184	567,520
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments	1,532,167	1,407,465
Total assets	12,864,503	12,038,149
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	489,172	439,936
Current maturities of long-term debt	337,337	89,974
Income taxes payable	2,470	7,960
Total current liabilities	828,979	537,870
Long-term debt	3,135,316	3,196,616
Deferred preneed revenue	1,789,776	1,731,417
Deferred tax liability	283,765	454,638
Other liabilities	410,982	510,322
Deferred receipts held in trust	3,475,430	3,103,796
Care trusts’ corpus	1,530,818	1,408,243
Commitments and contingencies (Note 8)
Equity:
Common stock, $1 per share par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 191,935,647 and 195,403,644 shares issued, respectively, and 186,614,747 and 189,405,244 shares outstanding, respectively	186,615	189,405
Capital in excess of par value	970,468	990,203
Accumulated deficit	210,364	(103,387)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	41,943	16,492
Total common stockholders’ equity	1,409,390	1,092,713
Noncontrolling interests	47	2,534
Total equity	1,409,437	1,095,247
Total liabilities and equity	$ 12,864,503	$ 12,038,149