Segment Reporting Level 3 (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

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

	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
	(In thousands)
Revenue from customers:
Funeral revenue:
Atneed revenue	$	275,060	$	236,178	$	796,014	$	740,326
Matured preneed revenue	164,245		144,388		486,185		449,422
Core funeral revenue	439,305		380,566		1,282,199		1,189,748
Non-funeral home revenue	15,592		12,592		44,189		38,686
Recognized preneed revenue	32,744		33,561		93,207		104,614
Other revenue	30,993		33,404		84,882		98,847
Total funeral revenue	518,634		460,123		1,504,477		1,431,895
Cemetery revenue:
Atneed revenue	103,330		79,928		279,475		243,665
Recognized preneed property revenue	190,068		129,364		458,267		409,851
Recognized preneed merchandise and services revenue	80,948		72,225		219,456		212,834
Core cemetery revenue	374,346		281,517		957,198		866,350
Other revenue	25,261		27,601		79,566		81,780
Total cemetery revenue	399,607		309,118		1,036,764		948,130
Total revenue from customers	$	918,241	$	769,241	$	2,541,241	$	2,380,025
Gross profit:
Funeral gross profit	$	124,135	$	74,354	$	343,668	$	270,362
Cemetery gross profit	139,521		85,378		317,799		272,350
Gross profit from reportable segments	263,656		159,732		661,467		542,712
Corporate general and administrative expenses	(40,986)		(29,668)		(109,968)		(101,864)
Gains (losses) on divestitures and impairment charges, net	543		(1,479)		5,825		(15,180)
Operating income	223,213		128,585		557,324		425,668
Interest expense	(40,721)		(46,678)		(126,839)		(141,385)
Losses on early extinguishment of debt, net	(18,278)		(9,058)		(18,428)		(16,637)
Other income, net	629		20		548		1,614
Income before income taxes	$	164,843	$	72,869	$	412,605	$	269,260

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:
2020	$	878,723	$	39,518	$	918,241
2019	$	726,702	$	42,539	$	769,241
Nine months ended September 30,
Revenue from external customers:
2020	$	2,419,837	$	121,404	$	2,541,241
2019	$	2,248,176	$	131,849	$	2,380,025