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Service Corporation International
(NYSE:SCI) 

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Service Corporation International provides deathcare products and services in the United States and Canada. The company operates through Funeral and Cemetery segments. Its funeral service and cemetery operations comprise funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination loc...

Founded: 1962
Full Time Employees: 25,000
Sector: Consumer Cyclical
Industry: Personal Services
Cemetery Services
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      revenue
    		                              796,092,000 794,482,000 812,733,000 731,346,000 773,242,000 777,710,000 809,054,000 721,467,000 751,710,000 749,271,000 769,384,000 714,525,000                                               
      yoy
    		                              2.96% 2.16% 0.45% 1.37% 2.86% 3.80% 5.16% 0.97%                                                   
      qoq
    		                              0.20% -2.25% 11.13% -5.42% -0.57% -3.87% 12.14% -4.02% 0.33% -2.61% 7.68%                                                
      property and merchandise revenue
    		508,263,000 549,223,000 519,210,000 518,011,000 493,655,000 558,548,000 504,565,000 516,883,000 555,850,000 520,651,000 532,857,000 515,242,000 536,484,000 508,746,000 529,816,000 561,547,000 532,705,000 532,722,000 519,777,000 554,591,000 500,778,000 479,521,000 414,596,000 377,883,000 438,059,000 375,398,000 415,492,000 381,209,000 426,018,000 392,410,000                                                           
      service revenue
    		481,372,000 455,071,000 431,785,000 438,319,000 481,890,000 436,198,000 422,739,000 451,945,000 426,498,000 407,471,000 409,943,000 439,505,000 428,258,000 403,725,000 394,507,000 480,609,000 442,926,000 432,458,000 391,617,000 463,859,000 408,627,000 382,466,000 354,799,000 367,528,000 351,702,000 332,838,000 339,090,000 355,371,000 338,586,000 323,246,000                                                           
      other revenue
    		106,819,000 107,233,000 107,101,000 109,114,000 98,622,000 98,277,000 86,654,000 76,554,000 73,448,000 73,737,000 70,614,000 73,962,000 62,941,000 65,249,000 66,532,000 70,247,000 67,624,000 69,192,000 76,141,000 59,531,000 60,863,000 56,254,000 50,640,000 57,554,000 60,999,000 61,005,000 57,990,000 61,632,000 56,210,000 63,130,000                                                           
      total revenue
    		1,096,454,000 1,111,527,000 1,058,096,000 1,065,444,000 1,074,167,000 1,093,023,000 1,013,958,000 1,045,382,000 1,055,796,000 1,001,859,000 1,013,414,000 1,028,709,000 1,027,683,000 977,720,000 990,855,000 1,112,403,000 1,043,255,000 1,034,372,000 987,535,000 1,077,981,000 970,268,000 918,241,000 820,035,000 802,965,000 850,760,000 769,241,000 812,572,000 798,212,000 820,814,000 778,786,000                                                           
      costs of revenue
    		-810,003,000 -799,851,000 -792,553,000 -794,006,000 -782,750,000 -787,133,000 -761,319,000 -771,169,000 -768,234,000 -748,176,000 -751,946,000 -739,615,000 -747,595,000 -746,764,000 -724,210,000 -735,490,000 -718,880,000 -701,353,000 -718,822,000 -700,474,000 -654,908,000 -654,585,000 -601,268,000 -623,921,000                                                                 
      cost of property and merchandise
    		-269,218,000 -279,770,000 -269,857,000 -275,781,000 -261,003,000 -280,236,000 -259,168,000 -263,593,000 -279,889,000 -263,251,000 -273,299,000 -258,602,000 -262,057,000 -256,700,000 -262,479,000 -260,051,000 -258,545,000 -248,957,000 -248,067,000 -251,692,000 -233,097,000 -230,568,000 -207,102,000 -196,448,000 -220,085,000 -197,544,000 -213,635,000 -197,894,000 -210,577,000 -203,349,000                                                           
      cost of service
    		-251,274,000 -243,363,000 -242,007,000 -245,256,000 -244,299,000 -233,473,000 -232,989,000 -236,048,000 -225,641,000 -225,673,000 -229,734,000 -231,298,000 -223,042,000 -222,636,000 -217,804,000 -219,538,000 -217,483,000 -210,344,000 -202,378,000 -202,978,000 -188,656,000 -190,000,000 -173,515,000 -197,524,000 -192,666,000 -192,262,000 -193,378,000 -190,813,000 -184,454,000 -188,893,000                                                           
      overhead and other expenses
    		-289,511,000 -276,718,000 -280,689,000 -272,969,000 -277,448,000 -201,941,750 -269,162,000 -271,528,000        -255,901,000 -242,852,000 -242,052,000 -268,377,000 -245,804,000 -233,155,000 -234,017,000 -220,651,000 -229,949,000 -220,141,000 -219,703,000 -214,413,000 -217,671,000 -215,520,000 -220,374,000                                                           
      gross profit
    		286,451,000 311,676,000 265,543,000 271,438,000 291,417,000 305,890,000 252,639,000 274,213,000 287,562,000 253,683,000 261,468,000 289,094,000 280,088,000 230,956,000 266,645,000 376,913,000 324,375,000 333,019,000 268,713,000 377,507,000 315,360,000 263,656,000 218,767,000 179,044,000             210,776,000 140,745,000 161,371,000 161,496,000 185,322,000 141,944,000                   81,063,000 102,647,000 109,298,000 112,307,000 75,777,000 101,163,000 101,825,000 100,120,000 81,756,500 82,069,000 107,360,000 137,597,000 86,758,750 102,520,000 103,361,000 141,154,000 60,692,500 72,026,000 83,137,000 85,803,000 56,961,250 58,275,000 75,387,000 97,787,000 63,687,500 68,269,000 73,384,000  
      yoy
    		-1.70% 1.89% 5.11% -1.01% 1.34% 20.58% -3.38% -5.15% 2.67% 9.84% -1.94% -23.30% -13.65% -30.65% -0.77% -0.16% 2.86% 26.31% 22.83% 110.85%                 13.74% -0.84%                       6.98% 1.47% 7.34% 12.17% -7.31% 23.27% -5.16% -27.24% -5.77% -19.95% 3.87% -2.52% 42.95% 42.34% 24.33% 64.51% 6.55% 23.60% 10.28% -12.26% -10.56% -14.64% 2.73%      
      qoq
    		-8.09% 17.37% -2.17% -6.86% -4.73% 21.08% -7.87% -4.64% 13.35% -2.98% -9.56% 3.22% 21.27% -13.38% -29.26% 16.20% -2.60% 23.93% -28.82% 19.71% 19.61% 20.52% 22.19%              49.76% -12.78% -0.08% -12.86% 30.56%                    -21.03% -6.09% -2.68% 48.21% -25.09% -0.65% 1.70% 22.46% -0.38% -23.56% -21.98% 58.60% -15.37% -0.81% -26.77% 132.57% -15.74% -13.36% -3.11% 50.63% -2.25% -22.70% -22.91% 53.54% -6.71% -6.97%   
      gross margin %
    		Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 26.05% 19.51% 21.47% 21.55% 24.09% 19.87% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% NaN% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% NaN% 
      corporate general and administrative expenses
    		-43,911,000 -33,659,000 -38,332,000 -49,466,000 -44,701,000 -14,964,000 -43,732,000 -41,325,000 -45,074,000 -33,213,000 -34,921,000 -44,160,000 -107,912,000 -41,911,000 -45,721,000 -41,704,000 -35,859,000 -36,477,000 -29,038,000 -36,733,000 -31,098,000 -40,986,000 -37,169,000 -31,813,000                                                                 
      gains on divestitures and impairment charges
    		1,274,000 2,154,500 -415,000 4,062,000 4,971,000 -17,243,000 3,515,000 -684,000 -371,000 2,542,000 6,954,000 691,000 -5,224,000 14,403,000 294,000 489,000 9,937,000 7,804,000 6,162,000 1,266,000 1,184,000 543,000 737,000 4,545,000 48,099,000 -1,479,000 -11,823,000 -1,878,000 616,000 7,970,000 6,865,000 482,000 1,470,000 -143,000 753,000 4,935,000 3,613,000 557,000   3,119,000 10,764,000 -5,582,000  57,861,000 26,570,000 34,994,000  -1,383,250 981,000 -5,545,000  -2,416,000 315,000 1,058,000  4,287,000 -5,001,000 -9,843,000  2,681,000 -7,291,000 13,602,000 -480,000                         
      operating income
    		243,814,000 275,550,000 226,391,000 224,459,000 251,687,000 262,213,000 212,422,000 232,204,000 242,117,000 223,012,000 233,501,000 245,625,000 166,952,000 203,448,000 221,218,000 335,698,000 298,453,000 304,346,000 245,837,000 342,040,000 285,446,000 223,213,000 182,335,000 151,776,000 240,945,000 128,585,000 150,105,000 146,978,000 172,710,000 132,303,000 161,954,000 163,692,000 176,937,000 109,056,000 143,608,000 139,596,000 179,327,000 114,386,000 94,470,000 123,641,000 157,034,000 124,550,000 127,580,000 141,115,000 220,280,000 135,120,000 144,731,000 107,560,000 87,995,000 83,296,000 89,114,000 127,765,000 103,806,000 95,176,000 99,689,000 101,118,000 107,825,000 78,186,000 80,495,000 97,193,000 103,998,000 68,496,000 95,926,000 85,626,000 91,272,000 77,981,000 69,070,000 85,564,000 60,937,000 48,830,000 83,535,000 99,370,000 89,936,000 75,332,000 82,823,000 98,075,000 50,341,000 20,320,000 59,334,000 56,402,000 34,305,750 11,076,000 57,421,000 72,509,000 35,293,000 39,690,000 56,984,000 98,633,000 
      yoy
    		-3.13% 5.09% 6.58% -3.34% 3.95% 17.58% -9.03% -5.46% 45.02% 9.62% 5.55% -26.83% -44.06% -33.15% -10.01% -1.85% 4.56% 36.35% 34.83% 125.36% 18.47% 73.59% 21.47% 3.26% 39.51% -2.81% -7.32% -10.21% -2.39% 21.32% 12.78% 17.26% -1.33% -4.66% 52.01% 12.90% 14.20% -8.16% -25.95% -12.38% -28.71% -7.82% -11.85% 31.20% 150.33% 62.22% 62.41% -15.81% -15.23% -12.48% -10.61% 26.35% -3.73% 21.73% 23.84% 4.04% 3.68% 14.15% -16.09% 13.51% 13.94% -12.16% 38.88% 0.07% 49.78% 59.70% -17.32% -13.89% -32.24% -35.18% 0.86% 1.32% 78.65% 270.73% 39.59% 73.89% 46.74% 83.46% 3.33% -22.21% -2.80% -72.09% 0.77% -26.49%     
      qoq
    		-11.52% 21.71% 0.86% -10.82% -4.01% 23.44% -8.52% -4.09% 8.57% -4.49% -4.94% 47.12% -17.94% -8.03% -34.10% 12.48% -1.94% 23.80% -28.13% 19.83% 27.88% 22.42% 20.13% -37.01% 87.38% -14.34% 2.13% -14.90% 30.54% -18.31% -1.06% -7.49% 62.24% -24.06% 2.87% -22.16% 56.77% 21.08% -23.59% -21.26% 26.08% -2.37% -9.59% -35.94% 63.03% -6.64% 34.56% 22.23% 5.64% -6.53% -30.25% 23.08% 9.07% -4.53% -1.41% -6.22% 37.91% -2.87% -17.18% -6.54% 51.83% -28.59% 12.03% -6.19% 17.04% 12.90% -19.28% 40.41% 24.79% -41.55% -15.94% 10.49% 19.39% -9.04% -15.55% 94.82% 147.74% -65.75% 5.20% 64.41% 209.73% -80.71% -20.81% 105.45% -11.08% -30.35% -42.23%  
      operating margin %
    		Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 20.34% 20.60% 21.77% 14.91% 18.57% 17.95% 22.17% 15.85% 12.57% 16.50% 20.41% 17.43% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      interest expense
    		-64,006,000 -64,135,000 -65,683,000 -64,071,000 -61,483,000 -63,231,000 -65,804,000 -64,352,000 -64,543,000 -61,512,000 -59,476,000 -53,916,000 -49,002,000 -43,508,000 -40,571,000 -39,028,000 -38,745,000 -38,618,000 -37,435,000 -35,812,000 -36,224,000 -40,721,000 -41,767,000 -44,351,000 -44,458,000 -46,678,000 -47,317,000 -47,390,000 -47,042,000 -46,419,000 -44,519,000 -43,576,000 -43,652,000 -42,754,000 -42,083,000 -40,636,000 -40,105,000 -39,508,000 -39,398,000 -43,082,000 -43,055,000 -43,921,000 -42,982,000 -42,939,000 -42,892,000 -43,376,000 -46,307,000 -44,996,000 -38,771,000 -38,080,000 -32,740,000 -32,769,000 -34,018,000 -33,568,000 -33,894,000 -33,588,000 -33,306,000 -33,038,000 -33,879,000 -33,559,000 -31,915,000 -31,497,000 -32,483,000 -32,301,000 -35,542,000 -29,383,000 -32,386,000 -31,670,000 -33,672,000 -33,222,000 -33,311,000 -34,069,000 -35,002,000 -38,090,000 -36,165,000 -37,597,000 -36,732,000 -33,330,000 -26,609,000 -26,724,000 -25,985,000 -25,821,000 -25,875,000 -24,656,000 -23,520,000 -27,888,000 -32,982,000 -33,935,000 
      other income
    		1,398,000 372,000 153,000 3,914,000 3,152,000 -1,468,000 2,815,000 2,462,000 2,265,000 128,000 1,310,000 1,209,000 4,135,000 -1,514,000 -1,103,000 128,000 1,446,000 8,218,000 655,000 341,000 233,000 629,000 1,166,000 -1,247,000 -1,315,000 20,000 874,000 720,000 344,000 152,000 1,880,000 384,000 625,000 276,000   66,000 110,000   -280,000 334,000 -109,000 -58,000 203,000 -9,000 50,000 1,534,000 458,000 666,000 -699,000 -984,000 -333,000 2,317,000 -2,221,000 3,905,000 -1,741,000 249,000 46,000 674,000 -68,000 688,000 4,273,000  1,758,000 301,000 803,000    1,945,000 1,172,000 -995,250 -1,049,000 -723,000 -1,498,000 -698,000 12,776,000 1,632,000 2,414,000 -8,982,000 4,443,000 5,360,000 2,687,000 3,352,000 4,569,000 625,000 7,641,000 
      income before income taxes
    		181,206,000 211,264,000 160,861,000 164,302,000 193,356,000 197,514,000 149,408,000 170,314,000 179,839,000 161,628,000 175,281,000 191,858,000 122,085,000 158,426,000 178,319,000 296,798,000 261,154,000 273,946,000 203,831,000 306,569,000 249,455,000 164,843,000 141,723,000 106,039,000 195,172,000 72,869,000 96,083,000 100,308,000 126,012,000 86,036,000 119,315,000 110,369,000 66,655,500 66,578,000 101,518,000 98,526,000 46,842,500 74,963,000 32,639,000 79,767,000 64,163,000 74,045,000 84,489,000 98,118,000 56,252,250 91,735,000 69,316,000 64,098,000 49,009,250 45,882,000 56,143,000 94,012,000 49,733,500 63,925,000 63,574,000 71,435,000 38,215,750 44,042,000 44,827,000 63,994,000 36,871,750 28,621,000 67,425,000 51,441,000                         
      provision for income taxes
    		-45,333,000 -51,792,000 -43,339,000 -41,378,000 -50,429,000 -27,637,250 -31,547,000 -39,040,000        -77,231,000 -54,589,000 -64,003,000 -46,042,000 -77,614,000 -24,389,750 -37,351,000 -36,170,000 -24,038,000 -11,665,500 -1,997,000 -23,570,000 -21,095,000         -72,871,000 -27,422,000 -16,746,000 -32,313,000 -41,249,000 -26,118,000 -31,007,000 -36,653,000 -33,749,500 -74,934,000 -37,357,000  -18,871,250 -18,488,000 -21,708,000 -35,290,000 -17,795,750 -22,128,000 -25,935,000 -23,120,000   -18,089,000 -24,065,000 -35,203,000 -9,941,000 -27,198,000 -20,116,000 -20,269,000 -19,403,000 -16,322,000 -20,281,000 -19,193,000 -1,160,000 -20,395,000 -24,969,000 -77,170,000 -14,062,000 -28,941,000 -23,497,000   -15,506,000 -13,824,000 6,382,750 -1,131,000 10,150,000 17,266,000 -1,117,000 4,079,000 -4,166,000 -4,241,000 
      net income
    		135,873,000 159,472,000 117,522,000 122,924,000 142,927,000 151,398,000 117,861,000 131,274,000 138,437,000 122,043,000 132,352,000 144,829,000 92,416,000 120,905,000 133,146,000 219,567,000 206,565,000 209,943,000 157,789,000 228,955,000 201,091,000 127,492,000 105,553,000 82,001,000 147,173,000 70,872,000 72,513,000 79,213,000 193,236,000 68,993,000 103,281,000 82,048,000 247,395,000 56,141,000 68,562,000 174,749,000 66,417,000 47,541,000 15,893,000 47,454,000 72,450,000 47,927,000 53,092,000 61,465,000 87,949,000 17,685,000 31,781,000 41,391,000 28,552,000 27,394,000 34,435,000 58,722,000 26,384,000 41,797,000 37,639,000 48,315,000 44,550,000 35,015,000 26,738,000 39,929,000 36,769,000 18,680,000 40,227,000 31,325,000 34,571,000 30,562,000 23,580,000 34,380,000 9,528,000 14,639,000 31,397,000 41,519,000 166,799,000 28,170,000 15,118,000 37,642,000 770,000 3,365,000 25,450,000 24,194,000 -37,718,750 -9,634,000 13,705,000 -156,121,000 26,244,000 12,576,000 46,360,000 28,519,000 
      yoy
    		-4.94% 5.33% -0.29% -6.36% 3.24% 24.05% -10.95% -9.36% 49.80% 0.94% -0.60% -34.04% -55.26% -42.41% -15.62% -4.10% 2.72% 64.67% 49.49% 179.21% 36.64% 79.89% 45.56% 3.52% -23.84% 2.72% -29.79% -3.46% -21.89% 22.89% 50.64% -53.05% 272.49% 18.09% 331.40% 268.25% -8.33% -0.81% -70.07% -22.80% -17.62% 171.00% 67.06% 48.50% 208.03% -35.44% -7.71% -29.51% 8.22% -34.46% -8.51% 21.54% -40.78% 19.37% 40.77% 21.00% 21.16% 87.45% -33.53% 27.47% 6.36% -38.88% 70.60% -8.89% 262.84% 108.77% -24.90% -17.19% -94.29% -48.03% 107.68% 10.30% 21562.21% 737.15% -40.60% 55.58% -102.04% -134.93% 85.70% -115.50% -243.72% -176.61% -70.44% -647.43%     
      qoq
    		-14.80% 35.70% -4.39% -14.00% -5.60% 28.45% -10.22% -5.17% 13.43% -7.79% -8.61% 56.71% -23.56% -9.19% -39.36% 6.29% -1.61% 33.05% -31.08% 13.86% 57.73% 20.78% 28.72% -44.28% 107.66% -2.26% -8.46% -59.01% 180.08% -33.20% 25.88% -66.84% 340.67% -18.12% -60.77% 163.11% 39.70% 199.13% -66.51% -34.50% 51.17% -9.73% -13.62% -30.11% 397.31% -44.35% -23.22% 44.97% 4.23% -20.45% -41.36% 122.57% -36.88% 11.05% -22.10% 8.45% 27.23% 30.96% -33.04% 8.59% 96.84% -53.56% 28.42% -9.39% 13.12% 29.61% -31.41% 260.83% -34.91% -53.37% -24.38% -75.11% 492.12% 86.33% -59.84% 4788.57% -77.12% -86.78% 5.19% -164.14% 291.52% -170.30% -108.78% -694.88% 108.68% -72.87% 62.56%  
      net income margin %
    		Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 12.97% 10.33% 30.44% 7.68% 8.87% 22.47% 8.21% 6.59% 2.11% 6.33% 9.42% 6.71% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% -Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% Infinity% 
      net income attributable to noncontrolling interests
    		-65,000 -76,000 -49,000 -59,000  -44,000 -34,000 27,000 -42,000 -72,000 -164,000 -66,000 -111,000 -55,000 -476,000 -54,000 -65,000 -88,000 -84,000 -76,000 -48,000 -77,000 -45,000  -21,000 -80,000 -184,000 110,000   -42,000 -60,000 -79,000 23,000 -81,000 -47,000   -273,000 -9,000 -96,000 -479,000 -497,000 -90,000 -155,000 -34,000 -5,859,000 -289,000 -2,719,000 -615,000 -820,000 -1,102,000   -563,000 -290,000    -1,165,000       -476,000                      
      net income attributable to common stockholders
    		135,808,000 159,396,000 117,473,000 122,865,000 142,880,000 151,354,000 117,827,000 131,301,000 138,395,000 121,971,000 132,188,000 144,763,000 92,305,000 120,850,000 132,670,000 219,513,000 206,500,000 209,855,000 157,705,000 228,879,000 201,043,000 127,415,000 105,508,000 81,941,000 147,152,000 70,792,000 72,329,000 79,323,000 193,046,000 68,935,000 103,239,000 81,988,000 247,316,000 56,164,000 68,481,000 174,702,000 66,246,000 47,727,000 15,620,000 47,445,000 72,354,000 47,448,000 52,595,000 61,375,000 87,794,000 17,651,000 25,922,000 41,102,000 25,833,000 26,779,000 33,615,000 57,620,000 26,383,000 41,062,000 37,076,000 48,025,000 44,550,000 35,496,000 26,093,000 38,764,000 36,455,000 18,765,000 40,285,000 30,912,000 34,302,000 31,162,000 23,104,000 34,530,000                     
      basic earnings per share:
    		                                                                                        
      basic weighted-average number of shares
    		139,025 141,603 140,318 141,897 144,116 145,271 144,706 146,266 150,565 150,630 151,233 153,125 157,713 156,781 158,705 161,328 167,542 167,417 168,450 169,918 176,709 175,982 177,902 180,854 182,246 182,551 182,369 181,696 182,447 180,858 182,637 185,130 187,630 187,435 187,597 188,260 193,086 193,274 193,806 194,924 200,356 199,310 202,466 203,510 210,741 210,820 212,390 212,838 211,811 211,954 211,821 211,380 215,712 214,914 215,898 220,132 234,242 232,917 238,498 239,772 248,871 246,214 251,763 254,400 251,709 251,765 250,977 250,134 257,477 256,788 259,034 260,805 284,966 284,511 290,577 293,096 292,859 291,662 293,409 294,308 302,213 297,421 302,363 313,490  336,590 307,988 303,018 
      diluted earnings per share:
    		                                                                                        
      diluted weighted-average number of shares
    		139,928 142,689 141,424 142,992 145,292 146,782 146,223 147,913 152,351 152,289 153,132 155,300 160,131 159,100 161,290 163,807 170,114 170,005 170,863 172,367 178,990 178,140 179,666 183,585 185,523 185,843 185,690 185,317 186,972 185,460 187,188 189,923 192,246 192,243 192,138 192,867 196,042 196,567 196,718 198,030 204,450 203,444 206,746 207,752 214,200 213,010 215,989 217,231 216,014 216,370 215,946 215,208 219,066 218,460 218,906 223,212 236,669 235,513 241,435 242,052 250,602 247,523 253,583 256,154 252,484 253,048 251,130 250,309 260,446 259,835 262,575 264,830 290,444 289,597 296,124 298,621 297,371 295,918 297,501 298,678 306,745 297,421 306,404 317,751  340,215 312,725 353,088 
      restructuring charge
    		  -405,000 -1,575,000                                                                                     
      losses on early extinguishment of debt
    		      -25,000    -54,000 -1,060,000   -1,225,000    -5,226,000   -18,278,000 -11,000   -9,058,000                               -876,000 -1,355,000 -1,835,000                              
      net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests
    		    -47,000                   -60,000     -40,000 -58,000       -24,000 186,000               -397,000 -735,000     -645,000  -314,000 85,000 58,000 -413,000 -269,000 600,000  150,000                     
      overhead and other incomes
    		        -189,470,000 -259,252,000 -248,913,000 -249,715,000 -262,496,000 -267,428,000 -243,927,000                                                                          
      benefit from income taxes
    		        -32,385,750 -39,585,000 -42,929,000 -47,029,000 -29,669,000 -37,521,000 -45,173,000              67,224,000 -17,043,000 -16,034,000 -28,321,000 113,759,000 -10,437,000 -32,956,000 76,223,000            -22,707,000         -28,223,000 -9,027,000                               
      loss on early extinguishment of debt
    		                       -139,000   -7,579,000  -2,532,750   -10,131,000     -5,625,750 -25,000 -21,898,000 -581,000 -1,729,500 -6,918,000                  -314,000             -506,000  -12,122,000 -2,358,000     -3,564,500  -13,051,000 -1,207,000     
      revenue:
    		                                                                                        
      costs and expenses:
    		                                                                                        
      total costs and expenses
    		                        -459,328,250 -609,509,000 -621,426,000 -606,378,000 -610,551,000 -612,616,000                                                           
      operating profit
    		                        135,678,000 159,732,000 191,146,000 191,834,000 210,263,000 166,170,000 188,127,000 195,762,000 211,877,000 149,702,000 183,445,000 177,165,000                                                     
      general and administrative expenses
    		                        -25,326,500 -29,406,000 -29,370,000 -42,530,000 -38,509,000 -41,070,000 -31,136,000 -34,784,000 -32,116,000 -39,213,000 -40,590,000 -42,504,000 -35,062,000 -26,916,000 -36,260,000 -37,508,000 -31,407,000 -28,158,000 -33,568,000 -35,055,000 -42,992,000 -39,748,000 -46,127,000 -56,010,000 -59,344,000 -33,764,000 -31,162,000 -30,866,000 -41,978,000 -26,410,000 -29,558,000 -25,959,000 -26,479,000 -23,863,000 -24,685,000 -28,833,000 -23,654,000 -26,860,000 -26,974,000 -26,201,000 -33,077,000 -20,961,000 -26,466,000 -21,786,000 -24,607,000 -16,107,000 -21,658,000 -25,075,000 -39,652,000 -32,074,000 -30,281,000 -35,399,000 -31,015,000 -20,956,000 -20,922,000 -22,007,000 -22,849,000 -19,753,000 -22,494,000 -19,716,000 -30,549,000 -25,298,000 -24,028,000 -51,021,000 
      hurricane expenses
    		                        -139,500 -262,000   340,000 -767,000                                                           
      hurricane recoveries (expenses)
    		                          152,000                                                              
      hurricane (expenses) recoveries
    		                           -448,000   -1,902,000                                                          
      dividends declared per share
    		                            0.128 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.12 0.12 0.12 0.1 0.1 0.09 0.09 0.08 0.08 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.06 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025 0.025      
      costs and expenses
    		                              -607,965,000 -598,720,000 -600,856,000 -581,644,000 -589,797,000 -600,545,000 -598,278,000 -580,722,000 -590,339,000 -587,775,000 -584,062,000 -572,581,000 -587,624,000 -570,168,000 -578,032,000 -570,016,000 -590,882,000 -580,741,000 -520,505,000 -493,872,000 -499,684,000 -492,752,000 -481,221,000 -459,911,000 -469,183,000 -474,939,000 -456,551,000 -465,949,000 -461,751,000 -453,253,000 -446,280,000 -430,518,000 -445,975,000 -418,556,000 -413,683,000 -396,054,000 -412,124,000 -410,475,000 -425,205,000 -434,370,000 -441,422,000 -435,854,000 -451,457,000 -436,814,000 -462,131,000 -466,401,000 -371,920,000 -328,308,000 -348,208,000 -355,995,000 -359,102,000 -348,094,000 -364,849,000 -355,136,000 -2,691,586,000 335,083,000 358,673,000 475,567,000 
      hurricane recoveries
    		                               2,232,000                                                         
      hurricane expenses, net of insurance proceeds
    		                                -322,500 -1,290,000                                                       
      other expense
    		                                  -7,000 -434,000   -535,000 -211,000                        -1,884,000    -1,546,000 432,000 -805,000                   
      net income from continuing operations
    		                                    27,722,000 47,541,000 15,893,000  40,718,500 47,927,000 53,482,000 61,465,000 22,502,750 16,801,000 31,959,000                                          
      net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
    		                                          -390,000                                              
      losses on divestitures and impairment charges
    		                                      -30,641,000 -347,000    -1,779,000    -2,812,000    -969,000    -490,000    -420,000                             
      net income from discontinued operations, net of tax
    		                                            1,340,000 884,000 -178,000                                          
      revenues
    		                                          754,354,000 748,117,000 783,443,000 718,314,000 746,746,000 747,123,000 668,574,000 609,951,000 625,505,000 652,352,000 629,421,000 581,182,000 597,372,000 602,506,000 586,568,000 572,999,000 576,774,000 579,699,000 571,251,000 533,165,000 555,273,000 530,863,000 531,759,000 497,217,000 513,949,000 510,595,000 516,950,000 516,439,000 548,782,000 573,451,000 572,922,000 539,334,000 565,492,000 607,555,000 473,818,000 400,334,000 431,345,000 441,798,000 430,084,000 406,369,000 440,236,000 452,923,000 437,782,000 403,352,000 432,057,000 589,618,000 
      gross profits
    		                                          166,730,000 177,949,000 205,411,000 148,298,000 155,864,000 166,382,000 148,069,000 116,079,000 125,821,000 159,600,000 148,200,000 121,271,000 128,189,000 127,567,000 130,017,000 107,050,000 115,023,000 126,446,000                            114,051,000 
      gains on early extinguishment of debt
    		                                              -29,158,000    468,000          -43,000 -9,066,000                           
      net income (income) attributable to noncontrolling interests
    		                                                        -332,250 481,000                               
      basic earnings per share
    		                                                            0.09 0.08 0.16 0.12                         
      diluted earnings per share
    		                                                            0.09 0.08 0.16 0.12                         
      gain on early extinguishment of debt
    		                                                              -291,000  -776,000 482,000 1,830,000 1,610,000                   -16,770,000  
      loss on divestitures and impairment charges
    		                                                                -320,000 -2,221,000      -12,046,000                 
      hurricane expense
    		                                                                    1,200,000 -4,313,000                   
      other operating income
    		                                                                      1,691,000             -1,600,000 -6,516,000  6,932,000  
      interest income
    		                                                                468,000 584,000 585,000 703,000 1,024,000 996,000   3,401,000 4,254,000 2,478,000 1,592,000 10,149,000 8,259,000 6,782,000 5,981,000         
      income from continuing operations before income taxes
    		                                                                54,840,000 49,965,000 39,902,000 54,661,000 28,721,000 15,799,000 52,169,000 66,473,000 35,742,750 42,907,000 41,850,000 58,214,000             
      income from continuing operations
    		                                                                34,571,000 30,562,000 23,580,000 34,380,000 9,528,000 14,639,000 31,774,000 41,504,000 19,117,750 28,845,000 12,909,000 34,717,000             
      loss from discontinued operations
    		                                                                                        
      income from continuing operations attributable to common stockholders
    		                                                                0.14 0.12 0.09 0.14                     
      gain on divestitures and impairment charges
    		                                                                  -6,289,000 7,230,000 -7,180,750 -12,819,000 -3,858,000                  
      other operating expense
    		                                                                       -1,106,000        -2,884,000         
      income from discontinued operations
    		                                                                      -377,000 15,000 -47,000 -675,000 2,209,000 2,925,000 4,177,000 -32,000 -183,000 -55,000 298,000 -463,000  -650,000 8,387,000 284,000 34,337,000  
      equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
    		                                                                        27,877,000 2,460,000 5,559,000              
      income from discontinued operations, net of tax
    		                                                                          0.01 0.01         0.028  0.11  
      gains on dispositions and impairment charges
    		                                                                        9,971,000 4,886,000 9,743,000 -7,680,000 -20,542,000 -30,750,000 -2,881,000 -4,510,000         
      income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effect of accounting change
    		                                                                            22,980,250 8,025,000 41,139,000 38,073,000         
      benefit for income taxes
    		                                                                            -8,935,000 -4,628,000           
      income from continuing operations before cumulative effect of accounting change
    		                                                                            14,002,750 3,397,000 25,633,000 24,249,000         
      cumulative effect of accounting change
    		                                                                                        
      cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax
    		                                                                                        
      gains and impairment (losses) on dispositions
    		                                                                                2,566,000 -27,446,000 4,528,000 -3,962,000 -7,390,000 -3,281,000 696,000 35,603,000 
      income from continuing operations before income taxes and cumulative effects of accounting changes
    		                                                                                32,438,000 -10,302,000 23,855,000 49,333,000 15,125,000 16,371,000 7,857,000  
      income from continuing operations before cumulative effects of accounting changes
    		                                                                                -32,837,999.81 -9,171,000 13,705,000 32,067,000 16,870,000 12,292,000 12,023,000  
      cumulative effects of accounting changes
    		                                                                                   -187,538,000 987,000   -48,061,000 
      cumulative effects of accounting changes, net of tax
    		                                                                                   -0.6 -0.038   -0.16 
      income before income taxes and cumulative effects of accounting changes
    		                                                                                       72,339,000 
      income before cumulative effects of accounting changes
    		                                                                                       76,580,000 
    Balance Sheets:
    Quarterly
    Annual
      Unit: USD2026-03-31 2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-09-30 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 
                                                                                              
        assets
      		                                                                                        
        current assets:
      		                                                                                        
        cash and cash equivalents
      		257,959,000 243,581,000 241,339,000 255,386,000 227,159,000 218,766,000 185,420,000 205,595,000 221,557,000 172,710,000 172,516,000 157,831,000 191,938,000 167,965,000 206,242,000 300,556,000 268,626,000 406,947,000 436,796,000 243,726,000 230,857,000 220,304,000 222,234,000 176,261,000 186,276,000 194,654,000 243,684,000 153,694,000 198,850,000 158,301,000 164,460,000 219,507,000 330,039,000 267,956,000 224,889,000 238,254,000 194,986,000 177,571,000 171,788,000 213,505,000 134,599,000 141,950,000 199,096,000 217,129,000 177,335,000 266,259,000 140,515,000 148,619,000 144,873,000 182,592,000 221,086,000 188,546,000 92,708,000 151,547,000 105,343,000 113,831,000 128,569,000 127,037,000 132,994,000 210,307,000 170,846,000 135,813,000 152,242,000 180,474,000 179,745,000 233,485,000 170,389,000 215,971,000 128,397,000 171,903,000 104,700,000 132,475,000 168,594,000 287,738,000 222,785,000 78,093,000 39,880,000 636,633,000 529,171,000 490,408,000 446,782,000 492,059,000 319,955,000 320,493,000 287,785,000 318,045,000 340,884,000 498,911,000 
        receivables, net of reserves of 3,725 and 3,944, respectively
      		100,255,000                                                                                        
        inventories
      		38,414,000 35,246,000 31,641,000 32,406,000 33,307,000 33,318,000 34,571,000 35,126,000 33,597,000 34,190,000 34,599,000 35,200,000 31,740,000 31,595,000 30,070,000 28,654,000 25,935,000 24,646,000 25,036,000 25,945,000 23,929,000 25,830,000 25,965,000 27,891,000 25,118,000 26,645,000 25,669,000 25,219,000 24,950,000 26,061,000 26,095,000 26,955,000 25,378,000 27,161,000 27,333,000 27,375,000 26,431,000 28,526,000 28,568,000 28,612,000 27,835,000 29,557,000 29,846,000 30,181,000 29,697,000 32,471,000 33,453,000 34,508,000 34,565,000 24,612,000 24,280,000 25,556,000 24,560,000 25,132,000 25,497,000 25,438,000 25,513,000 26,494,000 27,017,000 34,245,000 34,770,000 33,713,000 33,155,000 33,737,000 31,117,000 30,717,000 31,111,000 31,221,000 31,603,000 32,635,000 33,008,000 33,747,000 36,203,000 37,898,000 39,017,000 39,602,000 39,535,000 47,747,000 64,938,000 67,256,000 68,327,000 66,158,000 82,987,000 86,312,000 81,526,000 86,951,000 75,462,000 78,898,000 
        income tax receivable
      		22,202,000  18,758,000 19,356,000 1,230,000 3,775,000 52,487,000 86,674,000 122,183,000 131,152,000                                                            95,303,000                   
        other
      		28,912,000 32,551,000 34,219,000 41,908,000 34,197,000 27,130,000 35,661,000 32,093,000 23,010,000 31,631,000 31,789,000 32,219,000 39,487,000 52,315,000 31,979,000 26,488,000 40,448,000 40,274,000 34,770,000 28,224,000 28,427,000 39,944,000 58,474,000 80,252,000 80,488,000 24,922,000 42,603,000 29,328,000 33,607,000 32,107,000 25,894,000 27,463,000 35,575,000 32,340,000 30,396,000 38,182,000 34,524,000 64,460,000 53,455,000 27,523,000 55,513,000 67,458,000 40,036,000 54,234,000 79,601,000 47,445,000 45,192,000 41,848,000 64,767,000 28,963,000 25,221,000 24,858,000 20,546,000 25,777,000 22,618,000 24,400,000 25,803,000 21,458,000 22,908,000 17,966,000 27,194,000 32,049,000 23,909,000 17,484,000 21,640,000 20,189,000 29,955,000 23,952,000 18,515,000 15,205,000 27,480,000 31,881,000 27,261,000 34,578,000 37,363,000 39,304,000 43,162,000 29,664,000 30,847,000 31,017,000 37,527,000 52,176,000 39,616,000 34,510,000 50,945,000 171,957,000 173,981,000 135,010,000 
        total current assets
      		447,742,000 411,793,000 419,716,000 434,141,000 392,044,000 377,330,000 389,094,000 449,342,000 498,286,000 453,801,000 322,916,000 326,114,000 359,846,000 338,346,000 361,770,000 458,732,000 441,060,000 571,863,000 586,574,000 387,485,000 376,152,000 366,058,000 383,636,000 359,468,000 373,553,000 352,179,000 394,217,000 290,052,000 331,232,000 300,487,000 308,943,000 351,005,000 481,296,000 404,883,000 354,869,000 390,757,000 354,396,000 344,850,000 332,602,000 352,881,000 308,409,000 320,742,000 361,170,000 409,938,000 396,856,000 467,699,000 355,701,000 376,004,000 393,747,000 357,970,000 404,047,000 374,748,000 286,199,000 333,489,000 282,659,000 298,118,000 328,093,000 308,430,000 328,673,000 400,035,000 381,918,000 344,495,000 345,737,000 378,316,000 377,461,000 437,303,000 387,372,000 430,638,000 355,510,000 480,280,000 331,111,000 378,279,000 421,327,000 469,672,000 406,785,000 268,136,000 238,337,000 776,815,000 687,395,000 665,081,000  705,658,000 557,592,000 543,317,000 533,497,000 701,175,000 708,862,000 848,809,000 
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 34,639 and 34,680, respectively, and trust investments
      		7,264,446,000                                                                                        
        cemetery property
      		2,226,549,000 2,201,967,000 2,177,777,000 2,153,281,000 2,135,601,000 2,129,404,000 2,113,801,000 2,039,397,000 2,020,846,000 1,988,636,000 1,961,789,000 1,948,809,000 1,939,816,000 1,912,232,000 1,899,554,000 1,890,932,000 1,900,844,000 1,865,480,000 1,862,309,000 1,865,261,000 1,879,340,000 1,882,849,000 1,882,890,000 1,879,960,000 1,873,602,000 1,870,213,000 1,834,745,000 1,840,782,000 1,837,464,000 1,835,761,000 1,826,448,000 1,794,070,000 1,791,989,000 1,792,843,000 1,784,585,000 1,782,731,000 1,776,935,000 1,763,616,000 1,757,740,000 1,754,024,000 1,753,015,000 1,745,939,000 1,743,950,000                                              
        property and equipment
      		2,790,176,000 2,751,761,000 2,679,206,000 2,626,199,000 2,587,473,000 2,581,069,000 2,564,241,000 2,480,096,000 2,480,099,000 2,442,085,000 2,402,380,000 2,372,563,000 2,350,549,000 2,297,950,000 2,268,215,000 2,254,916,000 2,252,158,000 2,160,717,000 2,150,623,000 2,136,826,000 2,133,664,000 2,113,077,000 2,098,196,000 2,057,893,000 2,065,433,000 2,039,656,000 2,027,417,000 1,993,346,000 1,977,364,000 1,960,329,000 1,915,408,000 1,890,475,000 1,873,044,000 1,859,408,000 1,828,532,000 1,810,347,000 1,827,587,000 1,834,107,000 1,831,102,000 1,841,013,000 1,846,722,000 1,851,264,000 1,846,579,000 1,845,506,000 1,861,403,000 1,872,162,000 1,883,249,000 1,887,019,000 1,922,961,000 1,623,187,000 1,623,701,000 1,635,118,000 1,641,101,000 1,632,676,000 1,618,672,000 1,619,157,000 1,618,361,000 1,627,799,000 1,636,787,000 1,633,168,000 1,627,698,000 1,620,484,000 1,657,873,000 1,670,194,000 1,591,074,000 1,546,670,000 1,549,955,000 1,565,797,000  1,566,689,000 1,559,090,000 1,556,251,000  1,577,514,000 1,605,899,000              
        goodwill
      		2,173,354,000 2,169,055,000 2,146,617,000 2,095,945,000 2,086,093,000 2,081,015,000 2,084,790,000 1,992,032,000 1,977,186,000 1,964,687,000 1,959,042,000 1,948,014,000 1,945,588,000 1,907,169,000 1,913,448,000 1,916,965,000 1,915,082,000 1,884,189,000 1,884,806,000 1,882,513,000 1,880,007,000 1,867,885,000 1,865,401,000 1,861,454,000 1,864,223,000 1,844,884,000 1,846,627,000 1,859,194,000 1,863,842,000 1,854,167,000 1,850,972,000 1,819,134,000 1,805,981,000 1,807,816,000 1,804,493,000 1,805,590,000 1,799,081,000 1,801,893,000 1,801,645,000 1,800,522,000 1,796,340,000 1,799,939,000 1,811,842,000 1,811,067,000 1,810,853,000 1,898,885,000 1,897,845,000 1,978,621,000 1,922,102,000 1,377,946,000 1,374,374,000 1,379,303,000 1,382,410,000 1,366,075,000 1,354,259,000 1,358,182,000 1,361,493,000 1,337,587,000 1,378,076,000 1,313,671,000 1,307,484,000 1,288,261,000 1,284,114,000 1,307,560,000 1,201,332,000 1,175,528,000 1,171,695,000 1,172,645,000 1,178,969,000 1,216,748,000 1,227,624,000 1,226,524,000 1,198,153,000 1,268,493,000 1,260,587,000 1,291,141,000 1,264,272,000 1,083,563,000 1,118,119,000 1,122,205,000 1,123,888,000 1,140,509,000 1,150,143,000 1,162,215,000 1,169,040,000 1,167,092,000 1,160,341,000 1,167,579,000 
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,636 and 2,460, respectively
      		1,307,041,000                                                                                        
        cemetery perpetual care trust investments
      		2,365,441,000 2,398,613,000 2,374,391,000 2,277,115,000 2,126,124,000 2,154,032,000 2,162,902,000 2,034,432,000 1,939,241,000 1,778,882,000 1,838,707,000 1,774,489,000 1,702,313,000 1,607,502,000 1,681,703,000 1,894,068,000 1,996,898,000 1,950,630,000 1,966,279,000 1,881,728,000 1,820,489,000 1,671,052,000 1,599,599,000 1,417,652,000 1,681,149,000 1,615,779,000 1,624,709,000 1,573,903,000 1,477,798,000 1,596,542,000 1,562,659,000 1,497,220,000 1,532,167,000 1,490,201,000 1,465,563,000 1,440,935,000 1,407,465,000 1,395,403,000 1,363,428,000 1,334,165,000 1,319,427,000 1,304,219,000 1,347,753,000 1,357,401,000 1,341,376,000 1,381,549,000 1,405,074,000 1,342,589,000 1,347,622,000 1,120,726,000 1,109,249,000 1,128,284,000 1,099,580,000 1,091,083,000 1,057,261,000 1,050,081,000 1,016,506,000 974,266,000 1,018,188,000 1,022,420,000 987,019,000 962,758,000 914,664,000 919,948,000 889,689,000 848,159,000 767,740,000 697,535,000 744,758,000 813,857,000 863,284,000 874,688,000 905,744,000 916,629,000 958,947,000 915,951,000 893,931,000 681,924,000 693,781,000 697,871,000 700,382,000 701,382,000 722,947,000 707,594,000 729,048,000 699,888,000 699,591,000 703,996,000 
        total assets
      		18,574,749,000 18,654,512,000 18,361,776,000 17,980,205,000 17,316,088,000 17,379,438,000 17,406,351,000 16,695,094,000 16,355,400,000 15,683,137,000 15,678,561,000 15,343,912,000 15,066,037,000 14,491,529,000 14,701,961,000 15,457,134,000 15,691,178,000 15,370,191,000 15,344,449,000 14,788,260,000 14,515,425,000 13,787,140,000 13,487,930,000 12,715,258,000 13,677,430,000 13,316,321,000 13,360,343,000 13,079,061,000 12,693,243,000 13,070,234,000 12,860,037,000 12,429,008,000 12,864,503,000 12,625,198,000 12,388,284,000 12,259,166,000 12,038,149,000 12,051,476,000 11,875,492,000 11,756,131,000 11,718,888,000 11,653,121,000 11,924,835,000 11,958,377,000 11,923,644,000 12,330,231,000 12,857,178,000 12,905,611,000 12,906,070,000 10,389,362,000 9,855,049,000 9,882,053,000 9,683,568,000 9,633,894,000 9,425,344,000 9,475,425,000 9,327,812,000 9,171,306,000 9,513,071,000 9,320,246,000 9,190,540,000 8,950,497,000 8,806,027,000                    7,742,080,000      
        liabilities & equity
      		                                                                                        
        current liabilities:
      		                                                                                        
        accounts payable and accrued liabilities
      		728,493,000 685,156,000 684,873,000 651,283,000 641,762,000 639,274,000 658,837,000 662,711,000 685,699,000 641,757,000 626,744,000 659,112,000 707,488,000 641,400,000 635,536,000 645,125,000 659,494,000 623,348,000 594,778,000 550,072,000 575,948,000 524,691,000 460,718,000 474,994,000 478,545,000 493,890,000 447,388,000 520,187,000 479,768,000 482,357,000 443,153,000 469,159,000 489,172,000 494,020,000 441,396,000 477,002,000 439,936,000 447,313,000 410,141,000 446,824,000 422,842,000 449,725,000 420,926,000 459,788,000 453,028,000 460,364,000 455,320,000 477,368,000 486,648,000 392,011,000 356,602,000 378,844,000 373,783,000 366,883,000 334,323,000 347,823,000 358,904,000 351,235,000 329,257,000 338,540,000 342,651,000 320,860,000 303,156,000 329,856,000 312,821,000 299,934,000 288,823,000 308,983,000 294,859,000 333,201,000 294,707,000 347,795,000 343,392,000 340,965,000 305,374,000 344,862,000 341,173,000 241,853,000 196,977,000 215,196,000 231,129,000 234,281,000 219,925,000 223,675,000 221,877,000 369,608,000 410,179,000 371,878,000 
        current maturities of long-term debt
      		57,300,000 56,847,000 67,284,000 61,910,000 87,690,000 83,850,000 84,349,000 63,437,000 63,341,000 62,646,000 61,341,000 71,358,000 90,661,000 63,510,000 63,240,000 63,863,000 65,016,000 65,811,000 66,460,000 217,062,000 228,352,000 95,862,000 87,267,000 85,885,000 69,821,000 69,527,000 167,084,000 68,554,000 69,896,000 68,806,000 95,623,000 89,249,000 337,337,000 76,314,000 70,725,000 63,606,000 89,974,000 89,531,000 90,104,000 57,413,000 95,181,000 95,045,000 290,016,000 90,960,000 90,931,000 109,266,000 101,436,000 105,705,000 146,362,000 36,647,000 36,412,000 37,315,000 31,429,000 31,289,000 30,500,000 28,415,000 23,554,000 23,685,000 23,392,000 22,693,000 22,502,000 22,319,000 26,838,000 28,622,000 49,957,000 26,061,000 27,971,000 55,897,000 27,104,000 56,271,000 51,289,000 38,558,000 36,594,000 156,466,000 103,837,000 99,202,000 46,176,000 30,629,000 30,414,000 36,055,000 20,468,000 88,272,000 90,770,000 75,936,000 75,075,000 59,025,000 58,810,000 371,692,000 
        income taxes payable
      		4,805,000 3,701,000   42,201,000 715,000   60,000 8,469,000 248,000 36,929,000 1,131,000 1,678,000 16,335,000 66,217,000 3,751,000 35,103,000 30,254,000 74,648,000 11,634,000 1,581,000 58,840,000 26,415,000 8,353,000   15,802,000 5,936,000 3,726,000 15,107,000 33,397,000 2,470,000 9,395,000 12,228,000 72,382,000 7,960,000 997,000 1,465,000 13,574,000 1,373,000                                        20,359,000        
        total current liabilities
      		790,598,000 745,704,000 752,157,000 713,193,000 771,653,000 723,839,000 743,186,000 726,148,000 749,100,000 712,872,000 688,333,000 767,399,000 799,280,000 706,588,000 715,111,000 775,205,000 728,261,000 724,262,000 691,492,000 841,782,000 815,934,000 622,134,000 606,825,000 587,294,000 556,719,000 563,417,000 614,472,000 604,543,000 555,600,000 554,889,000 553,883,000 591,805,000 828,979,000 579,729,000 524,349,000 612,990,000 537,870,000 537,841,000 501,710,000 517,811,000 519,396,000 546,638,000 725,265,000 588,022,000 552,008,000 585,778,000 564,932,000 591,224,000 642,584,000 431,761,000 394,728,000 425,532,000 412,104,000 404,694,000 370,595,000 389,782,000 385,608,000 377,877,000 354,055,000 365,419,000 366,627,000 343,583,000 334,012,000 364,124,000 365,515,000 328,243,000 319,545,000 366,587,000 326,782,000 389,730,000 346,459,000 386,613,000 426,440,000 542,822,000 434,937,000 447,897,000 407,947,000 295,309,000 248,405,000 269,454,000  323,243,000 313,643,000 303,763,000 311,913,000 445,286,000 479,473,000 754,861,000 
        long-term debt
      		5,105,516,000 5,082,970,000 4,962,355,000 4,976,111,000 4,738,245,000 4,751,448,000 4,743,679,000 4,613,200,000 4,649,155,000 4,511,533,000 4,452,373,000 4,327,787,000 4,251,083,000 4,127,411,000 3,954,475,000 3,962,944,000 3,901,304,000 3,759,974,000 3,772,448,000 3,439,102,000 3,514,182,000 3,584,506,000 3,573,709,000 3,535,754,000 3,513,530,000 3,466,769,000 3,464,902,000 3,409,196,000 3,532,182,000 3,542,314,000 3,493,669,000 3,316,695,000 3,135,316,000 3,292,816,000 3,290,944,000 3,224,653,000 3,196,616,000 3,181,694,000 3,113,179,000 3,076,342,000 3,071,738,000 3,046,414,000 2,769,861,000 2,962,676,000 2,963,794,000 2,958,500,000 3,050,367,000 3,133,925,000 3,155,548,000 2,257,103,000 1,920,383,000 1,913,382,000 1,916,621,000 1,882,834,000 1,869,264,000 1,858,984,000 1,861,116,000 1,863,899,000 1,812,202,000 1,830,090,000 1,832,380,000 1,798,542,000 1,835,661,000 1,858,465,000 1,840,532,000 1,717,507,000 1,727,092,000 1,788,670,000 1,821,404,000 1,835,838,000 1,828,511,000 1,840,398,000 1,820,106,000 1,779,830,000 1,837,318,000 1,768,552,000 1,912,696,000 1,265,213,000 1,265,263,000 1,271,828,000 1,175,463,000 1,172,513,000 1,172,525,000 1,172,139,000 1,178,885,000 1,235,691,000 1,238,792,000 1,319,373,000 
        deferred revenue
      		1,799,576,000 1,779,266,000 1,776,500,000 1,768,910,000 1,770,528,000 1,755,170,000 1,750,755,000 1,713,650,000 1,703,509,000 1,651,713,000 1,646,199,000 1,644,714,000 1,624,028,000 1,600,338,000 1,583,394,000 1,567,217,000 1,532,749,000 1,527,079,000 1,520,245,000 1,501,574,000 1,488,909,000 1,501,167,000 1,494,106,000 1,478,520,000 1,467,103,000 1,450,002,000 1,444,564,000 1,431,389,000 1,418,814,000 1,431,181,000 1,426,757,000 1,337,045,000 1,789,776,000 1,796,756,000 1,777,828,000                                                      
        deferred tax liability
      		698,346,000 691,033,000 680,428,000 655,564,000 652,025,000 649,195,000 655,486,000 640,336,000 638,106,000 611,676,000 453,589,000 444,484,000 445,040,000 447,433,000 437,010,000 436,459,000 437,902,000 429,491,000 439,844,000 438,263,000 437,308,000 444,686,000 433,021,000 431,010,000 421,482,000 416,366,000 404,230,000 408,323,000 404,627,000 372,929,000 367,036,000 341,272,000 283,765,000 451,273,000 442,528,000 446,086,000 454,638,000 459,162,000 467,364,000 470,715,000 470,584,000 452,610,000 436,602,000 440,257,000  620,098,000 597,432,000 586,991,000  530,670,000 517,583,000 507,091,000 471,198,000 449,228,000 432,491,000 414,810,000 405,615,000 379,930,000 353,141,000 344,885,000 323,304,000 303,982,000 293,969,000 276,717,000 246,730,000                        
        other liabilities
      		543,820,000 550,793,000 541,343,000 528,524,000 506,679,000 513,480,000 506,388,000 470,180,000 464,935,000 436,491,000 442,864,000 420,685,000 411,376,000 407,269,000 410,597,000 427,234,000 438,903,000 444,483,000 437,965,000 423,065,000 420,039,000 407,079,000 381,704,000 350,614,000 378,074,000 374,418,000 370,507,000 359,318,000 297,302,000 402,593,000 390,574,000 403,877,000 410,982,000 375,504,000 372,790,000 362,338,000 510,322,000 507,403,000 503,915,000 493,434,000 496,921,000 502,980,000 502,130,000 496,510,000 495,565,000 430,731,000 427,710,000 404,693,000 430,393,000 397,113,000 399,406,000 392,369,000 399,950,000 405,638,000 397,378,000 396,739,000 414,773,000 410,937,000 414,232,000 405,344,000 399,189,000 384,960,000 380,693,000 405,578,000 380,263,000 321,992,000 321,704,000 321,567,000 356,090,000 369,779,000 388,605,000 381,324,000 383,642,000 479,987,000 479,506,000 462,879,000 357,418,000 319,155,000 315,403,000 311,607,000 320,812,000 381,346,000 418,232,000 418,291,000 429,103,000 361,360,000 365,743,000 414,107,000 
        deferred receipts held in trust
      		5,709,204,000 5,784,398,000 5,717,725,000 5,507,354,000 5,109,978,000 5,162,525,000 5,225,878,000 4,909,180,000 4,670,884,000 4,351,637,000 4,513,278,000 4,347,600,000 4,163,520,000 3,921,886,000 4,085,657,000 4,574,762,000 4,766,492,000 4,606,817,000 4,608,554,000 4,422,331,000 4,272,382,000 3,813,644,000 3,644,212,000 3,165,686,000 3,839,376,000 3,656,158,000 3,693,355,000 3,598,213,000 3,371,738,000 3,687,394,000 3,594,222,000 3,431,781,000 3,475,430,000 3,399,644,000                                                       
        care trusts’ corpus
      		2,342,740,000 2,381,507,000 2,363,984,000 2,270,196,000 2,115,360,000 2,145,112,000 2,153,178,000 2,031,619,000 1,938,238,000 1,776,520,000 1,836,534,000 1,769,342,000 1,698,287,000 1,603,182,000 1,676,134,000 1,870,667,000 1,976,118,000 1,936,190,000 1,955,790,000 1,871,483,000 1,814,050,000 1,670,788,000 1,600,025,000 1,415,287,000 1,677,891,000 1,613,671,000 1,624,097,000 1,567,674,000 1,471,165,000 1,589,948,000 1,557,499,000 1,494,684,000 1,530,818,000 1,490,525,000 1,466,313,000 1,442,265,000 1,408,243,000 1,396,527,000 1,364,044,000 1,334,552,000 1,319,564,000 1,304,574,000 1,345,876,000 1,344,178,000 1,327,658,000 1,380,096,000 1,404,267,000 1,340,361,000 1,345,874,000 1,119,501,000 1,108,358,000 1,127,479,000 1,098,752,000 1,090,934,000 1,057,423,000 1,048,056,000 1,015,300,000 971,926,000 1,016,296,000 1,020,786,000 986,872,000 962,706,000 914,832,000 921,500,000 890,909,000 849,459,000 767,981,000 732,502,000 772,234,000                    
        commitments and contingencies
      		                                                                                        
        equity:
      		                                                                                        
        common stock
      		138,147,000 139,678,000 140,246,000 140,806,000 143,274,000  144,979,000 146,299,000  149,555,000 150,935,000 151,939,000 153,940,000 154,738,000 158,219,000 159,164,000 163,114,000 166,081,000 167,969,000 168,837,000 170,717,000 174,235,000 177,011,000 179,241,000 181,185,000 182,831,000 182,469,000 182,251,000 181,471,000 180,934,000 181,238,000 184,012,000 186,615,000 187,746,000 187,315,000 187,950,000 189,405,000 190,489,000 193,669,000 194,148,000 195,773,000 197,126,000 201,751,000 202,910,000 204,867,000 209,231,000 211,175,000 213,532,000 212,317,000 211,960,000 211,942,000 211,664,000 211,047,000 213,974,000 214,771,000 217,097,000 222,956,000 227,998,000 237,208,000 238,865,000 241,035,000 244,643,000 248,708,000 254,761,000 254,017,000 253,185,000 251,005,000 250,944,000 249,472,000 257,823,000 257,165,000 260,549,000 262,858,000 280,159,000 288,104,000 294,795,000 293,222,000 292,726,000 292,411,000 295,455,000 294,809,000 298,148,000 298,149,000 310,009,000 323,225,000 332,658,000 337,369,000 304,208,000 
        capital in excess of par value
      		981,975,000 987,210,000 980,594,000 967,329,000 980,463,000 986,830,000 972,511,000 952,344,000 937,596,000 950,739,000 955,602,000 953,368,000 958,329,000 951,247,000 968,455,000 957,161,000 979,096,000 989,834,000 984,791,000 975,232,000 981,934,000 992,072,000 1,002,988,000 1,010,639,000 1,010,361,000 1,015,525,000 998,794,000 988,978,000 972,710,000 962,041,000 954,128,000 961,744,000 970,468,000 971,131,000 958,434,000 968,194,000 990,203,000 1,015,271,000 1,046,061,000 1,063,892,000 1,092,106,000 1,115,738,000 1,158,121,000 1,165,894,000 1,186,304,000 1,218,332,000 1,233,232,000 1,251,573,000 1,259,348,000 1,282,667,000 1,293,863,000 1,297,949,000 1,307,058,000 1,337,014,000 1,354,236,000 1,378,589,000 1,430,330,000 1,471,599,000 1,539,664,000 1,568,606,000 1,603,112,000 1,637,828,000 1,672,942,000 1,727,226,000 1,735,493,000 1,721,253,000 1,720,182,000 1,727,214,000 1,733,814,000 1,810,368,000 1,814,724,000 1,847,057,000 1,874,600,000 2,000,324,000 2,063,246,000 2,138,808,000 2,135,649,000 2,140,795,000 2,145,516,000 2,174,541,000 2,182,745,000 2,216,952,000 2,224,940,000 2,313,322,000 2,395,057,000 2,451,512,000 2,476,263,000 2,285,199,000 
        retained earnings
      		458,980,000 498,958,000 440,061,000 437,752,000 534,032,000 553,701,000 492,294,000 475,545,000 432,454,000 514,811,000 513,979,000 499,567,000 544,384,000 559,631,000 679,052,000 678,932,000 727,021,000 746,019,000 714,073,000 662,271,000 560,731,000 556,495,000 561,882,000 562,549,000 601,903,000 553,610,000 535,173,000 508,578,000 474,327,000 313,720,000 314,669,000 333,864,000 210,364,000 33,140,000 28,858,000 5,369,000                                                     
        accumulated other comprehensive income
      		5,309,000 12,425,000    -7,221,000 17,391,000 16,414,000 24,891,000 15,326,000 24,621,000 16,837,000 16,538,000 11,586,000 33,627,000 47,493,000 40,214,000 39,961,000 51,305,000 44,371,000 39,366,000 20,270,000 12,400,000  29,864,000 23,527,000 27,792,000 20,646,000 13,395,000 32,167,000 26,217,000 32,125,000 41,943,000 46,661,000 30,090,000 19,656,000 16,492,000 24,274,000 29,289,000 28,871,000 6,164,000 16,501,000 44,668,000 36,797,000 59,414,000 77,823,000 90,759,000 77,215,000 88,441,000 101,949,000 94,457,000 106,205,000 111,717,000 116,831,000 103,328,000 111,612,000 105,852,000 99,552,000 122,684,000 124,270,000 112,768,000 101,903,000 94,637,000 110,969,000 97,142,000 82,893,000 57,907,000 28,896,000 36,649,000 119,500,000 135,443,000 130,484,000 152,590,000 161,318,000 113,894,000 76,704,000 72,298,000 80,228,000 81,460,000 70,169,000 70,499,000 69,295,000 25,524,000 26,977,000     
        total common stockholders’ equity
      		1,584,411,000 1,638,271,000 1,566,672,000 1,559,788,000 1,651,075,000 1,678,005,000 1,627,175,000 1,590,602,000 1,541,264,000 1,630,431,000 1,645,137,000 1,621,711,000 1,673,191,000 1,677,202,000 1,839,353,000 1,842,750,000 1,909,445,000 1,941,895,000 1,918,138,000 1,850,711,000 1,752,748,000 1,743,072,000 1,754,281,000 1,751,093,000 1,823,313,000 1,775,493,000 1,744,228,000 1,700,453,000 1,641,903,000 1,488,862,000 1,476,252,000 1,511,745,000 1,409,390,000 1,238,678,000 1,204,697,000 1,181,169,000 1,092,713,000 1,087,292,000 1,162,900,000 1,185,366,000 1,184,692,000 1,177,874,000 1,324,569,000 1,332,830,000 1,368,726,000 1,357,301,000 1,416,982,000 1,436,427,000 1,414,230,000 1,426,779,000 1,403,686,000 1,385,720,000 1,343,027,000 1,374,559,000 1,355,879,000 1,364,719,000 1,392,094,000 1,400,152,000 1,486,954,000 1,493,046,000 1,479,456,000 1,470,460,000 1,483,608,000 1,519,992,000 1,482,776,000 1,419,371,000 1,359,972,000 1,314,828,000                     
        noncontrolling interests
      		538,000 570,000 612,000 565,000 545,000 664,000 626,000 179,000 209,000 264,000 254,000 190,000 232,000 220,000 230,000 -104,000 4,000  -27,000 -51,000 -127,000 64,000 47,000  -58,000 27,000 -12,000 -48,000 -88,000 124,000 145,000 104,000 47,000 273,000 287,000 2,581,000 2,534,000 2,406,000 4,920,000 4,727,000 4,709,000 9,630,000 9,166,000 8,726,000 8,652,000 8,635,000 8,613,000  10,148,000 13,995,000 14,175,000 13,361,000 19,800,000 21,296,000 20,551,000 20,376,000 20,101,000 20,097,000 20,595,000 1,663,000 492,000 284,000 366,000 430,000 12,000 -380,000 221,000 -252,000                     
        total equity
      		1,584,949,000 1,638,841,000 1,567,284,000 1,560,353,000 1,651,620,000 1,678,669,000 1,627,801,000 1,590,781,000 1,541,473,000 1,630,695,000 1,645,391,000 1,621,901,000 1,673,423,000 1,677,422,000 1,839,583,000 1,842,646,000 1,909,449,000 1,941,895,000 1,918,111,000 1,850,660,000 1,752,621,000 1,743,136,000 1,754,328,000 1,751,093,000 1,823,255,000 1,775,520,000 1,744,216,000 1,700,405,000 1,641,815,000 1,488,986,000 1,476,397,000 1,511,849,000 1,409,437,000 1,238,951,000 1,204,984,000 1,183,750,000 1,095,247,000 1,089,698,000 1,167,820,000 1,190,093,000 1,189,401,000 1,187,504,000 1,333,735,000 1,341,556,000 1,377,378,000 1,365,936,000 1,425,595,000  1,424,378,000 1,440,774,000 1,417,861,000 1,399,081,000 1,362,827,000 1,395,855,000 1,376,430,000 1,385,095,000 1,412,195,000 1,420,249,000 1,507,549,000 1,494,709,000 1,479,948,000 1,470,744,000 1,483,974,000 1,520,422,000 1,482,788,000 1,418,991,000                       
        total liabilities and equity
      		18,574,749,000 18,654,512,000 18,361,776,000 17,980,205,000 17,316,088,000 17,379,438,000 17,406,351,000 16,695,094,000 16,355,400,000 15,683,137,000 15,678,561,000 15,343,912,000 15,066,037,000 14,491,529,000 14,701,961,000 15,457,134,000 15,691,178,000 15,370,191,000 15,344,449,000 14,788,260,000 14,515,425,000 13,787,140,000 13,487,930,000 12,715,258,000 13,677,430,000 13,316,321,000 13,360,343,000 13,079,061,000 12,693,243,000 13,070,234,000 12,860,037,000 12,429,008,000 12,864,503,000 12,625,198,000 12,388,284,000 12,259,166,000 12,038,149,000 12,051,476,000 11,875,492,000 11,756,131,000 11,718,888,000 11,653,121,000 11,924,835,000 11,958,377,000  12,330,231,000 12,857,178,000  12,906,070,000 10,389,362,000 9,855,049,000 9,882,053,000 9,683,568,000 9,633,894,000 9,425,344,000 9,475,425,000 9,327,812,000 9,171,306,000 9,513,071,000 9,320,246,000 9,190,540,000 8,950,497,000 8,806,027,000                          
        receivables, net of reserves of 3,944 and 4,040, respectively
      		 100,415,000                                                                                       
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 34,680 and 35,857, respectively, and trust investments
      		 7,360,793,000                                                                                       
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,460 and 2,367, respectively
      		 1,360,530,000                                                                                       
        receivables, net of reserves of 3,813 and 4,040, respectively
      		  93,759,000                                                                                      
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 35,819 and 35,857, respectively, and trust investments
      		  7,270,261,000                                                                                      
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,389 and 2,367, respectively
      		  1,293,808,000 1,328,228,000                                                                                     
        accumulated other comprehensive gain
      		  5,771,000 13,901,000                                                                                     
        receivables, net of reserves of 3,884 and 4,040, respectively
      		   85,085,000                                                                                     
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 35,582 and 35,857, respectively, and trust investments
      		   7,065,296,000                                                                                     
        receivables, net of reserves of 3,781 and 4,040, respectively
      		    96,151,000                                                                                    
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 36,184 and 35,857, respectively, and trust investments
      		    6,665,770,000                                                                                    
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,410 and 2,367, respectively
      		    1,322,983,000                                                                                    
        accumulated other comprehensive loss
      		    -6,694,000                                                                                -38,320,000 -54,505,000 -71,483,000 -64,162,000 
        receivables, net of reserves of 4,040 and 4,382, respectively
      		     94,341,000                                                                                   
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 35,857 and 32,475, respectively and trust investments
      		     6,739,332,000                                                                                   
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,367 and 2,345, respectively
      		     1,317,256,000                                                                                   
        common stock,1 per share par value, 500,000,000 shares authorized, 146,668,589 and 148,297,042 shares issued, respectively, and 144,694,887 and 146,323,340 shares outstanding, respectively
      		     144,695,000                                                                                   
        receivables, net of reserves of 4,022 and 4,382, respectively
      		      80,955,000                                                                                  
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 36,041 and 32,475, respectively, and trust investments
      		      6,766,755,000                                                                                  
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,392 and 2,345, respectively
      		      1,324,768,000                                                                                  
        receivables, net of reserves of 4,097 and 4,382, respectively
      		       89,854,000                                                                                 
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 34,394 and 32,475, respectively, and trust investments
      		       6,430,825,000                                                                                 
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,350 and 2,345, respectively
      		       1,268,970,000                                                                                 
        receivables, net of reserves of 4,382 and 6,186, respectively
      		        97,939,000                                                                                
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 32,475 and 27,314, respectively and trust investments
      		        6,191,912,000                                                                                
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,345 and 3,602, respectively
      		        1,247,830,000                                                                                
        common stock,1 per share par value,500,000,000 shares authorized, 148,297,042 and 156,088,438 shares issued, respectively, and 146,323,340 and 153,940,365 shares outstanding, respectively
      		        146,323,000                                                                                
        receivables, net of reserves of 4,224 and 6,186, respectively
      		         84,118,000                                                                               
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 30,215 and 27,314, respectively, and trust investments
      		         5,827,850,000                                                                               
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,520 and 3,602, respectively
      		         1,227,196,000                                                                               
        receivables, net of reserves of 4,423 and 6,186, respectively
      		          84,012,000                                                                              
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 28,674 and 27,314, respectively, and trust investments
      		          5,962,836,000                                                                              
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 1,989 and 3,602, respectively
      		          1,230,891,000                                                                              
        receivables, net of reserves of 5,112 and 6,186, respectively
      		           100,864,000                                                                             
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 28,353 and 27,314, respectively, and trust investments
      		           5,777,597,000                                                                             
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 2,577 and 3,602, respectively
      		           1,196,326,000                                                                             
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,186 and 6,338, respectively
      		            96,681,000                                                                            
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 27,314 and 20,727, respectively and trust investments
      		            5,577,499,000                                                                            
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 3,602 and 4,577, respectively
      		            1,190,426,000                                                                            
        receivables, net of reserves of 5,836 and 6,338, respectively
      		             86,471,000                                                                           
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 24,363 and 20,727, respectively, and trust investments
      		             5,278,066,000                                                                           
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 3,616 and 4,577, respectively
      		             1,150,264,000                                                                           
        receivables, net of reserves of 5,686 and 6,338, respectively
      		              93,479,000                                                                          
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 23,566 and 20,727, respectively, and trust investments
      		              5,418,621,000                                                                          
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 3,771 and 4,577, respectively
      		              1,158,650,000                                                                          
        receivables, net of reserves of 5,849 and 6,338, respectively
      		               103,034,000                                                                         
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 21,283 and 20,727, respectively, and trust investments
      		               5,870,456,000                                                                         
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 3,917 and 4,577, respectively
      		               1,171,065,000                                                                         
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,338 and 6,031, respectively
      		                106,051,000                                                                        
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 20,727 and 19,204, respectively and trust investments
      		                6,015,323,000                                                                        
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 4,577 and 6,902, respectively
      		                1,169,813,000                                                                        
        receivables, net of reserves of 5,803 and 6,031, respectively
      		                 99,996,000                                                                       
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 20,713 and 19,204, respectively, and trust investments
      		                 5,823,805,000                                                                       
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 5,044 and 6,902, respectively
      		                 1,113,507,000                                                                       
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,435 and 6,031, respectively
      		                  89,972,000                                                                      
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 20,421 and 19,204, respectively, and trust investments
      		                  5,785,651,000                                                                      
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 5,351 and 6,902, respectively
      		                  1,108,207,000                                                                      
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,498 and 6,031, respectively
      		                   89,590,000                                                                     
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 20,037 and 19,204, respectively, and trust investments
      		                   5,549,121,000                                                                     
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 6,297 and 6,902, respectively
      		                   1,085,326,000                                                                     
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,031 and 2,262, respectively
      		                    92,939,000                                                                    
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 19,204 and 41,142, respectively and trust investments
      		                    5,345,720,000                                                                    
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 6,902 and 8,374, respectively
      		                    1,080,053,000                                                                    
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,433 and 2,262, respectively
      		                     79,980,000                                                                   
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 19,332 and 41,142, respectively, and trust investments
      		                     4,835,434,000                                                                   
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 7,493 and 8,374, respectively
      		                     1,050,785,000                                                                   
        receivables, net of reserves of 6,006 and 2,262, respectively
      		                      76,963,000                                                                  
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 18,277 and 41,142, respectively, and trust investments
      		                      4,622,700,000                                                                  
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 8,245 and 8,374, respectively
      		                      1,035,508,000                                                                  
        receivables, net of reserves of 5,485 and 2,262, respectively
      		                       75,064,000                                                                 
        preneed receivables, net of reserves of 15,224 and 41,142, respectively, and trust investments
      		                       4,122,025,000                                                                 
        deferred charges and other assets, net of reserves of 8,867 and 8,374, respectively
      		                       1,016,806,000                                                                 
        accumulated other comprehensive (deficit) income
      		                       -1,336,000                                                                 
        receivables
      		                        81,671,000 74,031,000 82,261,000 81,811,000 73,825,000 84,018,000 92,494,000 77,080,000 90,304,000 77,426,000 72,251,000 86,946,000 98,455,000 74,293,000 78,791,000 83,241,000 90,462,000 81,777,000 92,192,000 108,394,000 109,050,000 92,719,000 102,257,000 105,813,000 105,899,000 78,990,000 90,678,000 92,955,000 105,521,000 92,811,000 91,040,000 96,376,000 103,892,000 89,899,000 101,616,000 93,209,000 107,185,000 88,554,000 83,646,000 91,769,000 92,228,000 71,829,000 74,949,000 78,612,000 96,145,000 90,469,000 90,936,000 104,434,000 113,793,000 104,054,000 102,107,000 103,218,000 107,194,000 59,114,000 62,439,000 76,400,000 97,747,000 82,306,000 115,034,000 102,002,000 102,156,000 118,414,000 118,535,000 135,990,000 
        preneed receivables, net and trust investments
      		                        4,789,562,000 4,568,636,000 4,613,523,000 4,498,502,000 4,271,392,000 4,568,470,000 4,454,346,000 4,199,414,000 4,778,842,000 4,677,585,000 4,572,522,000                                                      
        deferred charges and other assets
      		                        1,029,908,000 1,024,974,000 1,019,105,000 1,023,282,000 934,151,000 954,478,000 941,261,000 877,690,000 601,184,000 592,462,000 577,720,000 584,406,000 567,520,000 588,688,000 585,180,000 586,573,000 616,511,000 628,768,000 629,436,000 626,356,000 617,546,000 619,442,000 637,752,000 631,759,000 661,234,000 423,014,000 421,156,000 421,646,000 425,267,000 414,410,000 421,586,000 423,504,000 430,851,000 454,168,000 453,626,000 389,641,000 388,018,000 395,615,000 404,427,000 413,585,000 522,389,000 368,593,000 363,294,000 439,257,000 452,634,000 455,499,000 441,141,000 436,490,000 400,734,000 396,138,000 396,861,000 403,835,000 436,545,000 258,203,000 253,727,000 264,234,000 249,449,000 247,327,000 281,764,000 295,789,000 618,565,000 668,151,000 692,865,000 698,945,000 
        current tax receivable
      		                         31,927,000                                                               
        deferred preneed receipts held in trust
      		                                  3,308,548,000 3,226,020,000 3,103,796,000 3,125,162,000 3,020,407,000 2,968,592,000 2,973,386,000 2,932,684,000 3,137,017,000                                              
        preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments
      		                                   1,862,655,000 1,817,445,000 1,824,772,000 1,788,065,000 1,763,274,000 1,760,297,000 1,734,444,000 1,829,071,000 1,831,365,000 1,843,023,000 1,876,272,000 1,880,467,000 1,871,539,000 1,870,874,000 1,577,398,000 1,535,244,000 1,558,994,000 1,532,228,000 1,527,633,000 1,490,823,000 1,516,968,000 1,478,865,000 1,456,130,000 1,560,109,000 1,436,201,000 1,424,557,000 1,371,536,000 1,335,778,000 1,392,839,000 1,356,353,000 1,313,363,000 1,250,633,000 1,193,598,000                     
        preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments
      		                                   2,581,745,000 2,487,720,000 2,466,201,000 2,385,539,000 2,323,679,000 2,318,167,000 2,267,806,000 2,355,034,000 2,336,364,000 2,306,669,000 2,337,392,000 2,404,682,000 2,301,633,000 2,300,911,000 2,003,478,000 1,904,140,000 1,897,314,000 1,826,835,000 1,777,598,000 1,706,375,000 1,712,976,000 1,595,940,000 1,513,723,000 1,632,774,000 1,615,743,000 1,563,893,000 1,459,201,000 1,362,650,000 1,428,525,000 1,382,717,000 1,310,989,000 1,186,044,000 1,087,777,000                     
        deferred preneed funeral revenue
      		                                   580,676,000 581,280,000 571,885,000 562,889,000 560,300,000 557,897,000 548,211,000                                               
        deferred preneed cemetery revenue
      		                                   1,180,388,000 1,150,137,000 1,182,104,000 1,174,164,000 1,144,292,000 1,120,001,000 1,131,506,000                                               
        accumulated deficit
      		                                    -103,387,000 -142,742,000 -106,119,000 -101,545,000 -109,351,000 -151,491,000 -79,971,000 -72,771,000 -81,859,000 -148,085,000 -118,184,000 -105,893,000 -145,876,000 -169,797,000 -196,576,000 -230,098,000 -286,795,000 -293,260,000 -316,456,000 -342,579,000 -367,044,000 -398,997,000 -412,602,000 -438,695,000 -477,459,000 -513,914,000 -532,679,000 -572,964,000 -603,876,000 -637,960,000 -669,122,000 -692,226,000 -726,756,000 -736,284,000 -750,923,000 -771,775,000 -797,965,000 -865,496,000 -858,068,000 -856,765,000 -906,394,000 -907,164,000 -910,529,000 -931,780,000 -955,974,000 -980,119,000 -970,485,000 -980,485,000 -824,364,000 -850,608,000 -863,184,000 -909,544,000 
        assets held-for-sale
      		                                     31,946,000 30,191,000                                                  
        income taxes
      		                                         1,868,000 14,323,000 37,274,000 8,035,000 15,707,000 1,910,000 3,301,000 6,391,000 3,103,000 1,714,000 9,373,000 6,892,000 6,522,000 5,772,000 13,544,000 3,150,000 2,957,000 1,406,000 4,186,000 1,474,000 266,000 4,018,000 5,092,000 2,236,000 1,623,000 2,092,000 1,158,000 4,354,000  262,000 23,000 46,305,000 45,192,000 22,498,000  17,828,000 22,491,000 21,014,000 18,203,000  690,000 2,948,000 4,152,000 7,850,000 7,466,000 10,484,000 11,291,000 
        deferred preneed funeral revenues
      		                                          550,663,000 544,290,000 540,164,000 526,287,000 596,669,000 672,631,000 686,299,000 523,091,000 526,489,000 525,933,000 536,647,000 545,987,000 559,566,000 566,449,000 575,546,000 575,207,000 643,976,000 567,669,000 580,223,000 591,360,000 588,037,000 591,534,000 596,966,000 600,653,000 594,679,000 586,232,000 588,198,000 575,558,000 579,476,000 571,805,000 526,668,000 548,261,000 541,472,000 537,101,000 537,792,000 517,341,000 539,178,000 535,489,000 535,384,000 516,158,000 519,795,000 492,455,000 486,191,000 480,514,000 491,628,000 559,865,000 
        deferred preneed cemetery revenues
      		                                          1,123,686,000 1,082,968,000 1,062,381,000 1,087,241,000 1,017,848,000 986,538,000 923,155,000 895,893,000 899,846,000 876,553,000 861,148,000 868,085,000 865,301,000 857,064,000 833,303,000 835,121,000 842,060,000 832,235,000 813,493,000 819,950,000 826,757,000 820,546,000 817,543,000 812,390,000 811,496,000 804,205,000 771,117,000 778,861,000 765,275,000 760,511,000 753,876,000 697,120,000 735,098,000 750,989,000 754,193,000 726,125,000 777,717,000 783,520,000 792,485,000 789,143,000 839,679,000 809,581,000 801,065,000 874,298,000 878,125,000 922,144,000 
        cemetery property, at cost
      		                                           1,740,380,000 1,739,216,000 1,739,933,000 1,744,048,000 1,721,446,000 1,749,067,000 1,486,095,000 1,483,138,000 1,486,646,000 1,489,948,000 1,490,930,000 1,493,709,000 1,496,439,000 1,497,703,000 1,499,203,000 1,504,838,000 1,509,367,000 1,508,787,000 1,502,771,000 1,500,550,000 1,498,094,000 1,489,065,000 1,459,350,000 1,457,823,000 1,459,891,000 1,458,981,000 1,456,199,000 1,458,945,000 1,452,443,000 1,451,666,000 1,446,213,000 1,465,152,000 1,477,262,000 1,495,248,000 1,316,934,000 1,365,712,000 1,366,323,000 1,355,654,000 1,376,817,000 1,484,019,000 1,503,268,000 1,506,782,000 1,534,642,000 1,546,662,000 1,555,951,000 
        deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust
      		                                           3,157,920,000 3,148,884,000 3,234,074,000 3,330,960,000 3,245,629,000 3,250,586,000 2,793,456,000 2,670,395,000 2,714,633,000 2,624,321,000 2,590,639,000 2,496,896,000 2,558,446,000 2,424,356,000 2,336,160,000 2,569,560,000 2,459,109,000 2,408,074,000 2,272,087,000 2,147,443,000 2,280,140,000 2,201,403,000 2,103,825,000 1,936,470,000 1,848,853,000 1,817,665,000                    
        deferred tax assets
      		                                            1,128,000 28,369,000 28,262,000 39,476,000 39,074,000 42,813,000 42,782,000 42,833,000 42,864,000 38,222,000 38,161,000 38,073,000 44,316,000 43,542,000 44,138,000 44,308,000 41,371,000 53,254,000 52,270,000 52,355,000 51,534,000                        
        current assets of discontinued operations
      		                                              2,979,000                            2,480,000 2,282,000 2,236,000        11,085,000 5,808,000   
        current assets held for sale
      		                                            45,000 436,000 3,043,000 5,740,000 4,569,000            552,000 1,112,000 515,000 2,497,000 1,197,000 1,512,000 1,397,000 1,311,000 1,279,000 1,747,000 1,805,000 2,560,000 2,294,000 5,404,000 3,033,000 5,637,000 6,330,000 3,657,000    12,959,000       
        non-current assets of discontinued operations
      		                                              3,954,000                            380,579,000 383,044,000 371,132,000        4,367,000 4,340,000   
        non-current assets held for sale
      		                                            6,702,000 136,897,000 644,406,000 795,001,000 737,552,000            1,166,000 5,376,000 234,000 57,476,000 80,901,000 103,242,000 100,375,000 96,123,000 97,512,000 123,312,000 120,999,000 123,318,000 122,626,000 350,066,000 169,407,000 366,570,000 349,311,000 68,188,000    49,774,000       
        current liabilities of discontinued operations
      		                                              4,014,000                            3,071,000 3,435,000 2,351,000        7,111,000 9,187,000   
        current liabilities held for sale
      		                                            14,000 441,000 2,252,000 4,850,000 3,183,000             138,000  554,000 501,000 625,000 659,000 549,000 465,000 258,000 201,000 237,000 149,000 199,000 157,000 398,000 419,000 336,000           
        deferred tax liabilities
      		                                            448,824,000    619,200,000                                        
        non-current liabilities of discontinued operations
      		                                              1,390,000                            324,383,000 322,315,000 311,498,000        58,225,000 69,647,000   
        non-current liabilities held for sale
      		                                            6,988,000 141,490,000 440,008,000 504,423,000 428,053,000            430,000 2,583,000 649,000 27,511,000 68,332,000 80,181,000 76,397,000 74,002,000 75,537,000 96,265,000 89,654,000 91,313,000 91,928,000 270,048,000 116,161,000 257,866,000 239,800,000 43,523,000    49,985,000       
        restricted cash
      		                                                 419,548,000                                       
        stockholders’ equity:
      		                                                                                        
        deferred tax asset
      		                                                                 79,571,000 79,571,000 79,571,000 79,571,000 73,018,000 73,182,000 73,182,000 73,182,000                
        deferred income taxes
      		                                                                 329,956,000 319,374,000 306,067,000 288,677,000 237,481,000 147,776,000 139,024,000 140,623,000 73,166,000 99,866,000 110,512,000 177,341,000 167,497,000 168,925,000 158,527,000 141,676,000 174,053,000 201,278,000 193,473,000 279,474,000 311,583,000 306,414,000 366,935,000 
        liabilities & stockholders’ equity
      		                                                                                        
        total stockholders’ equity
      		                                                                  1,360,193,000 1,314,576,000 1,293,179,000 1,451,407,000 1,456,409,000 1,466,315,000 1,492,083,000 1,576,305,000 1,607,176,000 1,653,542,000 1,594,775,000 1,606,585,000 1,608,858,000 1,608,385,000  1,600,123,000 1,573,426,000 1,664,572,000 1,853,576,000 1,876,793,000 1,876,458,000 1,612,952,000 
        preneed funeral receivables and trust investments
      		                                                                    1,191,692,000 1,342,211,000 1,398,503,000 1,355,025,000 1,434,403,000 1,518,187,000 1,546,224,000 1,498,865,000 1,516,676,000 1,198,324,000 1,227,144,000 1,227,556,000 1,226,192,000 1,238,123,000 1,253,322,000 1,236,538,000 1,264,600,000 1,192,619,000 1,276,791,000 1,460,391,000 
        preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments
      		                                                                    1,062,952,000 1,301,873,000 1,407,287,000 1,345,062,000 1,428,057,000 1,465,881,000 1,550,552,000 1,516,048,000 1,522,584,000 1,245,726,000 1,285,832,000 1,307,832,000 1,288,515,000 1,295,352,000 1,344,843,000 1,368,451,000 1,402,750,000 1,370,412,000 1,382,359,000 1,399,859,000 
        property and equipment, at cost
      		                                                                    1,567,875,000    1,569,534,000   1,628,803,000 1,641,353,000 1,014,161,000 1,038,990,000 1,043,544,000 942,229,000 947,024,000 947,450,000      
        non-controlling interest in funeral and cemetery trusts
      		                                                                     2,192,401,000 2,334,152,000 2,230,721,000 2,390,288,000 2,527,809,000 2,609,718,000 2,528,621,000 2,548,743,000 2,026,258,000 2,055,566,000 2,060,380,000 2,015,811,000 2,015,314,000 2,003,544,000 2,042,879,000 2,095,852,000 1,977,856,000 2,050,973,000 2,155,205,000 
        non-controlling interest in cemetery perpetual care trusts
      		                                                                     829,348,000 871,667,000 880,056,000  913,445,000 955,358,000 909,381,000  676,832,000 691,385,000          
        non-controlling interest in perpetual care trusts
      		                                                                        906,590,000    887,186,000    694,619,000 680,088,000 699,958,000 686,726,000 704,912,000 675,140,000 674,204,000  
        unearned compensation
      		                                                                                -3,593,000 -4,153,000 -4,702,000 -5,251,000 -2,022,000 -2,264,000 -2,507,000 -2,749,000 
        non-controlling interest in cemetery perpetual care trust investments
      		                                                                               695,456,000         
        current assets: - sum
      		                                                                                7,536,692,000        
        commitments and contingencies (note 13) stockholders’ equity:
      		                                                                                        
        current liabilities: - sum
      		                                                                                7,536,692,000        
        total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
      		                                                                                  7,742,080,000      
        property, plant and equipment, at cost
      		                                                                                   966,707,000 970,547,000 969,849,000 962,420,000 941,898,000 
        assets of discontinued operations
      		                                                                                      8,868,000  
        liabilities of discontinued operations
      		                                                                                      76,949,000  
        commitments and contingencies (note 12) non-controlling interest in perpetual care trusts
      		                                                                                       671,986,000 
      Cashflow Statements:
      Quarterly
      Annual
        Unit: USD2025-12-31 2025-09-30 2025-06-30 2025-03-31 2024-12-31 2024-03-31 2023-12-31 2023-09-30 2023-06-30 2023-03-31 2022-12-31 2022-09-30 2022-06-30 2022-03-31 2021-12-31 2021-09-30 2021-06-30 2021-03-31 2020-12-31 2020-09-30 2020-06-30 2020-03-31 2019-12-31 2019-09-30 2019-06-30 2019-03-31 2018-12-31 2018-09-30 2018-06-30 2018-03-31 2017-12-31 2017-09-30 2017-06-30 2017-03-31 2016-12-31 2016-09-30 2016-06-30 2016-03-31 2015-12-31 2015-09-30 2015-06-30 2015-03-31 2014-12-31 2014-09-30 2014-06-30 2014-03-31 2013-12-31 2013-09-30 2013-06-30 2013-03-31 2012-12-31 2012-09-30 2012-06-30 2012-03-31 2011-12-31 2011-09-30 2011-06-30 2011-03-31 2010-12-31 2010-09-30 2010-06-30 2010-03-31 2009-12-31 2009-09-30 2009-06-30 2009-03-31 2008-12-31 2008-09-30 2008-06-30 2008-03-31 2007-12-31 2007-09-30 2007-06-30 2007-03-31 2006-12-31 2006-09-30 2006-06-30 2006-03-31 2005-12-31 2005-09-30 2005-06-30 2005-03-31 2004-12-31 2004-09-30 2004-06-30 2004-03-31 
                                                                                              
          cash flows from operating activities:
        		                                                                                      
          net income
        		159,472,000 117,522,000 122,924,000 142,927,000 151,398,000 131,274,000 138,437,000 122,043,000 132,352,000 144,829,000 92,416,000 120,905,000 133,146,000 219,567,000 206,565,000 209,943,000 157,789,000 228,955,000 201,091,000 127,492,000 105,553,000 82,001,000 147,173,000 70,872,000 72,513,000 79,213,000 193,236,000 68,993,000 103,281,000 82,048,000 247,395,000 56,141,000 68,562,000 174,749,000 66,417,000 47,541,000 15,893,000 47,454,000 72,450,000 47,927,000 53,092,000 61,465,000 87,949,000 17,685,000 31,781,000 41,391,000 28,552,000 27,394,000 34,436,000 58,722,000 26,384,000 41,797,000 37,639,000 48,315,000 44,550,000 35,015,000 26,738,000 39,929,000 36,769,000 18,680,000 40,227,000 31,325,000 34,571,000 30,562,000 23,580,000 34,380,000 9,528,000 14,639,000 31,397,000 41,519,000 166,799,000 28,170,000 15,118,000 37,642,000 770,000 3,365,000 28,182,000 24,194,000 24,145,000 -9,634,000 14,880,000 -156,121,000 26,244,000 12,576,000 46,360,000 28,519,000 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operating activities:
        		                                                                                      
          loss on early extinguishment of debt
        		    0   0 54,000 1,060,000            139,000  9,058,000    0 0 10,131,000      24,000 21,898,000 581,000                    314,000              0 12,122,000 2,358,000      0 13,051,000 1,207,000     
          depreciation and amortization
        		56,192,000 55,205,000 54,131,000 54,126,000 54,279,000 50,219,000 50,044,000 48,470,000 46,644,000 46,114,000 44,879,000 44,217,000 43,798,000 42,436,000 40,106,000 39,648,000 39,994,000 39,558,000 38,846,000 40,871,000 37,670,000 37,912,000 38,384,000 38,372,000 37,118,000 37,126,000 36,154,000 39,427,000 39,088,000 38,981,000 39,500,000 38,186,000 37,412,000 38,043,000 37,702,000 37,009,000 36,688,000 35,834,000 37,640,000 34,917,000 34,858,000 34,041,000 34,904,000 34,503,000 34,475,000 36,120,000 30,657,000 30,698,000 30,800,000 30,447,000 30,878,000 30,238,000 29,570,000 29,541,000 29,684,000 29,403,000 29,629,000 29,331,000 28,715,000 29,333,000 29,664,000 28,679,000 28,281,000 27,383,000 26,323,000 29,115,000 11,807,000 34,342,000 34,807,000 33,201,000 31,121,000 32,432,000 33,099,000 33,777,000 27,083,000 23,931,000 20,583,000 25,087,000  22,400,000 21,266,000 21,129,000 41,686,000 32,407,000 35,410,000 35,790,000 
          amortization of intangibles
        		4,017,000 3,912,000 4,241,000 4,200,000 4,463,000 4,321,000 4,578,000 4,802,000 4,625,000 4,731,000 4,296,000 4,581,000 4,404,000 5,074,000 4,907,000 4,968,000 4,792,000 5,335,000 5,388,000 5,752,000 6,047,000 5,257,000 6,275,000 5,721,000 6,587,000 7,066,000 6,025,000 6,525,000 6,542,000 7,103,000 6,727,000 6,872,000                                                       
          amortization of cemetery property
        		30,477,000 25,590,000 25,899,000 22,296,000 32,079,000 21,713,000 29,342,000 23,856,000 27,698,000 20,338,000 25,064,000 21,732,000 22,478,000 24,849,000 22,768,000 23,032,000 23,433,000 28,929,000 23,549,000 23,158,000 19,772,000 13,924,000 21,682,000 15,125,000 17,800,000 15,723,000 21,131,000 17,696,000 16,988,000 12,825,000 21,569,000 15,937,000 16,715,000 13,881,000 24,172,000 14,736,000 14,238,000 13,599,000 21,985,000 14,395,000 14,395,000 11,632,000 18,962,000 15,687,000 14,451,000 11,339,000 16,308,000 12,448,000 10,613,000 8,975,000 13,448,000 10,524,000 11,435,000 9,569,000 12,157,000 10,215,000 8,174,000 9,500,000 8,980,000 9,072,000 7,932,000 6,434,000 8,941,000 7,783,000 8,029,000 5,911,000 8,866,000 7,298,000 9,141,000 7,385,000 10,841,000 7,183,000 9,587,000 8,213,000             
          amortization of loan costs
        		2,218,000 2,222,000 2,202,000 2,181,000 2,162,000 1,752,000 1,738,000 1,725,000 1,711,000 1,697,000 1,669,000 1,656,000 1,882,000 1,644,000 1,631,000 1,618,000 1,592,000 1,526,000 1,512,000 1,400,000 1,295,000 1,276,000 1,271,000 1,421,000 1,369,000 1,620,000 1,528,000 1,514,000 1,499,000 1,518,000 1,515,000 1,463,000 1,448,000 1,433,000 1,420,000 1,402,000 1,389,000 1,615,000 2,213,000 2,356,000 2,443,000 2,422,000 2,389,000 2,388,000 2,204,000 1,844,000 11,946,000 1,511,000 1,251,000 1,235,000 1,270,000 1,229,000 1,212,000 1,194,000 1,177,000 894,000 1,181,000 1,184,000 1,043,000 937,000 1,025,000 1,261,000 5,049,000 832,000 796,000 898,000 855,000 855,000 868,000 995,000 1,059,000                
          provision for expected credit losses
        		1,500,000 2,160,000 2,923,000 2,311,000  4,185,000        3,078,000 2,817,000 2,156,000 2,565,000 3,824,000 1,542,000 2,993,000 5,826,000 3,197,000                                                                 
          provision for deferred income taxes
        		8,707,000 27,689,000 1,952,000 2,669,000  2,412,000        -4,580,000 2,288,000 -10,111,000 1,433,000 553,000  11,536,000 1,448,000 4,233,000  12,245,000 3,598,000 2,492,000 -66,970,000 3,480,000       18,911,000    4,287,000 22,227,000 -1,842,000 -6,624,000  33,130,000    13,681,000 15,969,000 26,134,000  17,495,000 21,454,000 18,479,000   15,254,000 19,379,000 37,661,000 6,853,000 17,995,000 14,425,000 15,448,000 9,494,000 14,347,000 18,577,000 15,011,000 66,028,000 8,848,000 19,231,000 13,854,000 -17,226,000 24,296,000 13,728,000 14,674,000 -1,480,000 13,460,000 11,603,000  -2,412,000 10,606,000 15,677,000 25,739,000 3,466,000 -4,494,000 -5,479,000 
          loss on divestitures and impairment charges
        		                                 -4,935,000                              2,221,000 6,289,000 -7,230,000  12,819,000 3,858,000 12,046,000                 
          share-based compensation
        		4,009,000 4,035,000 5,748,000 3,841,000 5,121,000 3,926,000 3,637,000 3,637,000 3,671,000 4,478,000 3,646,000 3,663,000 3,713,000 3,687,000 3,538,000 3,534,000 3,596,000 3,500,000 3,532,000 3,527,000 3,638,000 3,406,000 3,466,000 3,550,000 3,445,000 4,568,000 3,886,000 4,196,000 3,845,000 3,699,000 4,069,000 3,074,000 4,012,000 3,633,000 3,857,000 3,625,000 3,507,000 3,067,000 3,126,000 3,433,000 3,261,000 4,023,000 3,385,000 3,319,000 3,293,000 3,130,000 3,038,000 3,037,000 3,020,000 2,830,000 2,766,000 3,248,000 2,395,000 2,574,000 2,301,000 2,301,000 2,289,000 2,253,000 2,164,000 2,169,000 2,221,000 2,324,000 2,179,000 2,337,000 2,760,000 2,408,000 2,344,000 2,370,000 3,059,000 2,197,000  1,918,000 2,171,000 3,809,000  1,631,000 1,711,000 2,145,000         
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and divestitures:
        		                                                                                      
          increase in receivables
        		              -10,294,000        -6,681,000                   -2,894,000    -3,761,000                                         
          decrease in other assets
        		-13,612,000 -2,005,000 -13,745,000 -2,365,000  5,167,000            -12,204,000    10,549,000            -4,858,000    1,598,000    5,894,000            -5,352,000   -5,049,000 1,386,000 3,697,000 -6,349,000 4,762,000 493,000 -1,755,000 3,733,000 4,100,000 5,083,000    -7,719,000    5,654,000 -5,829,000 1,530,000 -7,230,000 3,591,000  3,903,000 410,000 29,031,000 9,155,000 -6,291,000 3,062,000 4,193,000 
          increase in payables and other liabilities
        		-13,572,000 14,010,000 -36,300,000 48,296,000 1,952,000 -10,446,000    1,977,000 54,176,000 -8,565,000 -60,585,000 52,003,000 -30,657,000 27,513,000 13,845,000 43,046,000 70,489,000 10,053,000 46,768,000 -4,832,000    29,545,000 -13,820,000 34,938,000 -58,303,000 20,486,000 15,308,000 51,640,000 -71,781,000 86,596,000 10,323,000 38,734,000 -57,231,000 56,062,000 -18,979,000 5,614,000 -20,915,000 54,847,000 -50,477,000 29,002,000 3,471,000 5,966,000 -25,051,000   12,215,000 18,617,000    6,802,000   -1,454,000 8,687,000 15,612,000 -16,995,000 9,070,000 9,614,000 17,180,000 -17,849,000 21,954,000 -51,353,000    17,971,000    5,292,000       -6,322,000 -78,457,000   3,754,000 
          effect of preneed sales production and maturities:
        		                                                                                      
          increase in preneed receivables, net and trust investments
        		-15,295,000 -5,994,000   4,890,000 -61,527,000 -16,555,000 -47,981,000 -74,183,000 -39,923,000 -60,766,000 -69,670,000 -86,978,000 -91,641,000 -61,194,000 -86,402,000           -18,220,000 -13,893,000   -5,363,000 6,229,000                                                       
          increase in deferred revenue
        		226,000 6,209,000 7,734,000 16,051,000 -24,142,000 34,170,000 51,733,000 23,466,000 41,427,000 41,030,000 21,884,000 50,024,000 55,825,000 67,625,000 26,739,000 26,884,000 46,447,000 19,660,000 -4,175,000 26,608,000 26,466,000 12,908,000 11,714,000 637,000 25,049,000 30,392,000 -15,324,000 -13,013,000 39,792,000 16,550,000 -6,256,000 1,093,000                                                       
          increase in deferred receipts held in trust
        		-7,155,000 10,002,000 19,615,000 14,613,000 -19,207,000 26,230,000 -41,518,000 3,765,000 5,983,000 1,610,000 -1,645,000 8,332,000 7,895,000 6,199,000 6,171,000 22,879,000          -12,731,000   -17,544,000 3,489,000                                                         
          net cash from operating activities
        		212,938,000 252,280,000 166,433,000 311,147,000 264,117,000 220,123,000 277,585,000 227,815,000 144,071,000 219,572,000 170,282,000 182,558,000 140,712,000 332,173,000 190,246,000 240,598,000 192,158,000 297,606,000 244,914,000 195,135,000 184,310,000 179,992,000 156,558,000 209,304,000 77,997,000 184,896,000 163,564,000 136,890,000 103,918,000 211,458,000 112,726,000 165,391,000 35,840,000 188,383,000 105,085,000 132,982,000 40,766,000 184,762,000 75,568,000 114,111,000 93,735,000 188,772,000 61,134,000 85,404,000 42,930,000 127,887,000 58,275,000 99,488,000 75,822,000 151,124,000 88,959,000 121,904,000 62,599,000 95,784,000 96,799,000 115,783,000 67,544,000 107,986,000 88,268,000 80,081,000 77,094,000 108,936,000 66,721,000 94,231,000 69,764,000 141,354,000 116,865,000 116,804,000 70,168,000 46,344,000 27,556,000 137,071,000 63,666,000 127,889,000 58,887,000 113,729,000 71,389,000 80,214,000 54,272,000 55,869,000 74,909,000 127,608,000 -75,421,000 50,430,000 44,152,000 88,644,000 
          cash flows from investing activities:
        		                                                                                      
          capital expenditures
        		-125,735,000 -101,617,000 -83,016,000 -78,185,000 -112,270,000 -79,787,000 -94,041,000 -90,745,000 -99,104,000 -77,903,000 -116,946,000 -100,318,000 -95,697,000 -56,748,000 -125,893,000 -74,606,000 -60,887,000 -42,274,000 -66,614,000 -50,769,000 -52,553,000 -52,275,000 -62,784,000 -64,459,000 -61,141,000 -51,573,000 -69,602,000 -63,053,000 -56,649,000 -46,241,000 -72,849,000 -56,328,000 -45,174,000 -40,150,000 -62,251,000 -48,006,000 -41,481,000 -41,708,000 -46,254,000 -40,008,000 -36,426,000 -28,298,000 -49,317,000 -37,803,000 -32,157,000 -25,222,000 -33,498,000 -28,824,000 -28,193,000 -22,569,000 -34,655,000 -28,911,000 -28,684,000 -23,378,000 -32,439,000 -28,861,000 -31,937,000 -25,138,000 -30,456,000 -25,829,000 -23,278,000 -18,336,000 -21,330,000 -19,990,000 -18,976,000 -23,494,000 -45,777,000 -40,289,000 -38,795,000 -29,240,000 -43,404,000 -48,215,000 -39,154,000 -26,238,000 -36,314,000 -22,666,000 -21,498,000 -19,049,000 -27,175,000 -28,334,000 -23,294,000 -20,613,000 -28,512,000 -26,206,000 -23,552,000 -17,737,000 
          free cash flows
        		87,203,000 150,663,000 83,417,000 232,962,000 151,847,000 140,336,000 183,544,000 137,070,000 44,967,000 141,669,000 53,336,000 82,240,000 45,015,000 275,425,000 64,353,000 165,992,000 131,271,000 255,332,000 178,300,000 144,366,000 131,757,000 127,717,000 93,774,000 144,845,000 16,856,000 133,323,000 93,962,000 73,837,000 47,269,000 165,217,000 39,877,000 109,063,000 -9,334,000 148,233,000 42,834,000 84,976,000 -715,000 143,054,000 29,314,000 74,103,000 57,309,000 160,474,000 11,817,000 47,601,000 10,773,000 102,665,000 24,777,000 70,664,000 47,629,000 128,555,000 54,304,000 92,993,000 33,915,000 72,406,000 64,360,000 86,922,000 35,607,000 82,848,000 57,812,000 54,252,000 53,816,000 90,600,000 45,391,000 74,241,000 50,788,000 117,860,000 71,088,000 76,515,000 31,373,000 17,104,000 -15,848,000 88,856,000 24,512,000 101,651,000 22,573,000 91,063,000 49,891,000 61,165,000 27,097,000 27,535,000 51,615,000 106,995,000 -103,933,000 24,224,000 20,600,000 70,907,000 
          business acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        		-36,193,000 -36,856,000 -13,373,000 -14,869,000 -19,345,000 -15,839,000 0 -33,111,000 -30,724,000 -8,700,000 -89,070,000 -11,488,000   -112,161,000 -5,630,000 -2,431,000 -1,160,000 -34,363,000 -3,530,000 78,000 -26,349,000                                                                 
          real estate acquisitions
        		-11,894,000 -1,188,000 -3,411,000 -2,011,000 -8,732,000 -6,948,000 -15,325,000 -23,650,000 -768,000 -16,666,000 -8,226,000 -4,989,000 -3,686,000 -226,000 -10,962,000 -5,144,000 -4,890,000 -5,608,000 -645,000 -18,668,000 -30,652,000 -2,114,000                                                                 
          corporate headquarters
        		-24,956,000 -18,183,000 -17,843,000 -8,916,000                                                                                   
          proceeds from divestitures and sales of property and equipment
        		2,138,000 1,505,000 17,225,000 9,537,000 2,771,000 8,508,000 3,175,000 2,166,000 10,806,000 9,741,000 10,699,000 24,426,000 3,982,000 2,986,000 15,094,000 13,370,000 8,187,000 4,045,000 8,970,000 810,000 812,000 11,324,000 63,125,000 2,569,000 3,616,000 7,764,000 7,419,000 11,585,000 11,853,000 6,452,000 15,882,000 5,116,000 4,283,000 3,148,000 28,266,000 1,622,000 1,258,000 10,164,000 5,443,000 3,061,000 4,367,000 3,901,000 27,086,000 242,404,000 152,254,000 2,639,000 3,059,000 4,463,000 3,734,000 1,816,000 1,020,000 1,798,000 6,871,000 264,000 9,296,000 5,195,000 5,341,000 4,697,000 7,969,000 22,988,000 35,610,000 24,268,000 11,712,000 6,196,000 7,075,000 7,713,000 13,322,000 6,390,000 4,844,000 7,987,000   170,785,000 43,709,000    7,463,000 53,600,000 23,659,000 26,227,000 8,236,000 27,423,000 10,849,000 10,733,000 8,744,000 
          payments for company-owned life insurance policies
        		-13,000 -86,000 -73,000 -57,000 -15,000 -2,739,000 -8,000 -152,000 -6,532,000 -1,366,000 -122,000 -98,000 -24,000 -1,666,000 -316,000 -132,000 -3,516,000 -18,000 -316,000 -1,188,000 -78,000 -3,770,000     -477,000 -2,550,000                                                           
          proceeds from company-owned life insurance policies
        		                     3,519,000     2,014,000 0 0 2,810,000                                                         
          other investing activities
        		-10,212,000    0                                                                                  
          net cash from investing activities
        		-206,865,000 -150,184,000 -100,491,000 -90,744,000 -136,350,000 -96,805,000 -112,797,000 -145,492,000 -116,203,000 -94,894,000 -203,665,000 -92,306,000 -96,256,000 -55,654,000 -234,238,000 -72,142,000 -63,537,000 -45,015,000 -92,968,000 -73,345,000 -82,393,000 -69,665,000 -38,829,000 -97,007,000 -71,735,000 -70,940,000 -67,854,000 -74,012,000 -192,666,000 -80,089,000 -57,320,000 -76,803,000 -45,433,000 -56,329,000 -36,992,000 -59,649,000 -93,011,000 -26,480,000 -40,639,000 -41,651,000 -31,957,000 -52,172,000 -26,770,000 206,703,000 112,940,000 -35,587,000 -1,079,018,000 -29,298,000 -28,063,000 -20,414,000 -79,817,000 -35,146,000 -37,249,000 -22,742,000 -23,037,000 -58,550,000 -81,283,000 -27,387,000 -39,773,000 -2,850,000 -10,071,000 -227,016,000 -106,627,000 -18,086,000 -11,608,000 -16,164,000 -33,003,000 -34,572,000 -37,934,000 -45,760,000 189,563,000 48,452,000 129,651,000 10,455,000 -1,296,195,000 5,391,000 17,003,000 -23,701,000 21,544,000 115,876,000 18,186,000 15,409,000 168,688,000 -35,652,000 -16,804,000 173,292,000 
          cash flows from financing activities:
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds from issuance of long-term debt
        		405,879,000 160,010,000 310,001,000 185,000,000 115,000,000 115,000,000 220,000,000 164,000,000 165,050,000 408,383,000 159,000,000 182,000,000 68,000,000 75,000,000 155,000,000 0 800,000,000 20,000,000 90,000,000 1,305,000,000 115,000,000 75,000,000 60,000,000 235,000,000 839,263,000 15,000,000 1,349,000 25,000,000 185,000,000 185,000,000 1,667,500,000 10,000,000 75,000,000 35,000,000 25,000,000 75,000,000 370,000,000 590,000,000 45,000,000 371,250,000 15,000,000 15,000,000 0 0 645,000,000 110,000,000     209,600,000 5,000,000 12,000,000 907,000 20,000,000    265,000,000 70,000,000 0 175,000,000                  0    -1,613,000   
          debt issuance costs
        		    -144,000  0 0 0 -7,471,000     0 -22,000   -2,000    -2,000 -1,000           0 0 -197,000 -5,035,000 -195,000    0 0               -5,625,000 0 0 -6,203,000         0 0               
          scheduled payments of debt
        		-2,116,000 -6,290,000 -6,286,000 -6,541,000 -6,026,000 -5,828,000 -5,828,000 -5,829,000 -5,286,000 -5,287,000 -9,076,000 -9,070,000 -9,067,000 -9,075,000 -9,048,000 -9,040,000 -9,047,000 -9,023,000 -9,022,000 -9,012,000 -8,233,000 -8,222,000 -8,565,000 -8,194,000 -177,000 -8,535,000 -8,533,000 -16,970,000 -96,000 -8,535,000                                                         
          early payments of debt
        		                 -100,000,000 -16,000 -1,275,943,000 -70,105,000 -25,792,000 -1,000 -336,856,000 -693,121,000 -135,000,000 0 0 4,000 -259,594,000                                                         
          principal payments on finance leases
        		-9,731,000 -9,737,000 -9,521,000 -9,332,000 -9,316,000 -9,019,000 -8,804,000 -8,552,000 -8,589,000 -8,537,000 -8,763,000 -8,859,000 -8,861,000 -9,059,000 -9,196,000 -9,330,000 -9,439,000 -6,652,000 -12,986,000 -10,159,000 -10,199,000 -10,254,000 -10,369,000 -10,451,000 -11,150,000 -10,657,000                                                             
          proceeds from exercise of stock options
        		8,497,000 16,864,000 133,000 3,907,000 13,785,000 17,237,000 8,075,000 1,542,000 5,801,000 8,763,000 10,974,000 643,000 15,925,000 272,000 4,833,000 18,267,000 13,972,000 2,282,000 9,672,000 1,873,000 0 15,126,000 1,091,000 16,730,000 7,139,000 15,962,000 6,036,000 11,179,000 2,313,000 4,989,000 2,939,000 10,071,000 5,340,000 15,261,000 1,633,000 7,157,000 5,739,000 3,133,000 1,318,000 3,692,000 17,354,000 9,445,000 4,767,000 12,818,000 6,876,000 7,915,000 1,355,000 98,000 1,762,000 3,094,000 1,042,000 13,554,000 1,470,000 2,323,000 533,000 832,000 3,680,000 3,182,000 290,000 13,000 432,000 1,024,000 4,002,000 11,042,000 0 2,363,000 8,715,000 2,501,000 2,261,000 1,335,000 33,565,000 6,184,000 7,300,000 5,889,000 2,332,000 1,212,000 1,183,000 1,219,000 2,689,000 589,000 652,000 3,904,000 4,565,000 786,000 1,960,000 3,294,000 
          proceeds from corporate headquarters debt facility
        		21,233,000 16,413,000 14,598,000 2,522,000                                                                                   
          purchase of company common stock
        		-58,922,000 -78,070,000 -193,573,000 -130,450,000 -56,222,000 -49,461,000 -204,565,000 -88,163,000 -86,166,000 -165,950,000 -74,288,000 -226,448,000 -103,759,000 -256,355,000 -209,940,000 -157,190,000 -81,048,000 -106,135,000 -187,747,000 -118,555,000 -87,466,000 -123,102,000 -77,406,000 -22,609,000 -15,032,000 -14,542,000 -1,885,000 -46,860,000 -110,069,000 -118,797,000 -50,819,000 -28,754,000 -36,604,000 -83,460,000 -34,937,000 -111,514,000 -26,845,000 -54,632,000 -39,773,000 -153,693,000 -78,615,000 -73,180,000 -112,712,000 -69,737,000 -59,372,000 -1,053,000 0 0 0 -1,708,000 -42,159,000 -39,907,000 -29,594,000 -75,106,000 -50,712,000 -90,946,000 -25,399,000 -30,245,000 -30,007,000 -31,646,000 -54,536,000 -689,000     -62,685,000 0 -42,864,000 -36,606,000 -294,039,000 -107,484,000   0 0   -33,931,000 -1,412,000 -86,239,000 -103,570,000 -75,446,000    
          payments of dividends
        		-47,594,000 -44,848,000 -45,138,000 -45,991,000 -43,471,000 -43,944,000 -42,440,000 -43,556,000 -40,780,000 -41,207,000 -41,600,000 -38,808,000 -39,663,000 -39,964,000 -37,634,000 -38,365,000 -35,352,000 -35,568,000 -35,920,000 -33,339,000 -33,719,000 -34,414,000 -32,821,000 -32,890,000 -32,871,000 -32,820,000 -30,847,000 -30,761,000 -30,893,000 -31,348,000 -28,039,000 -28,182,000 -28,096,000 -24,433,000 -24,753,000 -25,159,000 -25,182,000 -23,324,000 -23,502,000 -23,670,000 -19,937,000 -20,461,000 -18,491,000 -19,002,000 -16,944,000 -17,080,000 -14,858,000 -14,818,000 -14,855,000 -12,698,000 -25,452,000 -12,885,000 -10,855,000 -11,104,000 -11,400,000 -11,849,000 -11,941,000 -9,605,000 -9,777,000 -9,872,000 -10,191,000 -10,161,000 -10,135,000 -10,040,000 -10,039,000 -9,981,000 -10,335,000 -10,287,000 -10,294,000 -10,585,000 -8,364,000 -8,620,000 -8,844,000 -8,801,000 -7,318,000 -7,394,000 -7,348,000 -7,371,000 -7,453,000 -7,455,000       
          bank overdrafts and other
        		-3,071,000 4,806,000 2,455,000 -9,809,000 3,008,000 -7,973,000 4,589,000 4,988,000 -7,621,000 -6,729,000 12,874,000 -8,095,000 6,758,000 -12,517,000 9,007,000 3,533,000 902,000 -7,932,000 4,459,000 3,114,000 5,111,000 1,575,000 -9,013,000 -2,966,000 4,401,000 7,906,000 -6,335,000 -22,000 -1,246,000 -7,574,000 3,169,000 4,855,000 31,000 -2,096,000 -29,000 358,000 -2,793,000 1,369,000 1,564,000 -1,562,000 -714,000 -6,819,000 10,507,000 -3,492,000 -3,647,000 3,762,000 5,815,000 -1,798,000 323,000 -4,004,000 5,331,000 -206,000 641,000 433,000 -4,371,000 -1,123,000 -98,000 4,794,000 2,799,000 1,681,000 437,000 -7,773,000 5,204,000 4,154,000 264,000 -13,658,000 2,978,000 -1,910,000 1,115,000 -7,829,000    6,764,000             
          net cash from financing activities
        		-5,849,000 -125,852,000 -37,331,000 -205,694,000 -88,886,000 -133,988,000 -118,973,000 -80,570,000 -18,491,000 -163,108,000 48,596,000 -108,637,000 -136,258,000 -251,698,000 -96,978,000 -192,147,000 66,533,000 -243,028,000 -141,562,000 -151,522,000 -89,611,000 -110,083,000 -77,086,000 -162,237,000 82,916,000 -162,686,000 -50,130,000 -68,935,000 33,389,000 -243,505,000 11,105,000 -50,906,000 -7,056,000 -89,570,000 -48,594,000 -66,053,000 10,641,000 -84,924,000 -40,035,000 -123,141,000 -82,347,000 -92,955,000 -121,537,000 -166,264,000 -163,551,000 -86,615,000 983,348,000 -109,710,000 -14,230,000 -34,293,000 -67,892,000 -41,083,000 -33,409,000 -89,128,000   -63,102,000 -43,378,000 -14,857,000 -94,599,000 -93,229,000 114,499,000 -15,395,000 -17,710,000 -107,860,000 -37,465,000  -14,413,000 -60,249,000 -35,428,000  -120,972,000 -49,580,000 -100,300,000  -12,023,000 -51,830,000 -12,771,000  -1,103,000 -93,645,000 -110,157,000 -123,570,000 -39,503,000 -183,949,000 -2,613,000 
          effect of foreign currency
        		1,759,000 -2,278,000 5,672,000 128,000 -6,118,000 -1,826,000 2,020,000 -1,628,000 1,310,000 20,000 866,000 -2,847,000 -4,453,000 2,556,000 86,000 -3,508,000 1,899,000 1,412,000 5,117,000 2,246,000 3,674,000 -8,249,000                                                -1,275,000 415,000 402,000 955,000 169,000 -1,282,000 365,000 2,201,000 -116,000 193,000 1,462,000 12,000 -152,000 43,000 1,886,000 -1,426,000 157,000 
          net increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        		1,983,000 -26,034,000 34,283,000 14,837,000     10,687,000 -38,410,000 16,079,000 -21,232,000 -96,255,000 27,377,000 -140,884,000 -27,199,000 197,053,000 10,975,000         41,646,000 -5,035,000 -56,347,000 -113,281,000                                                         
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at beginning of period
        		0 0 0 221,399,000 0 224,761,000 0 0 0 204,524,000 0 0 0 278,555,000 0 0 0 238,610,000 0 0 0 242,620,000 0 0 0 207,584,000 0 0 0 340,601,000                                                         
          cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash at end of period
        		1,983,000 -26,034,000 34,283,000 236,236,000 32,763,000 212,265,000 47,835,000 125,000 10,687,000 166,114,000 16,079,000 -21,232,000 -96,255,000 305,932,000 -140,884,000 -27,199,000 197,053,000 249,585,000 15,501,000 -27,486,000 15,980,000 234,615,000 42,327,000 -50,852,000 90,751,000 160,394,000 41,646,000 -5,035,000 -56,347,000 227,320,000                                                         
          gains on divestitures and impairment charges
        		 415,000     371,000 -2,542,000 -6,954,000 -691,000 5,224,000 -14,403,000 -294,000 -489,000 -9,937,000 -7,804,000 -6,162,000 -1,266,000        1,878,000  -7,970,000 -6,865,000 -482,000                                                         
          decrease in receivables
        		 -8,692,000 6,309,000 -104,000  6,043,000 -15,591,000 669,000 2,783,000 8,329,000    5,435,000   -3,527,000 2,525,000   321,000 2,460,000   -2,892,000 -8,716,000 9,016,000 -1,929,000 -10,622,000 11,587,000 -22,308,000 -7,873,000 9,482,000 10,959,000 -25,645,000 1,246,000 861,000 9,340,000 -11,260,000 9,448,000    203,000    9,901,000 -1,376,000 5,962,000  -2,584,000 2,670,000 4,771,000  7,277,000 -7,188,000 13,494,000  -4,241,000 8,376,000 2,658,000  654,000 373,000 12,269,000  1,302,000 5,903,000 581,000 -17,623,000 -1,805,000 -4,716,000 -506,000 -18,864,000 526,000 10,569,000 7,407,000  10,470,000 19,990,000 -5,548,000 25,801,000 -6,149,000 18,979,000 7,383,000 
          proceeds from company-owned life insurance policies and other
        		 7,676,000 0 3,757,000    0           0 0                                                                   
          early payments and extinguishment of debt
        		 -185,000,000 -110,000,000 -195,000,000  -150,000,000  -105,000,000 -40,900,000 -345,073,000  0    0                                                                       
          losses on divestitures and impairment charges
        		   -4,971,000  684,000              -543,000 -737,000 -4,545,000  1,479,000       -1,470,000 143,000     30,641,000 347,000   5,582,000 1,779,000  -26,570,000 -34,994,000 2,812,000 730,000 -981,000 5,545,000 969,000  -315,000 -1,058,000 490,000   9,843,000 420,000 -2,681,000   480,000                         
          decrease in preneed receivables, net and trust investments
        		   5,076,000              -66,194,000    19,134,000    7,983,000    9,742,000                                                         
          benefit from expected credit losses
        		    1,849,000   3,608,000 1,483,000 1,906,000 5,296,000 4,648,000                                                                           
          benefit from deferred income taxes
        		    -7,702,000   158,376,000 8,902,000 -492,000 -3,831,000                   -1,692,000  4,647,000 -3,527,000 -149,585,000            10,124,000         26,474,000                                
          gain on divestitures and impairment charges
        		                                                                                      
          gain on sale of investments
        		          0 0               0 0                                                           
          decrease (increase) in other assets
        		    52,579,000       942,000                                                                           
          net decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        		     -12,496,000                -8,005,000    -47,190,000                                                             
          losses on early extinguishment of debt
        		          0 0   0 0   0 18,278,000                        0            1,355,000                               
          increase in other assets
        		      30,106,000 -125,384,000 -18,882,000 -17,421,000    -2,714,000 -15,202,000 -8,341,000   -11,477,000 -6,030,000   -519,000 -3,856,000 -5,463,000 -13,180,000  -8,616,000 -3,950,000 -6,685,000  -9,602,000    -6,088,000    134,000   1,832,000 9,506,000 -21,420,000 -931,000 -61,000 -9,796,000 1,042,000 -5,882,000                  -61,908,000    8,694,000               
          decrease in payables and other liabilities
        		       9,305,000                39,125,000                             -19,846,000 -7,888,000               -47,443,000 -80,877,000   -29,137,000 -11,489,000   -13,377,000 -25,762,000         
          proceeds from sale of investments and other
        		          0                                                                            
          decrease (increase) in receivables
        		          -11,198,000 3,471,000                                                                           
          (benefit from) benefit from deferred income taxes
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds from sale of investments
        		                          0 0                                                  5,900,000         
          change in assets and liabilities, net of effects from acquisitions and dispositions:
        		                                                                                      
          decrease in deferred receipts held in trust
        		                 -141,000  6,752,000 -5,333,000 -7,027,000 -25,675,000 4,715,000   -8,749,000    -22,293,000                                                        
          provision for (benefits from) deferred income taxes
        		                                                                                      
          purchase of corporate land
        		                                                                                      
          provision for doubtful accounts
        		                      2,260,000 2,613,000 2,356,000 1,917,000 1,850,000 2,028,000 2,336,000 2,158,000 3,134,000 2,302,000 2,060,000 2,484,000 6,728,000 2,194,000 1,316,000 538,000 1,420,000 1,232,000 741,000 2,690,000  1,601,000    2,106,000 1,412,000 1,720,000  1,762,000 2,197,000 2,842,000   2,101,000 1,933,000 4,018,000 2,497,000 1,609,000 31,000 2,745,000 2,701,000 2,814,000 3,091,000 2,475,000 2,853,000 1,967,000 1,948,000 3,001,000 1,065,000 3,126,000 3,562,000 2,468,000 1,970,000 2,362,000 2,356,000         
          purchase of corporate land and other
        		                                                                                      
          purchase of noncontrolling interest
        		                              0 0   0 -1,919,000       0 0 0 -15,000,000 -15,000,000                                        
          acquisitions, net of cash acquired
        		                       -34,686,000 -13,515,000 -19,240,000 -7,208,000 -19,994,000 -133,688,000 -33,934,000            -30,616,000                                 -1,286,722,000 40,000 -15,000 -14,662,000     11,000    
          payments on company-owned life insurance policies
        		                       -431,000 -695,000 -7,891,000    -9,246,000                                                         
          other
        		                             70,000             -1,239,000 -886,000 527,000 1,490,000 -333,000 244,000 -1,003,000 1,065,000 -194,000 -1,762,000 1,495,000 -3,214,000 1,678,000 -343,000 -537,000 -109,000 -268,000 -994,000      1,000 -7,000 7,000 -597,000 12,000 -572,000 907,000 -502,000 173,000 -2,078,000 315,000 -210,000 -54,000 -1,181,000 554,000 -318,000 101,000 1,030,000 -1,355,000 -2,756,000 4,459,000 
          effect of foreign currency on cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash
        		                       -912,000 1,573,000 1,540,000  1,022,000 -988,000 -1,145,000                                                         
          excess tax benefits from share-based awards
        		                                  -1,173,000 -7,243,000 -2,011,000 -2,258,000 -857,000 -4,263,000 -7,492,000 -5,511,000 -9,396,000 -8,206,000                -136,000        -1,049,000 -846,000 -1,324,000 -5,310,000 -1,036,000               
          purchase of land and other
        		                          0 0                                                           
          principal payments on capital leases
        		                          -9,915,000 -10,501,000 -11,624,000 -7,646,000 -10,597,000 -10,090,000 -9,364,000 -21,055,000 -7,899,000 -8,313,000 -8,751,000 -8,156,000 -8,180,000 -5,164,000 -7,877,000 -7,380,000 -7,401,000 -7,488,000 -7,260,000 -7,231,000 -6,695,000 -6,618,000 -6,499,000 -6,468,000 -6,457,000 -6,480,000 -6,739,000 -6,084,000 -5,844,000 -6,020,000 -5,527,000 -5,639,000 -5,498,000 -28,849,000 -5,978,000 -5,889,000 -5,584,000 -5,659,000 -6,464,000 -6,581,000 -7,301,000 -6,537,000 -6,125,000 -5,888,000 -4,997,000 -8,253,000 -7,012,000 -6,795,000 -5,378,000 -5,267,000 -5,264,000 -5,437,000         
          loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
        		                                       0                           0 0                   
          premiums paid on early extinguishment of debt
        		                                  0 -24,000   0    0 0                            0 -10,718,000 -650,000             
          net withdrawals of restricted funds and other
        		                              0 0                        -3,593,000 982,000 3,567,000   -4,000 26,445,000          2,000 -16,000 -222,000 0            
          net cash from investing activities from continuing operations
        		                                  -36,992,000 -59,649,000   -40,639,000 -41,651,000 -32,944,000 -52,172,000 -26,752,000                    -106,627,000 -18,086,000 -11,608,000 -16,164,000 -33,003,000 -34,572,000 -37,934,000 -46,618,000 189,563,000 48,452,000 131,615,000 17,037,000  5,391,000 6,045,000 -23,701,000 21,544,000 116,088,000 18,186,000 15,409,000 168,831,000 -35,637,000   
          net cash from investing activities from discontinued operations
        		                                      0 0   -18,000 5,342,000                       0 0 0 858,000 0 0 -1,964,000 -6,582,000 -1,359,000 0   0    -143,000 -15,000   
          net increase in cash and cash equivalents
        		                              62,083,000 43,067,000 -13,365,000 43,268,000 17,415,000 5,783,000 -41,717,000 78,906,000 -7,351,000 -57,146,000 -18,033,000 39,794,000 -88,909,000 125,725,000 -4,811,000 3,746,000 -37,719,000 -38,494,000 32,540,000 95,838,000    -14,738,000    39,461,000 35,033,000 -16,429,000 -28,232,000 729,000 -53,740,000 63,096,000 -45,582,000 87,574,000 -43,506,000 67,203,000 -27,775,000 -36,119,000 -119,144,000 64,953,000 144,692,000 38,213,000 -596,753,000 107,462,000 38,763,000 43,626,000 -45,277,000 172,104,000 -538,000 32,708,000 -30,260,000 -22,839,000 -158,027,000 259,480,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
        		                              0 0 0 194,986,000 0 0 0 134,599,000 0 0 0 177,335,000 -15,000 19,000 -3,293,000 144,873,000 0 0 0 92,708,000 0 0 0 128,569,000 0 0 0 170,846,000 0 0 0 179,745,000 0 0 0 128,397,000 0 0 0 168,594,000 0 0 0 39,880,000 0 0 0 446,782,000 0 0 0 287,785,000 0 0 0 239,431,000 
          cash and cash equivalents at end of period
        		                              62,083,000 43,067,000 -13,365,000 238,254,000 17,415,000 5,783,000 -41,717,000 213,505,000 -7,351,000 -57,146,000 -18,033,000 217,129,000 -88,924,000 125,744,000 -8,104,000 148,619,000 -37,719,000 -38,494,000 32,540,000 188,546,000 -58,839,000 46,204,000 -8,488,000 113,831,000 1,532,000 -5,957,000 -77,313,000 210,307,000 35,033,000 -16,429,000 -28,232,000 180,474,000 -53,740,000 63,096,000 -45,582,000 215,971,000 -43,506,000 67,203,000 -27,775,000 132,475,000 -119,144,000 64,953,000 144,692,000 78,093,000 -596,753,000 107,462,000 38,763,000 490,408,000 -45,277,000 172,104,000 -538,000 320,493,000 -30,260,000 -22,839,000 -158,027,000 498,911,000 
          acquisitions
        		                               -25,591,000 -4,717,000 -19,327,000  -13,265,000 -52,788,000 -56,000  -4,704,000     -6,796,000 -779,000  -4,937,000   -46,182,000 -8,731,000 -9,746,000 -804,000 -2,097,000 -31,291,000 -55,669,000 -10,513,000 -17,283,000 -8,000 -22,399,000 -259,393,000 -81,573,000 -3,140,000 293,000 -512,000  -674,000 -3,989,000 -3,882,000  -3,096,000 0 -212,000             
          payments of debt
        		                               -8,806,000 -8,783,000 -8,787,000 -8,782,000 -8,797,000 -8,781,000 -10,054,000 -15,049,000 -115,050,000 -15,050,000 -15,071,000 -7,603,000 -87,587,000 -127,792,000 -7,579,000 -42,000 -87,099,000 253,000 -4,948,000 -157,000 -159,000 -332,000 -497,000 -20,605,000 -624,000 -835,000 -710,000 -230,665,000 -591,000 -997,000 -30,810,000 -150,736,000 -17,207,000 -99,097,000 -2,132,000 -57,899,000 -36,000 -8,188,000 -46,179,000 -26,191,000 -891,000 -1,636,000 -516,000 -11,766,000 -574,000 -12,531,000 -1,182,000 -77,560,000 -5,011,000 -1,073,000 -1,974,000 -52,896,000 -3,613,000 -115,232,000 -5,907,000 
          early extinguishment of debt
        		                                  0 -109,000 -294,518,000 -580,483,000 0    0 18,000 -595,689,000 -167,093,000         -105,000 -14,952,000 -22,982,000 -5,155,000 -543,000 -95,471,000      -7,476,000      96,000 -322,641,000 -100,000,000             
          effect of foreign currency on cash and cash equivalents
        		                               5,385,000 3,284,000 784,000  -1,497,000 -113,000 5,548,000  -6,465,000 2,536,000 -3,851,000  -156,000 1,547,000 -1,939,000  1,026,000 -989,000 -579,000  529,000 -429,000 1,348,000  -3,508,000 -472,000 2,240,000  939,000 -2,026,000 4,310,000  4,661,000 4,122,000 -151,000  -616,000                   
          amortization of intangible assets
        		                                 6,844,000 8,746,000 6,818,000 7,725,000 7,667,000 7,923,000 7,553,000 7,833,000 8,150,000 8,848,000 8,446,000 9,266,000 10,080,000 5,240,000 5,207,000 5,604,000 5,808,000 5,903,000 5,793,000 6,008,000 6,149,000 6,094,000 6,825,000 6,318,000 6,354,000 6,381,000 6,680,000 6,500,000 5,636,000 5,550,000 5,293,000 5,371,000 5,484,000                     
          effect of preneed funeral production and maturities:
        		                                                                                      
          decrease in preneed funeral receivables, net and trust investments
        		                                 -790,000 6,339,000 8,411,000 -390,000 3,146,000 4,072,000 4,702,000 2,384,000 13,760,000 859,000 5,535,000 11,111,000 12,852,000 14,619,000 4,896,000 14,432,000 13,738,000 8,559,000 7,307,000 7,270,000 15,766,000 22,425,000 14,463,000 17,039,000 15,761,000 15,554,000 -1,661,000 6,251,000 25,844,000 318,000 7,626,000 6,461,000 4,558,000                     
          decrease in deferred preneed funeral revenue
        		                                 -3,198,000            -531,000  -5,971,000 -231,000 -4,000,000 -11,488,000 -11,520,000 -11,070,000 -7,735,000  3,352,000 -14,678,000 -19,398,000    -3,668,000                         
          decrease in deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust
        		                                 -5,263,000  -15,546,000 -5,971,000 -10,273,000  -9,999,000 -15,618,000 -21,748,000 -22,990,000 -7,329,000 -7,782,000 -14,768,000 -16,964,000 -5,450,000 -14,400,000 -14,176,000 -4,172,000 -2,492,000 -5,624,000 -10,069,000 -17,388,000 -20,524,000 -3,737,000 -8,942,000 -9,082,000 -343,000 -8,242,000 -18,655,000 2,300,000 -9,020,000 -10,259,000 -5,579,000                     
          effect of cemetery production and deliveries:
        		                                                                                      
          increase in preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments
        		                                 -9,453,000 -30,896,000 -11,737,000 -40,398,000 -7,869,000 -17,261,000 -27,505,000   -6,405,000 -5,823,000   -24,126,000 -17,120,000 -26,021,000 -6,359,000 -24,825,000 -11,956,000 -33,818,000 -26,238,000 -17,604,000 -21,730,000 -16,791,000 -9,456,000  -9,528,000                           
          increase in deferred preneed cemetery revenue
        		                                 26,599,000 -32,409,000 6,192,000 29,377,000 22,286,000 -10,035,000 8,513,000 40,107,000 22,375,000  -9,090,000 24,057,000 19,421,000  -4,550,000 24,821,000 15,912,000 -6,685,000 2,086,000 9,468,000 15,948,000 -2,866,000 2,188,000 12,564,000 11,750,000 3,189,000 -10,167,000 8,722,000 8,814,000 4,409,000 -204,000 11,205,000 9,589,000 -11,778,000 2,765,000 17,830,000 2,591,000 -25,786,000 8,937,000 19,236,000 8,174,000             
          increase in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust
        		                                 1,244,000  3,940,000 8,617,000 3,918,000    2,994,000       -5,550,000 -3,419,000   3,390,000 642,000                                 
          net withdrawals of restricted funds
        		                                   0 0 5,120,000                                                 
          increase in deferred preneed funeral revenue
        		                                         6,729,000                 -10,560,000 1,587,000   -8,587,000 3,927,000 7,101,000 -2,349,000 556,000 2,393,000 10,226,000 10,610,000 -20,519,000 21,635,000 16,524,000 3,779,000             
          decrease in deferred preneed receipts held in trust
        		                                                                                      
          effect of preneed cemetery production and maturities:
        		                                                                                      
          increase in deferred preneed receipts held in trust
        		                                                                                      
          net cash from operating activities from continuing operations
        		                                      75,568,000 114,111,000 93,735,000 188,772,000 61,134,000 85,404,000                       116,865,000 116,804,000 70,168,000 46,344,000 27,556,000 137,071,000 58,391,000 115,885,000 56,856,000 113,729,000 71,389,000 80,214,000 54,272,000 60,972,000 74,909,000 127,849,000 -74,622,000 50,205,000   
          net cash from operating activities from discontinued operations
        		                                          0 0                            0 5,275,000 12,004,000     0 -5,103,000 0 -241,000 -799,000 225,000   
          net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds and other
        		                                                          -3,000      0 129,000             -4,610,000        
          service corporation internationalconsolidated statement of cash flows
        		                                                                                      
          net change in cash of discontinued operations
        		                                          0 38,000                                           
          net loss from discontinued operations, net of tax
        		                                                                           32,000 183,000 55,000         
          increase deferred preneed funeral revenue
        		                                   10,869,000 -148,000 -599,000  -4,325,000                                               
          benefit for deferred income taxes
        		                                    -1,565,000 -1,291,000                                                 
          income from discontinued operations, net of tax
        		                                          -1,340,000                           -15,000                 
          net cash from financing activities from continued operations
        		                                                                                      
          net cash from financing activities from discontinued operations
        		                                                                      0 0 -1,407,000 -706,000             
          net withdrawals (deposits) of restricted funds
        		                                       0 5,225,000 2,841,000                                             
          decrease in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust
        		                                          -29,309,000 -4,032,000 4,939,000 -6,262,000 -4,710,000    -107,000      -1,578,000 -5,643,000   -1,867,000 -360,000 -5,891,000 3,862,000 -4,881,000 -4,792,000                     
          decrease in preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments
        		                                         -7,252,000                    -7,892,000 -14,408,000 -21,650,000 -14,965,000 9,596,000                     
          losses (gains) on early extinguishment of debt
        		                                                                                      
          benefit from doubtful accounts
        		                                             2,155,000         2,820,000                                
          (gains) losses on divestitures and impairment charges
        		                                                                                      
          decrease in deferred preneed funeral revenues
        		                                                                                      
          increase in deferred preneed cemetery revenues
        		                                                                                      
          net (deposits) withdrawals of restricted funds and other
        		                                             -12,225,000                                -3,353,000        -105,601,000 
          net cash from financing activities from continuing operations
        		                                          -121,537,000 -166,264,000                       -120,420,000 -14,413,000 -60,249,000 -35,428,000 -336,678,000 -120,972,000 -48,173,000 -99,594,000             
          acquisitions, net of cash received
        		                                                                                      
          net (deposits) withdrawals of restricted funds
        		                                           0                                           
          net cash provided (used in) investing activities from continuing operations
        		                                                                                      
          excess tax benefits from share based awards
        		                                             -6,744,000  -525,000 -4,786,000 -772,000                        -3,865,000             
          decrease (increase) in preneed cemetery receivables, net and trust investments
        		                                             2,160,000                                         
          (gains) losses on early extinguishment of debt
        		                                                                                      
          gains on early extinguishment of debt
        		                                               0                                       
          net withdrawals (deposits) of resticted funds
        		                                                                                      
          purchase of neptune society noncontrolling interest
        		                                                0 -8,333,000                                     
          losses on early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                                      
          losses (gains) on divestitures and impairment charges
        		                                                      -4,287,000                                
          net decrease in cash and cash equivalents
        		                                                       -5,957,000                               
          losses (gains) on early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                                      
          excess tax benefit from share-based awards
        		                                                                                      
          net cash from by financing activities
        		                                                                                      
          effect of preneed funeral production maturities:
        		                                                                                      
          gain on early extinguishment of debt
        		                                                               -482,000 -1,830,000 -1,610,000                     
          acquisition costs and other
        		                                                             2,037,000                         
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries, net of cash received
        		                                                                                      
          loss on early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                                      
          premiums paid on early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                                      
          gain on redemption of securities
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds from redemption of securities
        		                                                                                      
          net deposits of restricted funds and other
        		                                                              -15,436,000     1,000 6,000 -21,483,000              39,547,000   
          proceeds from long-term debt issued
        		                                                                      0 0               
          effect of cemetery production and maturities:
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds from the issuance of long-term debt
        		                                                                   807,000 3,000,000 69,000,000                 
          loss from discontinued operations
        		                                                                                      
          income from discontinued operations
        		                                                                                      
          net effect of preneed funeral production and deliveries:
        		                                                                                      
          decrease in preneed funeral receivables and trust investments
        		                                                                  -1,334,000 -6,493,000 4,338,000 10,760,000 74,844,000 7,370,000 7,514,000 12,352,000             
          net effect of preneed cemetery production and maturities:
        		                                                                                      
          decrease in preneed cemetery receivables and trust investments
        		                                                                  6,599,000 5,528,000 8,096,000 16,110,000 41,878,000 11,359,000 16,536,000 13,916,000             
          early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                              -5,062,000 12,186,000 -290,728,000 -7,673,000 0 -251,000   
          equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries
        		                                                                       -2,460,000 -5,559,000 -711,000             
          decrease in funeral non-controlling interest
        		                                                                   -644,000 -7,713,000 -16,927,000 -45,568,000 -24,495,000 -12,023,000 -13,495,000             
          decrease in cemetery non-controlling interest
        		                                                                   -2,018,000 -11,598,000 -5,980,000                 
          adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
        		                                                                                      
          cumulative effect of accounting changes, net of tax
        		                                                                                      
          losses on dispositions and impairment charges
        		                                                                      -9,971,000 -4,886,000 -9,743,000 7,680,000 20,542,000 30,750,000 2,881,000 4,510,000         
          share based compensation
        		                                                                                      
          increase in cemetery non-controlling interest
        		                                                                      -41,412,000 -17,013,000 -11,810,000 -7,405,000             
          net cash from by operating activities from discontinued operations
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds from notes receivable
        		                                                                                      
          net income from discontinued operations, net of tax
        		                                                                       675,000 -2,209,000 -2,925,000             
          proceeds from divestitures, net of cash retained and sales of property and equipment
        		                                                                           28,195,000           
          bank overdrafts
        		                                                                       -3,040,000               
          amortization of loan cost
        		                                                                        1,503,000 2,114,000             
          adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash from operating activities:
        		                                                                                      
          payments on restructuring charges
        		                                                                                      
          litigation payments
        		                                                                                      
          increase in litigation accrual
        		                                                                                      
          decrease in deferred selling cost
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds from dispositions of foreign operations, net of cash retained
        		                                                                                      
          indemnity payments related to the sale of former funeral operations in france
        		                                                                          204,000 -178,000           
          payment of contingent obligations to former owners of acquired business
        		                                                                                      
          net cash (used in) provided in investing activities from continuing operations
        		                                                                                      
          cumulative effect of accounting change, net of tax
        		                                                                                      
          loan cost amortization
        		                                                                           8,832,000           
          net effect of preneed funeral production and maturities
        		                                                                           1,840,000 588,000 3,833,000  -743,000 -15,524,000 12,470,000 9,472,000 -10,952,000 -15,012,000 -4,497,000 
          net effect of cemetery production and deliveries
        		                                                                           9,187,000 9,501,000 18,365,000  2,256,000 22,201,000 22,475,000  -495,000 -5,728,000 2,064,000 
          proceeds from equity investments
        		                                                                               7,604,000       
          purchase of subsidiary stock
        		                                                                               0 0 -844,000     
          other non-cash adjustments
        		                                                                             2,884,000         
          debt issue costs
        		                                                                                      
          net income from discontinued operations
        		                                                                                   -284,000   
          cumulative effects of accounting changes, net of tax
        		                                                                               0 0 187,538,000 -987,000 0 0 48,061,000 
          (gains) and impairment losses on dispositions
        		                                                                               27,446,000 -2,749,000 3,962,000 7,390,000 3,281,000 -696,000 -35,603,000 
          proceeds and distributions from dispositions of businesses, net of cash retained
        		                                                                               90,421,000 0 21,597,000     
          payment of purchase obligations to former owners of acquired business
        		                                                                                      
          indemnity payments related to the joint venture of french operations
        		                                                                               -232,000 -830,000 -772,000     
          net loss from discontinued operations
        		                                                                                0 650,000     
          other operating expense
        		                                                                                 1,600,000 6,516,000    
          net deposits (withdrawals) of restricted funds and other
        		                                                                                 6,961,000     
          (gains) loss on early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                                      
          litigation payments, net of recoveries
        		                                                                                      
          net effect of preneed cemetery production and deliveries
        		                                                                                      
          proceeds and distributions from joint ventures and equity investments, net of cash retained
        		                                                                                  -2,361,000 -6,260,000 49,163,000 287,886,000 
          payment of contingent obligations to former owners of acquired business.
        		                                                                                      
          net decrease in borrowings under credit agreements
        		                                                                                      
          settlement of debt-related options
        		                                                                                      
          loss (gains) on early extinguishments of debt
        		                                                                                   0   
          other operating expenses
        		                                                                                      
          gains on early extinguishments of debt