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Income Taxes Level 3 (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2024
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign [Table Text Block] | Income before income taxes was composed of the following components:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| (In thousands)
United States | $ | 631,159 |  |  | $ | 664,745 |  |  | $ | 703,131 |
Foreign | 44,259 |  |  | 43,861 |  |  | 52,497 |
Total income before income taxes | $ | 675,418 |  |  | $ | 708,606 |  |  | $ | 755,628 |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) [Table Text Block] | Income tax provision consisted of the following:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
| (In thousands)
Current: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 113,379 |  |  | $ | (30,832) |  |  | $ | 139,132 |
Foreign | 13,069 |  |  | 14,989 |  |  | 14,486 |
State | 22,676 |  |  | (4,728) |  |  | 32,505 |
Total current income taxes | 149,124 |  |  | (20,571) |  |  | 186,123 |
Deferred: |  |  |  |  |
United States | $ | 5,971 |  |  | $ | 155,677 |  |  | $ | (59) |
Foreign | (32) |  |  | (1,999) |  |  | 780 |
State | 1,602 |  |  | 37,838 |  |  | 2,750 |
Total deferred income taxes | 7,541 |  |  | 191,516 |  |  | 3,471 |
Total income taxes | $ | 156,665 |  |  | $ | 170,945 |  |  | $ | 189,594 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block] | The differences between the U.S. federal statutory income tax rate and our effective tax rate were as follows:
| Years Ended December 31, |  |
| 2024 |  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  |
| (In thousands) |  |
Computed tax provision at the applicable federal statutory income tax rate | $ | 141,838 |  |  | $ | 148,807 |  |  | $ | 158,682 |  |  |
State and local taxes, net of federal income tax benefits | 21,587 |  |  | 27,041 |  |  | 28,817 |  |  |
Foreign jurisdiction differences | 3,509 |  |  | 3,756 |  |  | 3,976 |  |  |
Permanent differences associated with divestitures | 365 |  |  | 47 |  |  | 200 |  |  |
Changes in uncertain tax positions and audit settlements | (1,083) |  |  | 110 |  |  | 53 |  |  |
Excess tax benefit from share-based compensation | (11,924) |  |  | (8,406) |  |  | (8,918) |  |  |
Other | 2,373 |  |  | (410) |  |  | 6,784 |  |  |
Provision for income taxes | $ | 156,665 |  |  | $ | 170,945 |  |  | $ | 189,594 |  |  |
Total consolidated effective tax rate | 23.2 | % |  | 24.1 | % |  | 25.1 | % |  |
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block] | The tax effects of temporary differences and carryforwards that give rise to significant portions of deferred tax assets and liabilities consisted of the following:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
| (In thousands)
Inventories and cemetery property | $ | (195,851) |  |  | $ | (196,887) |
Deferred incremental direct selling costs | (110,305) |  |  | (104,686) |
Property and equipment | (146,121) |  |  | (177,411) |
Intangibles | (213,641) |  |  | (207,727) |
Deferred revenue on preneed funeral and cemetery contracts | (100,095) |  |  | (80,178) |
Other | (6,085) |  |  | (5,746) |
Deferred tax liabilities | (772,098) |  |  | (772,635) |
Loss and tax credit carryforwards | 113,603 |  |  | 127,796 |
Accrued liabilities | 115,515 |  |  | 122,887 |
Deferred tax assets | 229,118 |  |  | 250,683 |
Less: valuation allowance | (99,325) |  |  | (108,834) |
Net deferred income tax liability | $ | (642,305) |  |  | $ | (630,786) |
Schedule of Deferred Taxes Classification [Table Text Block] | Deferred tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are recognized in our Consolidated Balance Sheet as follows:
| Years Ended December 31,
| 2024 |  | 2023
| (In thousands)
Non-current deferred tax assets - included in Deferred charges and other assets, net | $ | 6,890 |  |  | $ | 7,320 |
Non-current deferred tax liabilities - included in Deferred tax liability | (649,195) |  |  | (638,106) |
Net deferred income tax liability | $ | (642,305) |  |  | $ | (630,786) |
Summary of Income Tax Contingencies [Table Text Block] | The following table summarizes the activity related to our gross unrecognized tax benefits from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024 (in thousands):
| Federal, State, and Foreign Tax
| (In thousands)
Balance at December 31, 2021 | $ | 1,348 |
Reduction to tax positions related to prior years | — |
Balance at December 31, 2022 | $ | 1,348 |
Reductions to tax positions related to prior years | — |
Balance at December 31, 2023 | $ | 1,348 |
Reductions to tax positions due to lapse of statutes of limitations | (1,348) |
Additions to tax positions related to prior years | $ | 834 |
Balance at December 31, 2024 | $ | 834 |
Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block] | Such loss carryforwards will expire as follows:
| Federal |  | State |  | Foreign |  | Total
| (In thousands)
2025 | $ | — |  |  | $ | 318,676 |  |  | $ | 471 |  |  | $ | 319,147 |
2026 | — |  |  | 354,652 |  |  | 942 |  |  | 355,594 |
2027 | — |  |  | 189,456 |  |  | 981 |  |  | 190,437 |
2028 | — |  |  | 234,560 |  |  | 3,075 |  |  | 237,635 |
Thereafter | — |  |  | 1,255,198 |  |  | 1,134 |  |  | 1,256,332 |
Total loss carryforwards | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,352,542 |  |  | $ | 6,603 |  |  | $ | 2,359,145 |
In addition to the above loss carryforwards, we have $2.2 million of foreign alternative minimum tax credits that can be carried forward indefinitely.
Summary of Valuation Allowance [Table Text Block] | At December 31, 2024, our loss and tax credit carryforward deferred tax assets and related valuation allowances by jurisdiction are as follows (presented net of federal benefit).
| Federal |  | State |  | Foreign |  | Total
|  |  | (In thousands) |  |
Loss and tax credit carryforwards | $ | — |  |  | $ | 108,973 |  |  | $ | 4,630 |  |  | $ | 113,603 |
Valuation allowance | $ | — |  |  | $ | 84,469 |  |  | $ | 14,856 |  |  | $ | 99,325 |

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