Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

The fair value of the option grants were estimated on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following weighted-average assumptions:



	February 24, 2015		March 25, 2015
Dividend yield	0.44	%	0.40	%
Expected volatility	32.62	%	32.35	%
Risk-free interest rate	1.13	%	1.11	%
Expected life (years)	3.6		3.7
Black-Scholes value	$5.64		$6.22

Assumptions for the fair value of the right (option) to purchase shares under ESPP

The fair value of the right (option) to purchase shares under the ESPP is estimated on the date of grant (January 1 of each year) associated with the four quarterly purchase dates using the following assumptions:



	2015
Dividend yield	0.4	%
Expected volatility	24.35	%
Risk-free interest rate	0.02%, 0.11%, 0.18%, 0.25%
Expected life (years)	0.25, 0.50, 0.75, 1.00

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

Our components of Accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows:



	Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2014	$	—
Increase in net unrealized gains associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts	2,132
Reclassification of net unrealized gain activity attributable to the Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and Care trusts’ corpus	(2,132		)
Balance at March 31, 2015	$	—