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Stockholders' Equity Stockholders' Equity (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Status of Stock Based Compensation Plans
December 31, 2017 is as follows (shares in thousands):
 
Shares
Reserved
 
Shares
Available to
Issue
 
Options
Outstanding
 
Performance Awards Outstanding(2)
Amended and Restated 2006 Plan

 

 
1,918

 
311

2017 Plan
1,583

(1) 
1,553

 
16

 
9

Total
1,583

 
1,553

 
1,934

 
320

 
 
 
 
 
(1)
Amount includes approximately 28,000 shares granted from the Amended and Restated 2006 Plan that were returned to the Company due to cancellations and to pay the option price upon exercise.
(2)
Performance Awards are reserved at 200% of shares granted which is equal to the maximum payout in shares.
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions
The assumptions used in the Monte-Carlo simulation pricing model are as follows:
 
2016
Performance period
January 1, 2016 - December 31, 2020
Simulation period (years)
4.86

Share price at grant date
$20.06
Expected volatility
31.2
%
Risk-free interest rate
1.21
%
Forfeiture rate
2.0
%
Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Stock Options, Activity
A summary of the stock options at December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017 and changes during the three years ended December 31, 2017 is presented in the table and narrative below (shares in thousands): 
 
Year Ended December 31,
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
Shares
 
Wtd. Avg.
Ex. Price
 
Shares
 
Wtd. Avg.
Ex. Price
 
Shares
 
Wtd. Avg.
Ex. Price
Outstanding at beginning of period
1,381

 
$
17.07

 
1,695

 
$
18.95

 
1,650

 
$
19.18

Adjustment to beginning balance

 
$

 
18

 
$
18.94

 

 
$

Granted
653

 
$
22.66

 
236

 
$
20.06

 
462

 
$
26.56

Exercised
(110
)
 
$
14.36

 
(112
)
 
$
13.76

 
(159
)
 
$
19.81

Canceled or expired
(229
)
 
$
20.39

 
(187
)
 
$
21.30

 
(19
)
 
$
23.17

Outstanding at end of year
1,695

 
$
18.95

 
1,650

 
$
19.18

 
1,934

 
$
20.85

Exercisable at end of year
583

 
$
15.00

 
1,106

 
$
18.21

 
1,225

 
$
18.68

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Shares Authorized under Stock Option Plans, by Exercise Price Range
The following table further describes our outstanding stock options at December 31, 2017:
 
Options Outstanding
 
Options Exercisable
Actual Ranges of Exercise Prices
Number Outstanding at 12/31/17
 
Weighted-Average
Remaining
Contractual Life
 
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
 
Number Exercisable at 12/31/17
 
Weighted-Average
Exercise Price
$4.78 - $5.94
105,603

 
3.50
 
$
5.66

 
105,603

 
$
5.66

$16.73 - $20.49
942,153

 
3.92
 
$
19.02

 
797,673

 
$
18.83

$22.58 - $26.93
885,900

 
6.74
 
$
24.61

 
322,001

 
$
22.58

$4.78 - $26.93
1,933,656

 
5.19
 
$
20.85

 
1,225,277

 
$
18.68

Schedule of Share-based Compensation, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units Activity
In 2016, a total of 16,900 shares of restricted stock were awarded with a grant date market value of approximately $0.3 million. In 2015, a total of 37,900 shares of restricted stock were awarded with a grant date market value of approximately $0.9 million.
A summary of the status of unvested restricted stock as of December 31, 2017, and changes during 2017, is presented below (shares in thousands): 
Unvested stock awards
Shares
 
Weighted Average
Grant Date
Fair Value
Unvested at January 1, 2017
63

 
$
21.07

Awards
27

 
27.53

Vestings
(30
)
 
20.10

Cancellations
(6
)
 
22.70

Unvested at December 31, 2017
54

 
$
24.09

Schedule of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Our components of Accumulated other comprehensive income are as follows (in thousands):
 
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income
Balance at December 31, 2016
$

Increase in net unrealized gains associated with available-for-sale securities of the trusts
10,304

Reclassification of net unrealized gain activity attributable to the Deferred preneed funeral and cemetery receipts held in trust and Care trusts’ corpus’
(10,304
)
Balance at December 31, 2017
$

Schedule of Dividends Payable
For the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2017, our Board declared the following dividends payable on the dates below (in thousands, except per share amounts):
2017
Per Share
 
Dollar Value
March 1st
$
0.050

 
$
833

June 1st
$
0.050

 
$
835

September 1st
$
0.050

 
$
835

December 1st
$
0.075

 
$
1,206

 
 
 
 
2016
Per Share
 
Dollar Value
March 1st
$
0.025

 
$
415

June 1st
$
0.025

 
$
415

September 1st
$
0.050

 
$
831

December 1st
$
0.050

 
$
830

Employee Stock Option  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions
The fair values of our stock options were calculated using the following weighted average assumptions, based on the methods described above for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2016 and 2017:
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
Dividend yield
0.44
%
 
0.50
%
 
0.75
%
Expected volatility
32.62
%
 
31.21
%
 
29.29
%
Risk-free interest rate
1.13
%
 
1.23
%
 
1.95
%
Expected holding period (years)
3.6

 
5.0

 
5.0

Employee Stock Purchase Plan  
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions
The fair values of the right (option) to purchase shares under the ESPP are estimated at the date of purchase with the four quarterly purchase dates using the following assumptions:
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
Dividend yield
0.4
%
 
0.6
%
 
0.9
%
Expected volatility
24
%
 
25
%
 
19
%
Risk-free interest rate
0.02%, 0.11%,0.18%, 0.25%

 
0.22%, 0.49%,0.55%, 0.61%

 
0.53%, 0.65%,0.77%0.89%

Expected life (years)
.25, .50, .75, 1.00

 
.25, .50, .75, 1.00

 
.25, .50, .75, 1.00