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Trust Investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Preneed Trust Investments [Abstract] |
Components of preneed cemetery trust investments | The components of Preneed cemetery trust investments on our Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2019 |  |  | June 30, 2020 |
Preneed cemetery trust investments, at market value | $ | 74,572 |  |  | $ | 74,914 |
Less: allowance for contract cancellation | (2,190 | ) |  | (2,345 | )
Preneed cemetery trust investments | $ | 72,382 |  |  | $ | 72,569 |
Cost and fair market values associated with preneed cemetery trust investments | The cost and market values associated with preneed cemetery trust investments at June 30, 2020 are detailed below (in thousands):
| Fair Value Hierarchy Level |  | Cost |  | Unrealized Gains |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Market Value
Cash and money market accounts | 1 |  | $ | 2,844 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 2,844 |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | 2 |  | 12,628 |  |  | 867 |  |  | (1,014 | ) |  | 12,481 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 15,911 |  |  | 794 |  |  | (1,500 | ) |  | 15,205 |
Preferred stock | 2 |  | 13,586 |  |  | 334 |  |  | (1,341 | ) |  | 12,579 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 2 |  | 394 |  |  | — |  |  | (227 | ) |  | 167 |
Common stock | 1 |  | 27,093 |  |  | 5,453 |  |  | (7,544 | ) |  | 25,002 |
Mutual funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed Income | 2 |  | 5,700 |  |  | 494 |  |  | (277 | ) |  | 5,917 |
Trust securities |  |  | $ | 78,156 |  |  | $ | 7,942 |  |  | $ | (11,903 | ) |  | $ | 74,195 |
Accrued investment income |  |  | $ | 719 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 719 |
Preneed cemetery trust investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 74,914 |
Market value as a percentage of cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94.9 | %
The cost and market values associated with preneed cemetery trust investments at December 31, 2019 are detailed below (in thousands):
| Fair Value Hierarchy Level |  | Cost |  | Unrealized Gains |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Market Value
Cash and money market accounts | 1 |  | $ | 5,729 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5,729 |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | 2 |  | 5,609 |  |  | 312 |  |  | (243 | ) |  | 5,678 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 16,916 |  |  | 1,044 |  |  | (649 | ) |  | 17,311 |
Preferred stock | 2 |  | 14,206 |  |  | 904 |  |  | (164 | ) |  | 14,946 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 2 |  | 517 |  |  | — |  |  | (114 | ) |  | 403 |
Common stock | 1 |  | 28,569 |  |  | 2,766 |  |  | (3,017 | ) |  | 28,318 |
Mutual funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income | 2 |  | 1,463 |  |  | 72 |  |  | (85 | ) |  | 1,450 |
Trust Securities |  |  | $ | 73,009 |  |  | $ | 5,098 |  |  | $ | (4,272 | ) |  | $ | 73,835 |
Accrued investment income |  |  | $ | 737 |  |  |  |  |  |  | 737 |
Preneed cemetery trust investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 74,572 |
Market value as a percentage of cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 101.1 | %
Estimated maturities of fixed preneed cemetery trust income securities | The estimated maturities of the fixed income securities included above are as follows (in thousands):
Due in one year or less | $ | 1 |
Due in one to five years | 8,738 |
Due in five to ten years | 9,703 |
Thereafter | 21,990 |
Total fixed income securities | $ | 40,432 |
Schedule of fair market value and unrealized loss on cemetery merchandise and service trust investments | The following table summarized our fixed income securities within our preneed cemetery trust investments in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2020, aggregated by major security type and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position (in thousands):
| June 30, 2020
| In Loss Position Less than 12 months |  | In Loss Position Greater than 12 months |  | Total
| Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | $ | 3,149 |  |  | $ | (334 | ) |  | $ | 311 |  |  | $ | (680 | ) |  | $ | 3,460 |  |  | $ | (1,014 | )
Corporate debt | 3,140 |  |  | (989 | ) |  | 4,227 |  |  | (511 | ) |  | 7,367 |  |  | (1,500 | )
Preferred stock | 9,882 |  |  | (1,341 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9,882 |  |  | (1,341 | )
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 167 |  |  | (227 | ) |  | 167 |  |  | (227 | )
Total fixed income securities with an unrealized loss | $ | 16,171 |  |  | $ | (2,664 | ) |  | $ | 4,705 |  |  | $ | (1,418 | ) |  | $ | 20,876 |  |  | $ | (4,082 | )
| December 31, 2019
| In Loss Position Less than 12 months |  | In Loss Position Greater than 12 months |  | Total
| Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | $ | 268 |  |  | $ | (42 | ) |  | $ | 758 |  |  | $ | (201 | ) |  | $ | 1,026 |  |  | $ | (243 | )
Corporate debt | 1,368 |  |  | (168 | ) |  | 4,520 |  |  | (481 | ) |  | 5,888 |  |  | (649 | )
Preferred stock | 4,135 |  |  | (164 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,135 |  |  | (164 | )
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 402 |  |  | (114 | ) |  | 402 |  |  | (114 | )
Total fixed income securities with an unrealized loss | $ | 5,771 |  |  | $ | (374 | ) |  | $ | 5,680 |  |  | $ | (796 | ) |  | $ | 11,451 |  |  | $ | (1,170 | )
Preneed cemetery trust investment security transactions | Preneed cemetery trust investment security transactions recorded in Other, net on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Investment income | $ | 414 |  |  | $ | 653 |  |  | $ | 985 |  |  | $ | 972 |
Realized gains | 2,363 |  |  | 1,619 |  |  | 3,821 |  |  | 3,535 |
Realized losses | (1,001 | ) |  | (2,200 | ) |  | (1,636 | ) |  | (3,572 | )
Expenses and taxes | (407 | ) |  | (438 | ) |  | (685 | ) |  | (625 | )
Net change in deferred preneed cemetery receipts held in trust | (1,369 | ) |  | 366 |  |  | (2,485 | ) |  | (310 | )
| $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Purchases and sales of investments in preneed cemetary trusts | Purchases and sales of investments in the preneed cemetery trusts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Purchases | $ | (8,186 | ) |  | $ | (13,597 | ) |  | $ | (10,258 | ) |  | $ | (32,454 | )
Sales | 10,026 |  |  | 12,135 |  |  | 13,899 |  |  | 25,366 |
Components of preneed funeral trust investments | The components of Preneed funeral trust investments on our Consolidated Balance Sheet at December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2019 |  |  | June 30, 2020 |
Preneed funeral trust investments, at market value | $ | 99,246 |  |  | $ | 93,110 |
Less: allowance for expected credit losses and cancellations | (2,911 | ) |  | (2,875 | )
Preneed funeral trust investments | $ | 96,335 |  |  | $ | 90,235 |
Estimated maturities of fixed preneed funeral trust income securities | The estimated maturities of the fixed income securities included above are as follows (in thousands):
Due in one year or less | $ | — |
Due in one to five years | 9,528 |
Due in five to ten years | 8,481 |
Thereafter | 21,169 |
Total fixed income securities | $ | 39,178 |
Cost and fair market values associated with preneed funeral trust investments | The cost and market values associated with preneed funeral trust investments at June 30, 2020 are detailed below (in thousands):
| Fair Value Hierarchy Level |  | Cost |  | Unrealized Gains |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Market Value
Cash and money market accounts | 1 |  | $ | 19,920 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 19,920 |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S treasury debt | 1 |  | 820 |  |  | 13 |  |  | — |  |  | 833 |
Foreign debt | 2 |  | 12,400 |  |  | 857 |  |  | (955 | ) |  | 12,302 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 14,637 |  |  | 738 |  |  | (1,432 | ) |  | 13,943 |
Preferred stock | 2 |  | 12,871 |  |  | 316 |  |  | (1,295 | ) |  | 11,892 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 2 |  | 433 |  |  | 1 |  |  | (226 | ) |  | 208 |
Common stock | 1 |  | 25,825 |  |  | 5,377 |  |  | (7,052 | ) |  | 24,150 |
Mutual funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fixed income | 2 |  | 4,942 |  |  | 462 |  |  | (189 | ) |  | 5,215 |
Other investments | 2 |  | 3,982 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 3,982 |
Trust securities |  |  | $ | 95,830 |  |  | $ | 7,764 |  |  | $ | (11,149 | ) |  | $ | 92,445 |
Accrued investment income |  |  | $ | 665 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 665 |
Preneed funeral trust investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 93,110 |
Market value as a percentage of cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 96.5 | %
The cost and market values associated with preneed funeral trust investments at December 31, 2019 are detailed below (in thousands):
| Fair Value Hierarchy Level |  | Cost |  | Unrealized Gains |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair Market Value
Cash and money market accounts | 1 |  | $ | 24,160 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 24,160 |
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
U.S. treasury debt | 1 |  | 822 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 822 |
Foreign debt | 2 |  | 5,587 |  |  | 309 |  |  | (232 | ) |  | 5,664 |
Corporate debt | 2 |  | 16,109 |  |  | 992 |  |  | (646 | ) |  | 16,455 |
Preferred stock | 2 |  | 14,094 |  |  | 874 |  |  | (198 | ) |  | 14,770 |
Mortgage-backed securities | 2 |  | 585 |  |  | — |  |  | (117 | ) |  | 468 |
Common stock | 1 |  | 27,652 |  |  | 2,773 |  |  | (2,869 | ) |  | 27,556 |
Mutual funds: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equity | 1 |  | 772 |  |  | 617 |  |  | (4 | ) |  | 1,385 |
Fixed income | 2 |  | 4,364 |  |  | 107 |  |  | (107 | ) |  | 4,364 |
Other investments | 2 |  | 2,902 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,902 |
Trust securities |  |  | $ | 97,047 |  |  | $ | 5,672 |  |  | $ | (4,173 | ) |  | $ | 98,546 |
Accrued investment income |  |  | $ | 700 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 700 |
Preneed funeral trust investments |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 99,246 |
Market value as a percentage of cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 101.5 | %
Schedule of fair market value and unrealized loss on preneed funeral trust investments | The following table summarized our fixed income securities within our preneed funeral trust investment in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2020, aggregated by major security type and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position (in thousands):
| June 30, 2020
| In Loss Position Less than 12 months |  | In Loss Position Greater than 12 months |  | Total
| Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | $ | 3,093 |  |  | $ | (332 | ) |  | $ | 288 |  |  | $ | (623 | ) |  | $ | 3,381 |  |  | $ | (955 | )
Corporate debt | 3,125 |  |  | (984 | ) |  | 4,012 |  |  | (448 | ) |  | 7,137 |  |  | (1,432 | )
Preferred stock | 9,493 |  |  | (1,295 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 9,493 |  |  | (1,295 | )
Mortgage-backed securities | 4 |  |  | — |  |  | 175 |  |  | (226 | ) |  | 179 |  |  | (226 | )
Total fixed income securities with an unrealized loss | $ | 15,715 |  |  | $ | (2,611 | ) |  | $ | 4,475 |  |  | $ | (1,297 | ) |  | $ | 20,190 |  |  | $ | (3,908 | )
| December 31, 2019
| In Loss Position Less than 12 months |  | In Loss Position Greater than 12 months |  | Total
| Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | $ | 274 |  |  | $ | (43 | ) |  | $ | 723 |  |  | $ | (189 | ) |  | $ | 997 |  |  | $ | (232 | )
Corporate debt | 1,403 |  |  | (172 | ) |  | 4,433 |  |  | (474 | ) |  | 5,836 |  |  | (646 | )
Preferred stock | 4,412 |  |  | (198 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 4,412 |  |  | (198 | )
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 439 |  |  | (117 | ) |  | 439 |  |  | (117 | )
Total fixed income securities with an unrealized loss | $ | 6,089 |  |  | $ | (413 | ) |  | $ | 5,595 |  |  | $ | (780 | ) |  | $ | 11,684 |  |  | $ | (1,193 | )
Preneed funeral trust investment security transactions | Preneed funeral trust investment security transactions recorded in Other, net on the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Investment income | $ | 409 |  |  | $ | 604 |  |  | $ | 982 |  |  | $ | 862 |
Realized gains | 2,486 |  |  | 1,606 |  |  | 3,806 |  |  | 4,157 |
Realized losses | (1,007 | ) |  | (2,053 | ) |  | (424 | ) |  | (3,182 | )
Expenses and taxes | (513 | ) |  | (253 | ) |  | (285 | ) |  | (350 | )
Net change in deferred preneed funeral receipts held in trust | (1,375 | ) |  | 96 |  |  | (4,079 | ) |  | (1,487 | )
| $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Purchases and sales of investments in preneed funeral trusts | Purchases and sales of investments in the perpetual care trusts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Purchases | $ | (5,117 | ) |  | $ | (11,066 | ) |  | $ | (14,274 | ) |  | $ | (25,678 | )
Sales | 6,278 |  |  | 9,458 |  |  | 7,980 |  |  | 22,152 |
Purchases and sales of investments in the preneed funeral trusts for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Purchases | $ | (8,436 | ) |  | $ | (13,153 | ) |  | $ | (19,195 | ) |  | $ | (31,691 | )
Sales | 10,816 |  |  | 11,888 |  |  | 13,601 |  |  | 27,856 |
Components of care trusts' corpus | Care trusts’ corpus on our Consolidated Balance Sheet represent the corpus of those trusts plus undistributed income. The components of Care trusts’ corpus as of December 31, 2019 and June 30, 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| December 31, 2019 |  |  | June 30, 2020 |
Cemetery perpetual care trust investments, at market value | $ | 64,047 |  |  | $ | 63,228 |
Obligations due to (from) trust | (631 | ) |  | (916 | )
Care trusts’ corpus | $ | 63,416 |  |  | $ | 62,312 |
Available-for-sale Securities, Continuous Unrealized Loss Position, Fair Value [Table Text Block] | The following table summarized our fixed income securities within our perpetual care trust investment in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2020, aggregated by major security type and length of time in a continuous unrealized loss position (in thousands):
| June 30, 2020
| In Loss Position Less than 12 months |  | In Loss Position Greater than 12 months |  | Total
| Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | $ | 2,833 |  |  | $ | (272 | ) |  | $ | 276 |  |  | $ | (600 | ) |  | $ | 3,109 |  |  | $ | (872 | )
Corporate debt | 2,523 |  |  | (795 | ) |  | 3,772 |  |  | (418 | ) |  | 6,295 |  |  | (1,213 | )
Preferred stock | 8,849 |  |  | (1,234 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 8,849 |  |  | (1,234 | )
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 134 |  |  | (181 | ) |  | 134 |  |  | (181 | )
Total fixed income securities with an unrealized loss | $ | 14,205 |  |  | $ | (2,301 | ) |  | $ | 4,182 |  |  | $ | (1,199 | ) |  | $ | 18,387 |  |  | $ | (3,500 | )
| December 31, 2019
| In Loss Position Less than 12 months |  | In Loss Position Greater than 12 months |  | Total
| Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses |  | Fair market value |  | Unrealized Losses
Fixed income securities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign debt | $ | 168 |  |  | $ | (26 | ) |  | $ | 549 |  |  | $ | (149 | ) |  | $ | 717 |  |  | $ | (175 | )
Corporate debt | 1,057 |  |  | (196 | ) |  | 3,253 |  |  | (338 | ) |  | 4,310 |  |  | (534 | )
Preferred stock | 2,989 |  |  | (106 | ) |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 2,989 |  |  | (106 | )
Mortgage-backed securities | — |  |  | — |  |  | 252 |  |  | (71 | ) |  | 252 |  |  | (71 | )
Total fixed income securities with an unrealized loss | $ | 4,214 |  |  | $ | (328 | ) |  | $ | 4,054 |  |  | $ | (558 | ) |  | $ | 8,268 |  |  | $ | (886 | )
Preneed Funeral Trust Investment Security Transactions [Table Text Block] | Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in Other, net on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  | Six months ended June 30,
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Realized gains | $ | 670 |  |  | $ | 439 |  |  | $ | 1,024 |  |  | $ | 1,148 |
Realized losses | (270 | ) |  | (606 | ) |  | (441 | ) |  | (1,285 | )
Net change in Care trusts’ corpus | (400 | ) |  | 167 |  |  | (583 | ) |  | 137 |
Total | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Perpetual care trust investment security transactions recorded in Other revenue on our Consolidated Statements of Operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are as follows (in thousands):
| Three months ended June 30, |  |  | Six months ended June 30, |
| 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2020 |
Investment income | $ | 1,107 |  |  | $ | 1,942 |  |  | $ | 2,194 |  |  | $ | 3,347 |
Realized gain (losses), net | 10 |  |  | 27 |  |  | (280 | ) |  | (9 | )
Total | $ | 1,117 |  |  | $ | 1,969 |  |  | $ | 1,914 |  |  | $ | 3,338 |

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