$SCI
SERVICE CORP INTERNATIONAL Stock $sci

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

#000008908920000010 Filed on February 18, 2020

Income Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019	2018 Q4
Revenue	$850.8M	$3.231B	$820.8M
YoY Change	3.65%	1.27%	0.99%
Cost Of Revenue	$632.9M	$2.470B	$610.6M
YoY Change	3.66%	1.66%	1.68%
Gross Profit	$217.9M	$760.6M	$210.3M
YoY Change	3.62%	0.03%	-0.93%
Gross Profit Margin	25.61%	23.54%	25.62%
Selling, General & Admin	$25.60M	$126.9M	$38.50M
YoY Change	-33.51%	-12.78%	22.61%
% of Gross Profit	11.75%	16.68%	18.31%
Research & Development
YoY Change
% of Gross Profit
Depreciation & Amortization	$66.20M	$151.0M	$63.30M
YoY Change	4.58%	-1.72%	-6.64%
% of Gross Profit	30.39%	19.85%	30.11%
Operating Expenses	$25.60M	$126.9M	$38.50M
YoY Change	-33.51%	-12.72%	22.61%
Operating Profit	$240.9M	$666.6M	$172.7M
YoY Change	39.51%	5.7%	-2.97%
Interest Expense	-$44.50M	$185.8M	-$47.00M
YoY Change	-5.32%	2.36%	7.55%
% of Operating Profit	-18.47%	27.88%	-27.21%
Other Income/Expense, Net	-$1.300M	$299.0K	$300.0K
YoY Change	-533.33%	-89.17%	-175.0%
Pretax Income	$195.2M	$464.4M	$126.0M
YoY Change	54.88%	5.14%	-5.71%
Income Tax	$48.00M	$94.66M	$67.22M
% Of Pretax Income	24.59%	20.38%	53.35%
Net Earnings	$147.2M	$369.6M	$193.0M
YoY Change	-23.77%	-17.35%	-21.94%
Net Earnings / Revenue	17.3%	11.44%	23.52%
Basic Earnings Per Share	$0.81	$2.03	$1.07
Diluted Earnings Per Share	$0.79	$1.99	$1.04
COMMON SHARES
Basic Shares Outstanding	182.8M shares	182.2M shares	181.0M shares
Diluted Shares Outstanding		185.5M shares

Balance Sheet

Concept	2019 Q4	2019	2018 Q4
SHORT-TERM ASSETS
Cash & Short-Term Investments	$186.0M	$186.0M	$199.0M
YoY Change	-6.53%	-6.53%	-39.7%
Cash & Equivalents	$186.3M		$198.9M
Short-Term Investments		$36.00M
Other Short-Term Assets	$80.49M	$74.00M	$33.61M
YoY Change	139.5%	196.0%	-5.53%
Inventory	$25.12M	$25.00M	$24.95M
Prepaid Expenses
Receivables	$82.00M	$61.00M	$74.00M
Other Receivables	$19.30M	$27.00M	$17.06M
Total Short-Term Assets	$373.6M	$374.0M	$331.2M
YoY Change	12.78%	12.99%	-31.18%
LONG-TERM ASSETS
Property, Plant & Equipment	$2.065B	$3.997B	$1.977B
YoY Change	4.45%	4.77%	5.57%
Goodwill	$1.864B		$1.864B
YoY Change	0.02%		3.2%
Intangibles	$431.2M		$433.8M
YoY Change	-0.61%		15.97%
Long-Term Investments	$6.471B	$6.471B	$5.749B
YoY Change	12.56%	12.56%	-8.91%
Other Assets	$1.030B	$534.0M	$934.2M
YoY Change	10.25%	8.54%	55.39%
Total Long-Term Assets	$13.30B	$13.30B	$12.36B
YoY Change	7.62%	7.61%	-0.17%
TOTAL ASSETS
Total Short-Term Assets	$373.6M	$374.0M	$331.2M
Total Long-Term Assets	$13.30B	$13.30B	$12.36B
Total Assets	$13.68B	$13.68B	$12.69B
YoY Change	7.75%	7.75%	-1.33%
SHORT-TERM LIABILITIES
YoY Change
Accounts Payable	$470.0M	$174.0M	$480.0M
YoY Change	-2.08%	0.58%	-1.84%
Accrued Expenses	$9.000M	$287.0M
YoY Change		-1.03%
Deferred Revenue
YoY Change
Short-Term Debt	$0.00	$17.00M	$0.00
YoY Change		6.25%
Long-Term Debt Due	$69.82M	$70.00M	$69.90M
YoY Change	-0.11%	0.0%	-79.28%
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$556.7M	$557.0M	$555.6M
YoY Change	0.2%	0.18%	-32.98%
LONG-TERM LIABILITIES
Long-Term Debt	$3.514B	$3.514B	$3.532B
YoY Change	-0.53%	-0.51%	12.66%
Other Long-Term Liabilities	$378.1M	$7.362B	$297.3M
YoY Change	27.17%	12.24%	-27.66%
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$3.892B	$10.88B	$3.829B
YoY Change	1.62%	7.78%	7.99%
TOTAL LIABILITIES
Total Short-Term Liabilities	$556.7M	$557.0M	$555.6M
Total Long-Term Liabilities	$3.892B	$10.88B	$3.829B
Total Liabilities	$4.448B	$11.85B	$4.385B
YoY Change	1.44%	7.27%	0.22%
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY
Retained Earnings	$601.9M		$474.3M
YoY Change	26.9%		125.48%
Common Stock	$1.010B		$972.7M
YoY Change	3.87%		0.23%
Preferred Stock
YoY Change
Treasury Stock (at cost)
YoY Change
Treasury Stock Shares
Shareholders Equity	$1.823B	$1.823B	$1.642B
YoY Change
Total Liabilities & Shareholders Equity	$13.68B	$13.68B	$12.69B
YoY Change	7.75%	7.75%	-1.33%

Cashflow Statement

Concept	2019 Q4	2019	2018 Q4
OPERATING ACTIVITIES
Net Income	$147.2M	$369.6M	$193.0M
YoY Change	-23.77%	-17.35%	-21.94%
Depreciation, Depletion And Amortization	$66.20M	$151.0M	$63.30M
YoY Change	4.58%	-1.72%	-6.64%
Cash From Operating Activities	$156.6M	$628.8M	$163.5M
YoY Change	-4.22%	2.1%	43.55%
INVESTING ACTIVITIES
Capital Expenditures	-$62.80M	-$240.0M	-$69.60M
YoY Change	-9.77%	-4.04%	-4.4%
Acquisitions		-$55.64M
YoY Change		-131.57%
Other Investing Activities	$23.90M	$0.00	$1.700M
YoY Change	1305.88%	-100.0%	-90.71%
Cash From Investing Activities	-$38.80M	-$278.5M	-$67.80M
YoY Change	-42.77%	-32.83%	24.18%
FINANCING ACTIVITIES
Cash Dividend Paid
YoY Change
Common Stock Issuance & Retirement, Net		$129.6M
YoY Change		-53.32%
Debt Paid & Issued, Net		$25.47M
YoY Change		-25.38%
Cash From Financing Activities	-77.10M	-$319.1M	-50.10M
YoY Change	53.89%	-3.06%	-551.35%
NET CHANGE
Cash From Operating Activities	156.6M	$628.8M	163.5M
Cash From Investing Activities	-38.80M	-$278.5M	-67.80M
Cash From Financing Activities	-77.10M	-$319.1M	-50.10M
Net Change In Cash	40.70M	$35.04M	45.60M
YoY Change	-10.75%	-126.34%	-35.23%
FREE CASH FLOW
Cash From Operating Activities	$156.6M	$628.8M	$163.5M
Capital Expenditures	-$62.80M	-$240.0M	-$69.60M
Free Cash Flow	$219.4M	$868.8M	$233.1M
YoY Change	-5.88%	0.33%	24.85%

Facts In Submission

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CY2019	us-gaap	Nature Of Operations NatureOfOperations	Nature of Operations<div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:8.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Montserrat Light,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;">We are North America’s largest provider of deathcare products and services, with a network of funeral service locations and cemeteries operating in the United States and Canada. Our funeral service and cemetery operations consist of funeral service locations, cemeteries, funeral service/cemetery combination locations, crematoria, and other related businesses, which enable us to serve a wide array of customer needs. We sell cemetery property and funeral and cemetery merchandise and services at the time of need and on a preneed basis.</span></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:8.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Montserrat Light,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;">Funeral service locations provide all professional services relating to funerals and cremations, including the use of funeral facilities and motor vehicles, arranging and directing services, removal, preparation, embalming, cremations, memorialization, travel protection, and catering. Funeral merchandise, including burial caskets and related accessories, urns and other cremation receptacles, outer burial containers, flowers, online and video tributes, stationery products, casket and cremation memorialization products, and other ancillary merchandise, is sold at funeral service locations.</span></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:8.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Montserrat Light,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;">Our cemeteries provide cemetery property interment rights, including developed lots, lawn crypts, mausoleum spaces, niches, and other cremation memorialization and interment options. Cemetery merchandise and services, including memorial markers and bases, outer burial containers, flowers and floral placement, other ancillary merchandise, graveside services, merchandise installation, and interments, are sold at our cemeteries.</span></div>
CY2019	us-gaap	Prior Period Reclassification Adjustment Description PriorPeriodReclassificationAdjustmentDescription	<div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:12px;padding-top:16px;text-align:left;font-size:10pt;"><span style="font-family:Montserrat Light,sans-serif;font-size:10pt;color:#4b7282;">Reclassifications to Prior Period Financial Statements and Adjustments</span></div><div style="line-height:130%;padding-bottom:8px;padding-top:8px;text-align:left;font-size:8.5pt;"><span style="font-family:Montserrat Light,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;">Certain reclassifications have been made to prior period amounts to conform to the current period financial statement presentation with no effect on our previously reported results of operations, consolidated financial position, or cash flows except as described below under </span><span style="font-family:Montserrat Medium,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic;">"Accounting Standards Adopted in </span><span style="font-family:Montserrat Medium,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic;">2019</span><span style="font-family:Montserrat Medium,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;font-style:italic;">"</span><span style="font-family:Montserrat Light,sans-serif;font-size:8.5pt;">. </span></div>
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CY2018Q4	sci	Preneed Receivables PreneedReceivables	897683000	USD
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CY2019Q4	sci	Insurancebackedfixedincomesecuritiesandother Insurancebackedfixedincomesecuritiesandother	265160000	USD
CY2018Q4	sci	Insurancebackedfixedincomesecuritiesandother Insurancebackedfixedincomesecuritiesandother	265787000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Investments Investments	5523479000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Investments Investments	4851507000	USD
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CY2018Q4	sci	Preneedtrustinvestments Preneedtrustinvestments	3373709000	USD
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CY2017	sci	Net Preneed Contract Sales NetPreneedContractSales	1257288000	USD
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CY2019	sci	Deposits To Trust Receivable Impact DepositsToTrustReceivableImpact	372644000	USD
CY2018	sci	Deposits To Trust Receivable Impact DepositsToTrustReceivableImpact	347601000	USD
CY2017	sci	Deposits To Trust Receivable Impact DepositsToTrustReceivableImpact	328241000	USD
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CY2018	sci	Preneed Receivables Net And Trust Investments Change In Cancellation Allowance PreneedReceivablesNetAndTrustInvestmentsChangeInCancellationAllowance	62131000	USD
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CY2019	sci	Changeinamountsdueforunfulfilledperformanceobligations Changeinamountsdueforunfulfilledperformanceobligations	-10223000	USD
CY2019	sci	Effect Of Foreign Currency And Other On Preneed Receivables Net And Trust Investments EffectOfForeignCurrencyAndOtherOnPreneedReceivablesNetAndTrustInvestments	6697000	USD
CY2018	sci	Effect Of Foreign Currency And Other On Preneed Receivables Net And Trust Investments EffectOfForeignCurrencyAndOtherOnPreneedReceivablesNetAndTrustInvestments	-20127000	USD
CY2017	sci	Effect Of Foreign Currency And Other On Preneed Receivables Net And Trust Investments EffectOfForeignCurrencyAndOtherOnPreneedReceivablesNetAndTrustInvestments	16843000	USD
CY2019Q4	sci	Preneedreceivablesnetandtrustinvestments Preneedreceivablesnetandtrustinvestments	4789562000	USD
CY2018Q4	sci	Preneedreceivablesnetandtrustinvestments Preneedreceivablesnetandtrustinvestments	4271392000	USD
CY2017Q4	sci	Preneedreceivablesnetandtrustinvestments Preneedreceivablesnetandtrustinvestments	4778842000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Amortized Cost AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAmortizedCost	3600688000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Gain Before Tax AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedGainBeforeTax	385203000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Accumulated Gross Unrealized Loss Before Tax AvailableForSaleSecuritiesAccumulatedGrossUnrealizedLossBeforeTax	126983000	USD
CY2019Q4	sci	Available For Sale Securities Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesFairValue	3858908000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Fair Value Investments Entities That Calculate Net Asset Value Per Share Unfunded Committments FairValueInvestmentsEntitiesThatCalculateNetAssetValuePerShareUnfundedCommittments	134900000	USD
CY2019	sci	Available For Sale Securities Estimated Maturity Date Minimum AvailableForSaleSecuritiesEstimatedMaturityDateMinimum	2020
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities Within One Year Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesWithinOneYearFairValue	58452000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After One Through Five Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterOneThroughFiveYearsFairValue	36994000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Five Through Ten Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterFiveThroughTenYearsFairValue	8038000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Maturities After Ten Years Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtMaturitiesAfterTenYearsFairValue	131000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Debt Securities AvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebtSecurities	103615000	USD
CY2019	sci	Investment Earnings Net InvestmentEarningsNet	119000000.0	USD
CY2018	sci	Investment Earnings Net InvestmentEarningsNet	121700000	USD
CY2017	sci	Investment Earnings Net InvestmentEarningsNet	112600000	USD
CY2019	sci	Ecf Investment Earnings Net ECFInvestmentEarningsNet	77500000	USD
CY2018	sci	Ecf Investment Earnings Net ECFInvestmentEarningsNet	74700000	USD
CY2017	sci	Ecf Investment Earnings Net ECFInvestmentEarningsNet	62900000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than Twelve Months Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThanTwelveMonthsFairValue	21083000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Less Than12 Months Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionLessThan12MonthsAccumulatedLoss	445000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Twelve Months Or Longer Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionTwelveMonthsOrLongerFairValue	51356000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position12 Months Or Longer Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPosition12MonthsOrLongerAccumulatedLoss	2377000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Fair Value AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionFairValue	72439000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Available For Sale Securities Continuous Unrealized Loss Position Accumulated Loss AvailableForSaleSecuritiesContinuousUnrealizedLossPositionAccumulatedLoss	2822000	USD
CY2019Q4	sci	Deferredrevenue Gross DeferredrevenueGross	2046000000	USD
CY2018Q4	sci	Deferredrevenue Gross DeferredrevenueGross	1989232000	USD
CY2019	sci	Amounts Duefor Unfulfilled Performance Obligations AmountsDueforUnfulfilledPerformanceObligations	578897000	USD
CY2018	sci	Amounts Duefor Unfulfilled Performance Obligations AmountsDueforUnfulfilledPerformanceObligations	-570418000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue	1467103000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Deferred Revenue DeferredRevenue	1418814000	USD
CY2018Q4	sci	Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust	4790552000	USD
CY2017Q4	sci	Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust	5265206000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	New Accounting Pronouncement Or Change In Accounting Principle Cumulative Effect Of Change On Equity Or Net Assets1 NewAccountingPronouncementOrChangeInAccountingPrincipleCumulativeEffectOfChangeOnEquityOrNetAssets1	0	USD
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CY2018	sci	Net Preneed Deferred Sales NetPreneedDeferredSales	977378000	USD
CY2019	sci	Deferred Revenue Acquisitions Dispositions Of Businesses Net DeferredRevenueAcquisitionsDispositionsOfBusinessesNet	-12741000	USD
CY2018	sci	Deferred Revenue Acquisitions Dispositions Of Businesses Net DeferredRevenueAcquisitionsDispositionsOfBusinessesNet	159560000	USD
CY2019	sci	Deferred Investment Earnings Net DeferredInvestmentEarningsNet	484577000	USD
CY2018	sci	Deferred Investment Earnings Net DeferredInvestmentEarningsNet	-195051000	USD
CY2019	sci	Recognized Revenue From Backlog RecognizedRevenueFromBacklog	-368908000	USD
CY2018	sci	Recognized Revenue From Backlog RecognizedRevenueFromBacklog	-381041000	USD
CY2019	sci	Recognized Revenue From Current Period RecognizedRevenueFromCurrentPeriod	-573804000	USD
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CY2019	sci	Changeinamountsdueforunfulfilledperformanceobligations Changeinamountsdueforunfulfilledperformanceobligations	-10223000	USD
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CY2019	sci	Deferred Revenue Change In Cancellation Allowance DeferredRevenueChangeInCancellationAllowance	1066000	USD
CY2018	sci	Deferred Revenue Change In Cancellation Allowance DeferredRevenueChangeInCancellationAllowance	65817000	USD
CY2019	sci	Effect Of Foreign Currency And Other On Deferred Revenue EffectOfForeignCurrencyAndOtherOnDeferredRevenue	11385000	USD
CY2018	sci	Effect Of Foreign Currency And Other On Deferred Revenue EffectOfForeignCurrencyAndOtherOnDeferredRevenue	-20326000	USD
CY2019Q4	sci	Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust	5306479000	USD
CY2018Q4	sci	Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust Deferredrevenueanddeferredreceiptsheldintrust	4790552000	USD
CY2016Q4	sci	Deferred Preneed Funeral Revenues DeferredPreneedFuneralRevenues	1731417000	USD
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CY2017	sci	Deferred Revenue Acquisitions Dispositions Of Businesses Net DeferredRevenueAcquisitionsDispositionsOfBusinessesNet	10488000	USD
CY2017	sci	Deferred Investment Earnings Net DeferredInvestmentEarningsNet	381436000	USD
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CY2017Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Gross GoodwillGross	1805981000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Acquired During Period GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	1455000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Acquired During Period GoodwillAcquiredDuringPeriod	68195000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit	5490000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Written Off Related To Sale Of Business Unit GoodwillWrittenOffRelatedToSaleOfBusinessUnit	2207000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	4416000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Foreign Currency Translation Gain Loss GoodwillForeignCurrencyTranslationGainLoss	-8127000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Goodwill Period Increase Decrease GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease	381000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Goodwill Period Increase Decrease GoodwillPeriodIncreaseDecrease	57861000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1864223000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Goodwill Goodwill	1863842000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	400052000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Gross FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsGross	415024000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	289847000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Accumulated Amortization FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAccumulatedAmortization	285433000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	110205000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Net FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsNet	129591000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Trade Names IndefiniteLivedTradeNames	310197000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Trade Names IndefiniteLivedTradeNames	293474000	USD
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CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Other Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets OtherIndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssets	10765000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Indefinite Lived Intangible Assets Excluding Goodwill IndefiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsExcludingGoodwill	320962000	USD
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CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	431167000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Intangible Assets Net Excluding Goodwill IntangibleAssetsNetExcludingGoodwill	433830000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Impairment Of Intangible Assets Indefinitelived Excluding Goodwill ImpairmentOfIntangibleAssetsIndefinitelivedExcludingGoodwill	3400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	25600000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	26200000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Amortization Of Intangible Assets AmortizationOfIntangibleAssets	27700000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Next Twelve Months FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseNextTwelveMonths	7239000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Two FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearTwo	7140000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Three FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearThree	5975000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Four FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFour	5584000	USD
CY2019Q4	us-gaap	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Year Five FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseYearFive	5439000	USD
CY2019Q4	sci	Finite Lived Intangible Assets Amortization Expense Future Total FiniteLivedIntangibleAssetsAmortizationExpenseFutureTotal	31377000	USD
CY2018Q4	sci	Estimated Tax Reform Repatriation Liability EstimatedTaxReformRepatriationLiability	146200000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Unrecognized Tax Benefits Increases Resulting From Prior Period Tax Positions UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsIncreasesResultingFromPriorPeriodTaxPositions	16100000	USD
CY2019Q4	sci	Estimated Tax Reform Repatriation Liability EstimatedTaxReformRepatriationLiability	259800000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Tax Reconciliation Repatriation Of Foreign Earnings IncomeTaxReconciliationRepatriationOfForeignEarnings	13400000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	441579000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	399123000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Domestic IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesDomestic	347680000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	22853000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	42609000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Foreign IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesForeign	52578000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	464432000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	441732000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Income Loss From Continuing Operations Before Income Taxes Extraordinary Items Noncontrolling Interest IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest	400258000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	51664000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	18138000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Federal Tax Expense Benefit CurrentFederalTaxExpenseBenefit	154128000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	7059000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	10541000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Foreign Tax Expense Benefit CurrentForeignTaxExpenseBenefit	12187000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	12908000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	6974000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current State And Local Tax Expense Benefit CurrentStateAndLocalTaxExpenseBenefit	4934000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	71631000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	35653000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Current Income Tax Expense Benefit CurrentIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	171249000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	12973000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-48565000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Federal Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredFederalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-314389000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	-571000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	386000	USD
CY2017	us-gaap	Deferred Foreign Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredForeignIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	618000	USD
CY2019	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	10628000	USD
CY2018	us-gaap	Deferred State And Local Income Tax Expense Benefit DeferredStateAndLocalIncomeTaxExpenseBenefit	6700000	USD
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CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	60000	USD
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	42000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	58000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss Attributable To Noncontrolling Interest NetIncomeLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterest	190000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	81988000	USD
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	103239000	USD
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	68935000	USD
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Net Income Loss NetIncomeLoss	193046000	USD
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.44
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.57
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	0.38
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Basic EarningsPerShareBasic	1.07
CY2018Q1	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.43
CY2018Q2	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.55
CY2018Q3	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	0.37
CY2018Q4	us-gaap	Earnings Per Share Diluted EarningsPerShareDiluted	1.04

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2019 Q4 Form 10-K Financial Statement

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$SCI
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