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Net Income Per Share (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
Net Income Per Share [Abstract] |
Net Income Per Share Of Common Stock |
|  | Six Months Ended June 30 |  | Three Months Ended June 30
|  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
|  | Basic |  | Diluted |  | Basic |  | Diluted |  | Basic |  | Diluted |  | Basic |  | Diluted
Net income per common share |  | $ 3.73 |  | $ 3.73 |  | $ 0.69 |  | $ 0.69 |  | $ 2.43 |  | $ 2.43 |  | $ 1.37 |  | $ 1.37
Numerator (in millions): |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net income |  | $ 188 |  | $ 188 |  | $ 34 |  | $ 34 |  | $ 123 |  | $ 123 |  | $ 68 |  | $ 68
Net income corresponding to common stock |  | $ 188 |  | $ 188 |  | $ 34 |  | $ 34 |  | $ 123 |  | $ 123 |  | $ 68 |  | $ 68
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average of common stock outstanding for Basic earnings per share |  | 50,386,519 |  | — |  | 49,844,823 |  | — |  | 50,364,529 |  | — |  | 49,822,272 |  | —
Adjusted weighted average of common stock outstanding for Diluted earnings per share |  | — |  | 50,386,519 |  | — |  | 49,844,823 |  | — |  | 50,364,529 |  | — |  | 49,822,272

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