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Stock Repurchase Program - Stock Repurchase Activities (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 1 Months Ended | 3 Months Ended
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Feb. 28, 2022 | Nov. 30, 2021 | Mar. 31, 2021 | Jan. 31, 2022 | [1],[2] | Jan. 31, 2021 | [3]
Stock Repurchase Program [Abstract] |  |  |  |  |
Purchases of treasury stock (in shares) |  |  |  | 701,000 | 837,000
Aggregate purchased shares |  |  |  | $ 245,000 | $ 202,871
Reissuance of treasury stock |  |  |  | 895,000 | 583,000
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Share repurchases settlement of equity forward (in shares) |  | 107,701 | 166,726 |  |
Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Share repurchases settlement of equity forward (in shares) | 161,215 |  |  |  |
December 2020, ASR |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, prepayment during period, derivative settlement |  |  | $ 50,000 |  |
December 2020, ASR | Subsequent Event |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, prepayment during period, derivative settlement | $ 40,000 |  |  |  |
August 2021, ASR |  |  |  |  |
Accelerated Share Repurchases [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |
Stock repurchase program, prepayment during period, derivative settlement |  | $ 35,000 |  |  |
[1] | Excluded the 161,215 shares and $40.0 million equity forward contract from the December 2021 ASR settled in February 2022.
[2] | Included 107,701 shares and $35.0 million equity forward contract from the August 2021 ASR settled in November 2021.
[3] | Excluded the 166,726 shares and $50.0 million equity forward contract from the December 2020 ASR settled in March 2021.

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