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Stock-Based Compensation Plans Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Details 3) - Performance Shares | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 $ / shares
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Dividend yield | 3.10%
Estimated volatility, Minimum (as a percent) | 13.90%
Estimated volatility, Maximum (as a percent) | 18.80%
Risk-free interest rate, minimum (as a percent) | 2.46%
Risk-free interest rate, maximum (as a percent) | 2.57%
Average estimated fair value (in dollars per share) | $ 204.15
Historical volatility (as a percent) | 50.00%
Implied volatility (as a percent) | 50.00%

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- Definition The implied volatility rate used in valuation technique of calculation of fair value of awards. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the maximum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the minimum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References No definition available. + Details
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- Definition The maximum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares. + References No definition available. + Details
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