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Earnings per share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The computations of basic and diluted EPS for the years ended December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Net income for the computation of basic EPS | $ | 3,750,612 |  |  | $ | 2,098,632 |  |  | $ | 3,136,091 |
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding—basic | 172,180,968 |  |  | 189,830,813 |  |  | 224,216,801 |
Basic EPS | $ | 21.78 |  |  | $ | 11.06 |  |  | $ | 13.99 |
| Year Ended December 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Net income for the computation of diluted EPS | $ | 3,750,612 |  |  | $ | 2,098,632 |  |  | $ | 3,136,091 |
Weighted average ordinary shares outstanding—diluted | 176,115,641 |  |  | 194,489,171 |  |  | 227,656,343 |
Diluted EPS | $ | 21.30 |  |  | $ | 10.79 |  |  | $ | 13.78 |
Schedule of Computation of Outstanding Shares for Basic EPS | The computations of ordinary shares outstanding, excluding shares of unvested restricted stock, as of December 31, 2025, 2024 and 2023 were as follows:
| As of December 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
| Number of ordinary shares
Ordinary shares issued | 179,043,739 |  |  | 204,543,739 |  |  | 215,543,739 |
Treasury shares | (12,167,192) |  |  | (17,760,514) |  |  | (13,050,571) |
Ordinary shares outstanding | 166,876,547 |  |  | 186,783,225 |  |  | 202,493,168 |
Shares of unvested restricted stock | (4,135,620) |  |  | (5,072,382) |  |  | (4,561,249) |
Ordinary shares outstanding, excluding shares of unvested restricted stock | 162,740,927 |  |  | 181,710,843 |  |  | 197,931,919 |

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