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Net Income Per Ordinary Share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Reconciliation of number of shares used in computation of basic and diluted net income per ordinary share | The reconciliation of the number of shares used in the computation of basic and diluted net income per ordinary share is as follows:
| Year ended
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for basic net income per ordinary share | 82,101,813 |  | 81,532,320 |  | 67,110,186 |
Effect of dilutive share options and other awards outstanding under share based compensation programs | 615,827 |  | 936,043 |  | 958,125 |
Weighted average number of ordinary shares outstanding for diluted net income per ordinary share | 82,717,640 |  | 82,468,363 |  | 68,068,311 |
Reconciliation of net income attributable to the group per the statement of operating income and net income used for net income per ordinary share |
| Year ended
| December 31, 2023 | December 31, 2022 | December 31, 2021
Net income per ordinary share: |  |  |
Basic | $ | 7.46 |  | $ | 6.20 |  | $ | 2.28 |
Diluted | $ | 7.40 |  | $ | 6.13 |  | $ | 2.25 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -Publisher FASB -URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482662/260-10-50-1 + Details
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