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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2020	May 04, 2020	Feb. 28, 2020
Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Line Items]
Increase in dividend rate, percentage			5.00%
Cash dividend, amount per share (in dollars per share)			$ 0.385
Subsequent Event
Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Line Items]
Cash dividend, amount per share (in dollars per share)		$ 0.385
Common Stock
Earnings Per Share Disclosure [Line Items]
Antidilutive securities excluded from computation of earnings per share	303,093

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