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Earnings Per Share - Additional Information (Details) - $ / shares | 9 Months Ended |  |  |
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Sep. 30, 2020 | Oct. 27, 2020 | Jul. 14, 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 | $ 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 | 45,706 |  |  |

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- Definition Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (c) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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