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Stock-Based Compensation - Narrative (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares
The 2009 ESPP |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Number of shares authorized (in shares) | 1,500,000
Maximum employee subscription rate (in percent) | 10.00%
Maximum amount of stock per employee | $ | $ 25,000
Purchase price of common stock (in percent) | 85.00%
Discount from market price, offering date (in percent) | 15.00%
Shares available for purchase (in shares) | 138,643
2013 Stock Incentive Plan |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Number of shares authorized (in shares) | 3,800,000.0
Shares available for purchase (in shares) | 1,265,002
Shares outstanding (in shares) | 0
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Award vesting period | 4 years
Weighted average attainment level for performance and time vesting RSUs (in percent) | 56.10%
Unvested RSUs | $ | $ 13,400,000
Weighted average vesting period | 2 years
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) | Maximum |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Award vesting period | 4 years
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Time Vesting RSU |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Issuance of restricted stock to employees (in shares) | 40,979
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Performance and Time Vesting RSU's |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Issuance of restricted stock to employees (in shares) | 141,914
2013 Stock Incentive Plan | Performance RSU |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |
Issuance of restricted stock to employees (in shares) | 79,617

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- Definition Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation is expected to be recognized for equity-based compensation plans, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (i) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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