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Stock-Based Compensation Plans (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Noncash Expense [Abstract] |
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Restricted Stock Unit, Activity |
Restricted Stock Units |  | Number of Restricted Stock Units |  | Weighted Average Grant-Date Fair Value Per Share
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 |  | 697,623 |  |  | $ | 443.27 |
Granted |  | 36,655 |  |  | 485.14
Settled |  | (39,007) |  |  | 484.64
Forfeited |  | (103,306) |  |  | 472.96
Outstanding as of March 31, 2026 |  | 591,965 |  |  | $ | 437.96 |
Schedule of Stock Based Compensation Expense | Stock-based compensation expense consists of the following:
(In millions) |  | For the Three Months Ended March 31, |  |
|  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  |  |  |
Restricted stock units |  | $ | 10.8 |  |  | $ | 10.6 |  |  |  |  |
Stock options |  | 0.5 |  |  | 2.3 |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | 11.3 |  |  | $ | 12.9 |  |  |  |  |
Schedule of Future Share-Based Compensation Cost | Based on the stock-based awards that are currently outstanding, we expect to recognize future stock-based compensation expense as follows:
(In millions) |  |  |  |  |  |
Year |  | Total Projected Stock-Based Compensation Expense |  |  |  |
Remainder of 2026 |  | $ | 29.1 |  |  |  |  |
2027 |  | 32.7 |  |  |  |  |
2028 |  | 27.1 |  |  |  |  |
2029 |  | 22.7 |  |  |  |  |
2030 |  | 21.3 |  |  |  |  |
Thereafter |  | 83.2 |  |  |  |  |
Total |  | $ | 216.1 |  |  |  |  |

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