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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Stock-Based Compensation Expense |
|  |  |  | Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) |  |  |  |  |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Share-based compensation expense - equity awards |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 24,238 |  |  | $ | 24,777 |  |  | $ | 23,051 |
Share-based compensation expense - liability awards |  |  |  |  |  | 413 |  |  | 390 |  |  | — |
Pre-tax share-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  |  | 24,651 |  |  | 25,167 |  |  | 23,051 |
Income tax benefits recognized |  |  |  |  |  | (5,898) |  |  | (5,774) |  |  | (5,365) |
Total share-based compensation expense, net of tax |  |  |  |  |  | $ | 18,753 |  |  | $ | 19,393 |  |  | $ | 17,686 |
Schedule of Weighted Average Assumptions | The weighted average assumptions for stock options granted and resulting fair value is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Expected option term |  | 4.44 years |  | 4.43 years |  | 4.39 years
Expected stock price volatility |  | 22.40% |  | 26.39% |  | 27.37%
Risk-free interest rate |  | 4.01% |  | 4.34% |  | 4.03%
Expected annual dividend yield |  | 1.38% |  | 1.45% |  | 1.36%
Weighted average grant date fair value per stock option granted |  | $19.23 |  | $20.86 |  | $22.61
Summary of Stock Option Activity | The following table summarizes stock option activity under the Plan:
|  | Number of Options |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life (Years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (1) (in thousands)
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  | 2,146,648 |  |  | $ | 87.44 |  |  |  |  |
Granted |  | 160,263 |  |  | 86.84 |  |  |  |  |
Exercised |  | (77,545) |  |  | 71.50 |  |  |  |  |
Forfeited or expired |  | (227,565) |  |  | 89.95 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 |  | 2,001,801 |  |  | $ | 87.72 |  |  | 5.35 |  | $ | 6.0 |
Vested and expected to vest as of December 31, 2025 |  | 1,976,008 |  |  | $ | 87.74 |  |  | 5.31 |  | $ | 6.0 |
Exercisable as of December 31, 2025 |  | 1,538,113 |  |  | $ | 87.93 |  |  | 4.63 |  | $ | 6.0 |
Schedule of Share-Based Payment Award, Non-Option Equity Awards, Valuation Assumptions | The weighted average assumptions for time-based RSUs granted and resulting fair value is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Vesting period |  | 3.77 years |  | 3.82 years |  | 3.78 years
Expected annual dividend yield |  | 1.47% |  | 1.45% |  | 1.39%
Weighted average grant date fair value per time-based RSU granted |  | $78.89 |  | $78.26 |  | $82.37
The weighted average assumptions for performance-based RSUs granted and resulting fair value is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Vesting period |  | 2.82 years |  | 2.82 years |  | 2.99 years
Expected annual dividend yield |  | 1.42% |  | 1.50% |  | 1.36%
Weighted average grant date fair value per performance-based RSU granted |  | $81.05 |  | $76.54 |  | $84.77
The weighted average assumptions for market-based RSUs granted and resulting fair value is as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2023
Vesting period |  | 2.82 years |  | 2.82 years |  | 0 years
Weighted average grant date fair value per market-based RSU granted |  | $117.40 |  | $89.25 |  | $—
Summary of Restricted Stock Unit Activity | The following table summarizes the time-based RSU activity under the Plan:
|  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  | 586,016 |  |  | $ | 81.13 |
Granted |  | 381,215 |  |  | 78.89 |
Vested(1) |  | (214,835) |  |  | 82.95 |
Forfeited |  | (116,431) |  |  | 81.04 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 |  | 635,965 |  |  | $ | 79.19 |
(1) The number of awards vested includes shares withheld by the Company to pay up to maximum statutory requirements to taxing authorities on behalf of the employee. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company withheld 72,821 shares to satisfy $5.9 million of employees' tax obligations for time-based RSUs.
Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Performance Shares, Activity | The following table summarizes the performance-based RSU activity under the Plan:
|  | Number of Shares(1) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  | 51,879 |  |  | $ | 80.15 |
Granted |  | 22,860 |  |  | 81.05 |
Vested(2) |  | (5,120) |  |  | 85.64 |
Forfeited |  | (15,168) |  |  | 81.55 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 |  | 54,451 |  |  | $ | 79.62 |
(1) Reflects activity at target level of awards and has not been adjusted for performance conditions, except for awards that vested during the period. (2) The number of awards vested includes shares withheld by the Company to pay up to maximum statutory requirements to taxing authorities on behalf of the employee. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company withheld 1,722 shares to satisfy $0.1 million of employees' tax obligations for performance-based RSUs. The following table summarizes the market-based RSU activity under the Plan:
|  | Number of Shares(1) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024 |  | 26,273 |  |  | $ | 89.25 |
Granted |  | 22,860 |  |  | 117.40 |
Vested(2) |  | — |  |  | — |
Forfeited |  | (7,748) |  |  | 97.78 |
Outstanding as of December 31, 2025 |  | 41,385 |  |  | $ | 103.20 |
(1) Reflects activity at target level of awards and has not been adjusted for market conditions, except for awards that vested during the period. (2) The number of awards vested includes shares withheld by the Company to pay up to maximum statutory requirements to taxing authorities on behalf of the employee. For the year ended December 31, 2025, the Company did not withhold any shares to satisfy employees' tax obligations since no awards vested.

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