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Stock-Based Compensation (Performance-Contingent Total Shareholder Return Shares) - Additional Information (Detail) - shares |  | 6 Months Ended
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May 23, 2019 | Jul. 13, 2019
Performance Contingent Total Shareholders Return Shares |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Vesting period |  | 3 years
Shares, Forfeited | 112,840 |
Total Shareholders Return |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Share-based payment award, fair value assumptions, method used |  | Inputs into the model included the following for the company and comparator companies: (i) TSR from the beginning of the performance cycle through the measurement date; (ii) volatility; (iii) risk-free interest rates; and (iv) the correlation of the comparator companies’ TSR. The inputs are based on historical capital market data.
Total Shareholders Return | Fiscal 2019 | 2017 Award |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Percentage of vested shares |  | 153.00%

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