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Earnings (Loss) Per Share ("EPS") - Additional Information (Detail) |  | 3 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended
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May. 30, 2014 shares | Dec. 31, 2015 shares | Sep. 30, 2015 shares | Jun. 30, 2015 shares | Mar. 31, 2015 shares | Dec. 31, 2014 shares | Sep. 30, 2014 shares | Jun. 30, 2014 shares | Mar. 31, 2014 shares | Dec. 31, 2015 shares | Dec. 31, 2014 shares | Dec. 31, 2013 shares
Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding |  | 107,219,138 |  |  |  | 107,067,457 |  |  |  | 107,219,138 | 107,067,457 |
Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic | 107,053,031 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,000,000 | 107,173,972 | 107,058,843 | 107,053,031
Antidilutive Securities excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 | 3 |
Stock Options [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 | 2 |
Restricted Stock Awards (RSAs) and Restricted Stock Units (RSUs) [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2 | 1 |
Performance Share (PSAs) Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Antidilutive Securities excluded from Computation of Earnings Per Share |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1 |  |
Separation [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Earnings Per Share [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Common stock, shares outstanding | 107,053,031 | 107,053,031 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 107,053,031 |  |
Ratio of common stock sharing | 4 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4 |  |

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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/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Antidilution -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6505113 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Diluted Earnings Per Share -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6510752 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Glossary Contingent Stock Agreement -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6508534 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -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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