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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2025
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Disclosure of Share-Based Compensation Arrangements by Share-Based Payment Award | The following table presents the effects of share-based compensation expense in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations during the periods presented (in thousands):
| Three months ended March 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024
Direct costs | $ | 63 |  |  | $ | 61 |
Sales and marketing | 986 |  |  | 758 |
Research, development, and engineering | 790 |  |  | 1,090 |
General, administrative, and other related costs | 7,913 |  |  | 6,963 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 9,752 |  |  | $ | 8,872 |
Market-Based Restricted Stock Awards, Valuation Assumptions | The assumptions used in determining the weighted-average fair values of PSUs granted during the periods presented are as follows:
| Three months ended March 31,
| 2025 |  | 2024
Underlying stock price at valuation date | $ | 38.19 |  |  | $ | 66.88 |
Expected volatility | 34.5 | % |  | 32.9 | %
Risk-free interest rate | 3.9 | % |  | 4.3 | %
Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit Award Activity | Restricted stock award (“RSA”) and PSA activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is set forth below:
|  | RSAs |  | PSAs
|  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Nonvested at January 1, 2025 |  | 54,829 |  |  | $ | 68.97 |  |  | 163,181 |  |  | $ | 36.27 |
Granted |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Vested |  | (27,197) |  |  | $ | 68.97 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Forfeited |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Nonvested at March 31, 2025 |  | 27,632 |  |  | $ | 68.97 |  |  | 163,181 |  |  | $ | 36.27 |
Restricted stock unit (“RSU”) and PSU activity for the three months ended March 31, 2025 is set forth below:
| RSUs |  | PSUs
| Number of Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value |  | Number of Shares (1) |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value
Outstanding at January 1, 2025 | 652,227 |  |  | $ | 74.59 |  |  | 520,986 |  |  | $ | 82.73 |
Granted | 641,935 |  |  | $ | 38.22 |  |  | 598,676 |  |  | $ | 38.80 |
Vested | (212,651) |  |  | $ | 76.11 |  |  | (22,972) |  |  | $ | 78.73 |
Forfeited | (10,112) |  |  | $ | 71.53 |  |  | (24,093) |  |  | $ | 79.35 |
Outstanding at March 31, 2025 | 1,071,399 |  |  | $ | 52.53 |  |  | 1,072,597 |  |  | $ | 58.19 |
(1)Represents the number of shares at 100% achievement.

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