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Share-Based Compensation (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 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 September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
| 2025 |  | 2024 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Direct costs | $ | 72 |  |  | $ | 68 |  |  | $ | 203 |  |  | $ | 191 |
Sales and marketing | 1,320 |  |  | 1,014 |  |  | 3,655 |  |  | 2,865 |
Research, development, and engineering | 935 |  |  | 769 |  |  | 2,662 |  |  | 2,930 |
General, administrative, and other related costs (1) | 9,870 |  |  | 8,310 |  |  | 27,156 |  |  | 24,647 |
Total share-based compensation expense | $ | 12,197 |  |  | $ | 10,161 |  |  | $ | 33,676 |  |  | $ | 30,633 |
(1)Includes expense of $0.1 million related to liability classified awards issued to non-employees of the Company for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2025, respectively.
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:
| Nine months ended September 30,
| 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 nine months ended September 30, 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 |  | (27,632) |  |  | $ | 68.97 |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Forfeited |  | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | — |  |  | $ | — |
Nonvested at September 30, 2025 |  | 27,197 |  |  | $ | 68.97 |  |  | 163,181 |  |  | $ | 36.27 |
RSU and PSU activity for the nine months ended September 30, 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 | 752,246 |  |  | $ | 37.23 |  |  | 598,676 |  |  | $ | 38.80 |
Vested | (249,811) |  |  | $ | 73.28 |  |  | (23,477) |  |  | $ | 78.73 |
Forfeited | (42,415) |  |  | $ | 55.83 |  |  | (55,001) |  |  | $ | 58.90 |
Outstanding at September 30, 2025 | 1,112,247 |  |  | $ | 50.33 |  |  | 1,041,184 |  |  | $ | 58.19 |
(1)Represents the number of shares at 100% achievement.

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