Common Stock, Dividends, Number Of Payment Installments

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Aggregate dividends paid during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=120397183&loc=d3e187085-122770

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Aggregate dividends declared during the period for each share of common stock outstanding.

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent events - Narrative (Details)											12 Months Ended
Subsequent events - Narrative (Details)	Dec. 27, 2023 $ / shares	Sep. 28, 2023 $ / shares	Jun. 28, 2023 $ / shares	Mar. 30, 2023 $ / shares	Mar. 14, 2023 period $ / shares	Dec. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Sep. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Jun. 30, 2022 $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Mar. 15, 2022 installment $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2022 $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2020 $ / shares
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in dollars per share)										$ 0.15
Common stock, dividends, number of payment installments \| installment										4
Dividends to be paid (in dollars per share)						$ 0.03	$ 0.04	$ 0.04	$ 0.04		$ 0.15	$ 0.05
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends declared (in dollars per share)					$ 0.19
Common stock, dividends, number of payment installments \| period					4
Scenario, Forecast
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Dividends to be paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.04	$ 0.05	$ 0.05	$ 0.05