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Share-Based Payments - Employee Activity Performance Shares (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019 | Mar. 31, 2018
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Share-based compensation expense | $ 3,047 | $ 2,261
Key Employee Performance Share Based Plan [Member] |  |
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items] |  |
Period of years over which performance is calculated | 3 years |
Percentage of grant based on meeting EBITDA per share targets | 50.00% |
Percentage of grant based on three year performance of Company's TSR as compared to TSR of peer group | 50.00% |
Minimum percentage of shares attainable based on EBITDA per share targets | 0.00% |
Maximum percentage of shares attainable based on EBITDA per share targets | 200.00% |
Minimum percentage of peer group by which Company share price must outperform before incremental performance shares are issued | 25.00% |
Percentage of Peer Group By Which Company Share Price Must Outperform Before Maximum Incremental Shares Are Issued | 90.00% |
Expected Stock Price Volatility Rate | 23.40% | 24.30%
Weighted Average Risk Free Interest Rate | 2.50% | 2.20%
Outstanding and non-vested, beginning of period (in shares) | 65 |
Grants in Period | 27 |
Shares Vested in Period | (23) |
Outstanding and non-vested, end of period (in shares) | 69 |
Outstanding and non-vested, weighted-average grant date fair value, beginning of period | $ 58 |
Grants in Period, Weighted Average Grant Date Fair Value | 61 |
Vested in Period, Weighed-average grant date fair value | 64 |
Outstanding and non-vested, weighted-average grant date fair value, end of period | $ 62 |
Outstanding and non-vested, aggregate grant date fair value | $ 4,318 |
Share-based compensation expense | 348 | $ 335
Tax benefit related to share-based expense | 83 | 86
Unrecognized share-based compensation, net of estimated forfeitures | $ 2,806 | $ 2,343
Weighted average period over which unrecognized compensation will be recognized (years) | 2 years 3 months 11 days |

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- Definition The aggregate amount of noncash, equity-based employee remuneration. This may include the value of stock or unit options, amortization of restricted stock or units, and adjustment for officers' compensation. As noncash, this element is an add back when calculating net cash generated by operating activities using the indirect method. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 230 -SubTopic 10 -Section 45 -Paragraph 28 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109223946&loc=d3e3602-108585 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average fair value at grant date for nonvested equity-based awards issued during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan). + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(iii)(1) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The weighted average fair value of nonvested awards on equity-based plans excluding option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, revenue or profit achievement stock award plan) for which the employer is contingently obligated to issue equity instruments or transfer assets to an employee who has not yet satisfied service or performance criteria necessary to gain title to proceeds from the sale of the award or underlying shares or units. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (c)(2)(i)-(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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- Definition The estimated measure of the percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 718 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -Subparagraph (f)(2)(ii) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=109197908&loc=d3e5070-113901 + Details
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