Income Taxes - Reconciliation of the Federal Statutory Rate (Detail)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]
Income tax provision at federal statutory rate	21.00%	21.00%	21.00%
Increase (decrease) in tax resulting from:
State tax provision, net of federal benefit	8.10%	5.20%	3.80%
Foreign tax rate differential	2.70%	(0.50%)	(0.40%)
Stock compensation	17.50%	0.90%	(0.40%)
Withholding taxes	6.20%	1.70%	1.30%
Non-deductible expenses	8.10%	1.50%	0.00%
Permanent differences	(1.70%)	(0.30%)	(0.30%)
Change in valuation allowance	0.50%	1.00%	0.00%
Foreign subsidiary income subject to U.S. tax	1.20%	1.30%	0.20%
Foreign-derived intangible income benefit	(3.80%)	(0.70%)	(0.70%)
Change in tax legislation	(8.10%)	(1.60%)	(0.30%)
Foreign exchange gain on previously taxed earnings and profits	1.60%	0.00%	0.00%
Other, net	(1.80%)	(0.50%)	0.90%
Effective tax rate	51.50%	29.00%	25.10%

Effective income tax rate reconciliation change in tax legislations.

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Effective income tax rate reconciliation foreign subsidiary global intangible low taxed income.

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Percentage of current income tax expense (benefit) and deferred income tax expense (benefit) pertaining to continuing operations.

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Percentage of domestic federal statutory tax rate applicable to pretax income (loss).

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Percentage of the difference between reported income tax expense (benefit) and expected income tax expense (benefit) computed by applying the domestic federal statutory income tax rates to pretax income (loss) from continuing operations attributable to changes in the valuation allowance for deferred tax assets.

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