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Stockholders' Equity - Schedule of Quarterly Cash Dividends to Common Stockholders (Detail) (USD $)
0 Months Ended 3 Months Ended 1 Months Ended
Mar. 03, 2015
Jan. 05, 2015
Mar. 31, 2015
Mar. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Mar. 31, 2015
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Dividend record date Mar. 13, 2015 Jan. 13, 2015        
Dividend payable date Apr. 01, 2015 Jan. 22, 2015        
Cash dividends declared $ 0.21us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.21us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.42us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared $ 0.20us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared    
Q4 2014 Declaration [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Dividend record date     Jan. 13, 2015      
Dividend payable date     Jan. 22, 2015      
Cash dividends declared         $ 0.21us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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Q1 2015 Declaration [Member]            
Stockholders Equity [Line Items]            
Dividend record date     Mar. 13, 2015      
Dividend payable date     Apr. 01, 2015      
Cash dividends declared           $ 0.21us-gaap_CommonStockDividendsPerShareDeclared
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