Increase (decrease) in dividend payment from previous payment for shares of common stock outstanding, as a percent.

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Additional amount authorized to be repurchased under Stock Repurchase Program.

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

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Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.3-04)
-URI http://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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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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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 Event (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions			3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Mar. 29, 2022	Feb. 23, 2022	Feb. 23, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Feb. 22, 2022
Subsequent Event
Dividends declared (in dollars per share)				$ 0.32	$ 0.07
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)				$ 0.32	$ 0.07
Subsequent Event
Subsequent Event
Dividends declared (in dollars per share)		$ 0.10
Dividends paid (in dollars per share)	$ 0.10
Increase in dividend payment (as a percent)			25.00%
Additional authorized repurchase amount						$ 22.6
Amount authorized to be repurchased under Stock Repurchase Program						$ 100.0