Common stock dividend per share increases.

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Percentage of common stock dividend per share increases.

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

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Date the declared dividend will be paid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Date the holder must own the stock to be entitled to the dividend, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - $ / shares			3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
	Oct. 22, 2018	Jul. 23, 2018	Oct. 02, 2018	Oct. 02, 2018
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock quarterly cash dividend per share			$ 0.11	$ 0.33
Common stock payable date		Aug. 27, 2018
Common stock payable record date		Aug. 13, 2018
Board of Directors [Member] \| Subsequent Event [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common stock quarterly cash dividend per share	$ 0.12
Increase in common stock quarterly cash dividend per share	$ 0.01
Increase in percentage of common stock quarterly cash dividend per share	9.10%
Common stock payable date	Nov. 26, 2018
Common stock payable record date	Nov. 12, 2018