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

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Stockholders' Equity - Dividends (Details) - $ / shares						3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Stockholders' Equity - Dividends (Details) - $ / shares	Jan. 22, 2020	Oct. 23, 2019	Jul. 24, 2019	Apr. 24, 2019	Jan. 23, 2019	Mar. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declared	Jan. 22, 2020	Oct. 23, 2019	Jul. 24, 2019	Apr. 24, 2019	Jan. 23, 2019
Cash Dividend per Share (in usd per share)	$ 0.20	$ 0.19	$ 0.19	$ 0.18	$ 0.18	$ 0.20	$ 0.18
Record Date	Feb. 06, 2020	Nov. 07, 2019	Aug. 08, 2019	May 08, 2019	Feb. 07, 2019
Paid Date	Feb. 20, 2020	Nov. 21, 2019	Aug. 22, 2019	May 22, 2019	Feb. 21, 2019
Special Dividend
Dividends Payable [Line Items]
Declared		Oct. 23, 2019
Cash Dividend per Share (in usd per share)		$ 0.10
Record Date		Nov. 07, 2019
Paid Date		Nov. 21, 2019