CAPITAL STOCK	12 Months Ended
CAPITAL STOCK	Dec. 31, 2020
Capital Stock [Abstract]
Capital Stock	NOTE 7. CAPITAL STOCK Common Stock Issuances During 2020 and 2019, the Company completed the following public offerings of shares of its common stock. ($ in thousands, except per share amounts) Weighted Average Price Received Net Type of Offering Period Per Share (1) Shares Proceeds (2) 2020 At the Market Offering Program (3) First Quarter $ 6.23 3,170,727 $ 19,447 At the Market Offering Program (3) Third Quarter 5.15 3,073,326 15,566 At the Market Offering Program (3) Fourth Quarter 5.41 6,775,187 36,037 13,019,240 $ 71,050 2019 At the Market Offering Program (3) First Quarter $ 6.84 1,267,894 $ 8,503 At the Market Offering Program (3) Second Quarter 6.70 4,337,931 28,495 At the Market Offering Program (3) Third Quarter 6.37 1,771,301 11,098 Follow-on Offering (3) Third Quarter 6.35 7,000,000 44,218 14,377,126 $ 92,314 Weighted average price received per share is before deducting the underwriters’ discount, if applicable, and other offering costs. (2) Net proceeds are net of the underwriters’ discount, if applicable, and other offering costs. (3) As of December 31, 2020, the Company had entered into eight equity distribution agreements, seven of which have either been terminated because all shares were sold or were replaced with a subsequent agreement. Stock Repurchase Program On July 29, 2015, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the repurchase of up to 2,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock. On February 8, 2018, the Board of Directors approved an increase in the stock repurchase program for up to an additional 4,522,822 shares of the Company's common stock. Coupled with the 783,757 shares remaining from the original 2,0000,000 share authorization, the increased authorization brought the total authorization to 5,306,579 shares, representing 10% of the then outstanding share count. As part of the stock repurchase program, shares may be purchased in open market transactions, block purchases, through privately negotiated transactions, or pursuant to any trading plan that may be adopted in accordance with Rule 10b5-1 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Open market repurchases will be made in accordance with Exchange Act Rule 10b-18, which sets certain restrictions on the method, timing, price and volume of open market stock repurchases. The timing, manner, price and amount of any repurchases will be determined by the Company in its discretion and will be subject to economic and market conditions, stock price, applicable legal requirements and other factors. The authorization does not obligate the Company to acquire any particular amount of common stock and the program may be suspended or discontinued at the Company’s discretion without prior notice. From the inception of the stock repurchase program through December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased a total of 5,685,511 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $ 40.4 million, including commissions and fees, for a weighted average price of $ 7.10 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company repurchased a total of 19,891 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $ 0.1 million, including commissions and fees, for a weighted average price of $ 3.42 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company repurchased a total of 469,975 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $ 3.0 million, including commissions and fees, for a weighted average price of $ 6.43 per share. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company repurchased a total of 3,979,402 shares at an aggregate cost of approximately $ 26.4 million, including commissions and fees, for a weighted average price of $ 6.64 per share. The remaining authorization under the repurchase program as of December 31, 2020 is 837,311 shares. Cash Dividends The table below presents the cash dividends declared on the Company’s common stock. (in thousands, except per share amounts) Year Per Share Amount Total 2013 $ 1.395 $ 4,662 2014 2.160 22,643 2015 1.920 38,748 2016 1.680 41,388 2017 1.680 70,717 2018 1.070 55,814 2019 0.960 54,421 2020 0.790 53,570 2021 - YTD (1) 0.130 11,079 Totals $ 11.785 $ 353,042 On January 14, 2021, the Company declared a dividend of $0.065 per share to be paid on February 24, 2021. On February 10, 2021, the Company declared a dividend of $0.065 per share to be paid on March 29, 2021. The dollar amount of the dividend declared in February 2021 is estimated based on the number of shares outstanding at February 26, 2021. The effect of these dividends are included in the table above, but are not reflected in the Company’s financial statements as of December 31, 2020.