Stock-Based Compensation

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract]

Stock-Based Compensation

Stock-Based Compensation

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company granted an aggregate of 94,991 shares of restricted stock to employees and non-employee directors with a weighted average grant date fair value of $13.99 per share. Employee restricted stock awards generally vest over a period of two years: one-third immediately on the grant date and the remaining two-thirds in equal amounts on the first two anniversaries following the grant date, subject to continued service to the Company. Non-employee director restricted stock awards vest either immediately upon grant or over a period of one year, subject to continued service to the Company.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company issued performance-based awards in the form of restricted stock units to certain employees.  The performance period for these awards is three years, with a required two-year service period immediately following the expiration of the performance period. The compensation expense and the effect on the Company’s weighted average diluted shares calculation were immaterial.

During the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company recognized $0.7 million and $0.6 million, respectively, of stock-based compensation expense. As of March 31, 2017, there were 111,382 nonvested restricted shares outstanding; the total unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested restricted shares was $1.0 million, which the Company expects to recognize over the next 23 months.