INCOME TAXES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2026

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

INCOME TAXES

(7) INCOME TAXES

The Company’s effective tax rate was 11.0% and 38.0% for the three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025, respectively. The effective tax rate in the three months ended March 31, 2026 was primarily influenced by the discrete tax benefits related to stock compensation and the interest rate swap settlement. Refer to "Note 9 - Financial Instruments and Risk Management" for additional information about the interest rate swap settlement. The effective rate for the comparative three months ended March 31, 2025 was primarily influenced by the negative impact of a valuation allowance established to account for legislative changes effective in the first quarter of 2025 partially offset by discrete tax benefits related to changes in deferred tax liabilities and stock compensation.

The Company provided U.S. federal income taxes and foreign withholding taxes on all temporary differences attributed to basis differences in foreign subsidiaries that are not considered indefinitely reinvested. As of March 31, 2026, the Company has certain earnings of certain foreign affiliates that continue to be indefinitely reinvested, but it was not practicable to estimate the associated deferred tax liability, due to interaction with other tax laws and regulations in the year of inclusion.