Stockholders' Equity - Summary of Shares Repurchased Under Stock Purchase Program (Detail) - $ / shares	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2016	Jun. 30, 2017
Summary Of Shares Repurchased Under Stock Purchase Program [Abstract]
Number of shares repurchased	100,000
Average price of shares repurchased	$ 55.23
Shares remaining to be repurchased	66,276	150,000

Summary of shares repurchased under stock purchase program.

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- Definition

Number of stock bought back by the entity at the exercise price or redemption price.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=84159872&loc=d3e21463-112644

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The remaining number of shares authorized to be repurchased by an entity's Board of Directors under a stock repurchase plan.

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- Definition

Total cost of shares repurchased divided by the total number of shares repurchased.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 30
-Section 45
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6405813&loc=d3e23239-112655

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