Earnings Per Common Share ("EPS")

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Common Share (EPS)

Earnings Per Common Share (“EPS”)

	2023		2022		2021
Net Income	$	1,597	$	1,325	$	1,575
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	281		286		297
Effect of dilutive share-based employee compensation	4		4		5
Weighted-average common and dilutive potential common shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	285		290		302
Basic EPS	$	5.68	$	4.63	$	5.30
Diluted EPS	$	5.59	$	4.57	$	5.21
Unexercised employee SARs, RSUs, PSUs and stock options (in millions) excluded from the diluted EPS computation(a)	1.7		1.9		1.1

(a)    These unexercised employee SARs, RSUs, performance share units ("PSUs") and stock options were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because to do so would have been antidilutive for the periods presented.