Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share Information

The following table provides details underlying the Company’s earnings per share calculations for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended September 30,				For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income attributable to MasTec:
Net income - basic and diluted (a)	$	120,666	$	63,752	$	227,718	$	186,390
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	78,096		80,953		79,399		80,859
Dilutive common stock equivalents	1,105		1,433		1,085		1,422
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	79,201		82,386		80,484		82,281
Additional information:
Weighted average anti-dilutive common stock equivalents (b)	—		—		—		12

(a) Calculated as total net income less amounts attributable to non-controlling interests.

(b) Represents anti-dilutive common stock equivalents as calculated under the treasury stock method.