BASIS OF PRESENTATION (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Antidilutive Securities

The table below sets forth the share-based awards that have been excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would be anti-dilutive:

	For the Three Months Ended
	March 31,
	2018	2017
Anti-Dilutive Restricted Stock Units	—	—
Anti-Dilutive Performance Share Units	96,508	—
	96,508	—

Schedule of Basic and Dilutive Earnings Per Share

The computations for basic and dilutive earnings per share are as follows:

	For the Three Months Ended
Amounts in thousands, except per share data	March 31,
	2018		2017
Numerator:
Net Income	$	70,958	$	46,445
Less: Net Income Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest	8,550		5,464
Net Income Attributable to CONSOL Energy Shareholders	$	62,408	$	40,981
Denominator:
Weighted-average shares of common stock outstanding	28,029,146		27,967,509
Effect of dilutive shares	295,724		—
Weighted-average diluted shares of common stock outstanding	28,324,870		27,967,509
Earnings per Share:
Basic	$	2.23	$	1.47
Dilutive	$	2.20	$	1.47