Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Note 12 – Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share represent income available to common shareholders divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflect additional common shares that would have been outstanding if dilutive potential common shares had been issued, as well as any adjustments to income that would result from assumed issuance. Potential common shares that may be issued by the Company relate from outstanding stock options and restricted stock units (RSUs), and are determined using the treasury stock method. Earnings per share have been computed based on the following:

	Three months ended March 31,
(in thousands)	2019		2018
Net income	$	22,726	$	13,910
Average number of common shares outstanding		30,424		22,956
Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted stock		234		327
Average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate diluted earnings per share		30,658		23,283
Options excluded from diluted earnings per share because the effect of these options was antidilutive		—		—