Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 27, 2021


Note 3 :			Earnings Per Share

We computed basic earnings per share of common stock based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. We computed diluted earnings per share of common stock based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding plus potentially dilutive shares of common stock outstanding during the period.


	Three Months Ended
(In Millions, Except Per Share Amounts)	Mar 27, 2021		Mar 28, 2020
Net income available to common stockholders	$	3,361	$	5,661
Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding—basic	4,056		4,266
Dilutive effect of employee equity incentive plans	40		46

Weighted average shares of common stock outstanding—diluted	4,096		4,312
Earnings per share—basic	$	0.83	$	1.33
Earnings per share—diluted	$	0.82	$	1.31

Potentially dilutive shares of common stock from employee equity incentive plans are determined by applying the treasury stock method to the assumed exercise of outstanding stock options, the assumed vesting of outstanding RSUs, and the assumed issuance of common stock under the stock purchase plan.

Securities which would have been anti-dilutive are insignificant and are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share in all periods presented.