Earnings per Share

12 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2022

Earnings per ShareCertain share-based compensation awards that entitle their holders to receive non-forfeitable dividends prior to vesting are considered participating securities. Prior to fiscal 2019, we granted restricted stock awards that contained non-forfeitable rights to dividends on unvested shares, and we are required to include these participating securities in calculating our basic earnings per common share, using the two-class method. Beginning in fiscal 2019 and going forward, the restricted stock awards we granted do not have non-forfeitable rights to dividends and therefore are not considered participating securities. The dividends on these restricted stock awards are, and will continue to be, held in escrow until the stock awards vest at which time we will pay any accumulated dividends.

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators we used in our computations of basic and diluted earnings per share:


	Fiscal Year Ended
	(53 weeks)		(52 weeks)		(52 weeks)
(Amounts in thousands)	4/30/2022		4/24/2021		4/25/2020
Numerator (basic and diluted):
Net income attributable to La-Z-Boy Incorporated	$	150,017	$	106,461	$	77,469
Income allocated to participating securities	(7)		(46)		(117)
Net income available to common Shareholders	$	150,010	$	106,415	$	77,352

Denominator:
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	44,023		45,983		46,399
Contingent common shares	79		171		211
Stock option dilution	192		213		126
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	44,294		46,367		46,736

Earnings per Share:
Basic	$	3.41	$	2.31	$	1.67
Diluted	$	3.39	$	2.30	$	1.66

The values for contingent common shares set forth above reflect the dilutive effect of common shares that we would have issued to employees under the terms of performance-based share awards if the relevant performance period for the award had been the reporting period.

We exclude the effect of options from our diluted share calculation when the weighted average exercise price of the options are higher than the average market price, since including the options' effect would be anti-dilutive. We excluded options to purchase 0.2 million and 0.3 million shares from the diluted share calculation for the years ended April 30, 2022 and April 25, 2020, respectively. We did not exclude any outstanding options from the diluted share calculation for the fiscal year ended April 24, 2021.