Earnings/(Loss) Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 26, 2021

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings/(Loss) Per Share

Earnings Per Share

We compute earnings per share based upon the lower of the two-class method or the treasury stock method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation method used when a company’s capital structure includes either two or more classes of common stock or common stock and participating securities. This method determines earnings/(loss) per share based on dividends declared on common stock and participating securities (i.e., distributed earnings), as well as participation rights of participating securities in any undistributed earnings.

Earnings per share is computed using both basic shares and diluted shares. The difference between basic and diluted shares is that diluted shares include the dilutive effect of the assumed exercise of outstanding securities. Our stock options, stock-settled long-term performance awards and restricted stock units could impact the diluted shares. The difference between basic and diluted shares was approximately 0.6 million, 1.1 million and 1.5 million as of December 26, 2021, December 27, 2020, and December 29, 2019, respectively. In 2021, dilution resulted primarily from the dilutive effect of certain performance awards, restricted stock units and stock options. In 2020 and 2019, dilution resulted primarily from the dilutive effect of certain performance awards, stock options and restricted stock units.

Securities that could potentially be dilutive are excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share when a loss from continuing operations exists or when the exercise price exceeds the market value of our Class A Common Stock, because their inclusion would result in an anti-dilutive effect on per share amounts.

There were no anti-dilutive stock options, stock-settled long-term performance awards and restricted stock units excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share for the years ended 2021, 2020 and 2019.