Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings 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, restricted stock units and ESPP could impact the diluted shares. The difference between basic and diluted shares was approximately 0.9 million, 0.3 million and 0.6 million as of December 31, 2023, December 31, 2022, and December 26, 2021, respectively. In 2023, 2022 and 2021, dilution resulted primarily from the dilutive effect of our Stock-Based Awards.

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 approximately 1.1 million restricted stock units excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share in 2022 because they were anti-dilutive. 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 2023 and 2021.