Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

Earnings per Share Attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. Common Shareholders

The computations of basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common shareholders are as follows:

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2014			2013
	(in millions, except per share amounts)
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$	516		$	366
Less: Net income attributable to noncontrolling interests	115			30
Income from continuing operations attributable to Ameriprise Financial	401			336
Loss from discontinued operations, net of tax	(1		)	(1		)
Net income attributable to Ameriprise Financial	$	400		$	335
Denominator:
Basic: Weighted-average common shares outstanding	195.5			208.4
Effect of potentially dilutive nonqualified stock options and other share-based awards	3.6			3.9
Diluted: Weighted-average common shares outstanding	199.1			212.3
Earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common shareholders:
Basic:
Income from continuing operations	$	2.05		$	1.61
Loss from discontinued operations	—			—
Net income	$	2.05		$	1.61
Diluted:
Income from continuing operations	$	2.01		$	1.58
Loss from discontinued operations	—			—
Net income	$	2.01		$	1.58

For the three months ended March 31, 2014 and 2013, the dilutive effect of nonqualified stock options and other share based-awards excludes 1.5 million and 1.6 million options, respectively, from the computation of earnings per share attributable to Ameriprise Financial, Inc. common shareholders. The inclusion of the options would have been anti-dilutive.