Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Calculation of net earnings per common share (“EPS”) — basic and diluted (in millions, except EPS):



Fiscal Year Ended	Sep 30, 2018		Oct 1, 2017		Oct 2, 2016
Net earnings attributable to Starbucks	$	4,518.3	$	2,884.7	$	2,817.7
Weighted average common shares outstanding (for basic calculation)	1,382.7		1,449.5		1,471.6
Dilutive effect of outstanding common stock options and RSUs	11.9		12.0		15.1
Weighted average common and common equivalent shares outstanding (for diluted calculation)	1,394.6		1,461.5		1,486.7
EPS — basic	$	3.27	$	1.99	$	1.91
EPS — diluted	$	3.24	$	1.97	$	1.90

Potential dilutive shares consist of the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of outstanding stock options (both vested and non-vested) and unvested RSUs, calculated using the treasury stock method. The calculation of dilutive shares outstanding excludes out-of-the-money stock options (i.e., such options’ exercise prices were greater than the average market price of our common shares for the period) because their inclusion would have been antidilutive. We had 14.1 million, 11.4 million, and 5.4 million out-of-the-money stock options as of September 30, 2018, October 1, 2017, and October 2, 2016, respectively.