Earnings Per Common Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Earnings per common share (“EPS”) is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of shares of common stock (basic) plus common stock equivalents outstanding (diluted) during the period. Common stock equivalents consist of stock options, which have been included in the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding using the treasury stock method, restricted stock and performance share units.

ASC 260, Earnings Per Share, concludes that all outstanding unvested share-based payment awards that contain rights to nonforfeitable dividends participate in undistributed earnings with common shareholders. If awards are considered participating securities, the Company is required to apply the two-class method of computing basic and diluted earnings per share. The Company has determined that its outstanding shares of restricted stock are participating securities. Accordingly, EPS was computed using the two-class method prescribed by ASC 260.

Basic weighted average shares outstanding reconciles to diluted weighted average shares outstanding as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2019	2018	2019	2018
Basic weighted average common shares outstanding	75,698	76,562	75,532	76,507
Dilutive effect of stock options, restricted stock and performance share units	879	1,147	883	1,210
Diluted weighted average common shares outstanding	76,577	77,709	76,415	77,717

Options to purchase approximately 0.3 million and 0.3 million shares of common stock for the three months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 0.6 million and 0.3 million shares of common stock for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, were not included in the computation of diluted EPS because the effect of their inclusion would have been antidilutive.