Net Income per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of calculation of numerator and denominator in earnings per share

	Three Months Ended
	March 31,
Net Income per Basic and Diluted Share:	2017		2016
(in thousands except per share amounts)
Numerator
Income attributable to PDL’s shareholders used to compute net income per basic and diluted share	$	7,241	$	55,887
Denominator
Total weighted average shares used to compute net income attributable to PDL’s shareholders, per basic share	163,745		163,701
Restricted stock outstanding	247		134
Shares used to compute net income attributable to PDL’s shareholders, per diluted share	163,992		163,835
Net income attributable to PDL’s shareholders per share - basic	$	0.04	$	0.34
Net income attributable to PDL’s shareholders per share - diluted	$	0.04	$	0.34