Earnings per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Basic earnings and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding are as follows for the three and nine months ended September 30, (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$	19,503	$	20,619	$	50,692	$	37,789
Loss from discontinued operations	—		—		—		(405		)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	19,503	$	20,619	$	50,692	$	37,384
Denominator for basic earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,115		31,703		31,922		31,700
Denominator for diluted earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,115		31,703		31,922		31,700
Common stock options and restricted stock	456		507		602		516
Weighted average shares and conversions	32,571		32,210		32,524		32,216

The weighted average number of diluted shares does not include potential anti-dilutive common shares issuable pursuant to equity based incentive compensation awards, aggregating to 247,000 and 489,000 for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively, and 328,000 and 523,000 for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017, respectively.