Earnings per share. Basic earnings per share (EPS) attributable to Stewart is calculated by dividing net income attributable to Stewart by the weighted-average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the reporting periods. Outstanding shares of Common Stock granted to employees that are not yet vested (restricted shares) are excluded from the calculation of the weighted-average number of shares outstanding for calculating basic EPS. To calculate diluted EPS, the number of shares is adjusted to include the number of additional shares that would have been outstanding if the restricted shares and restricted units were vested. In periods of loss, dilutive shares are excluded from the calculation of the diluted EPS and diluted EPS is computed in the same manner as basic EPS.

The calculation of the basic and diluted EPS is as follows:



	Three Months Ended September 30,		Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2018	2017	2018	2017
	($000 omitted, except per share)
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Stewart	17,554	10,944	36,151	33,601

Denominator (000):
Basic average shares outstanding	23,556	23,448	23,537	23,442
Average number of dilutive shares relating to grants of restricted shares and units	143	116	140	129
Diluted average shares outstanding	23,699	23,564	23,677	23,571

Basic earnings per share attributable to Stewart	0.75	0.47	1.54	1.43

Diluted earnings per share attributable to Stewart	0.74	0.46	1.53	1.43