Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of earnings per share, basic and diluted

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