Earnings per share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

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,
	2019	2018	2019	2018
	($000 omitted, except per share)
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Stewart	66,108	17,553	78,648	36,151
Denominator (000):
Basic average shares outstanding	23,616	23,556	23,608	23,537
Average number of dilutive shares relating to grants of restricted shares and units	157	143	172	140
Basic and diluted average shares outstanding	23,773	23,699	23,780	23,677
Basic earnings per share attributable to Stewart	2.80	0.75	3.33	1.54
Diluted earnings per share attributable to Stewart	2.78	0.74	3.31	1.53