Note 2: Earnings Per Share | Computation of Diluted EPS | | | | Three Months Ended June 30 | | | | 2012 | | 2011 | | (in millions, except per share data) | | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares | | Per Share Amount | | | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares | | Per Share Amount | | Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation
shareholders | $ | 1,348 | 2,687 | $ | 0.50 | | $ | 1,022 | 2,759 | $ | 0.37 | | Effect of dilutive securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to
stock plans | | | 30 | | | | | | 30 | | | | Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation
shareholders | $ | 1,348 | 2,717 | $ | 0.50 | | $ | 1,022 | 2,789 | $ | 0.37 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Six Months Ended June 30 | | | | 2012 | | 2011 | | (in millions, except per share data) | | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares | | Per Share Amount | | | Net Income Attributable to Comcast Corporation | Shares | | Per Share Amount | | Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation
shareholders | $ | 2,572 | 2,697 | $ | 0.95 | | $ | 1,965 | 2,765 | $ | 0.71 | | Effect of dilutive securities: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating to
stock plans | | | 36 | | | | | | 34 | | | | Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation
shareholders | $ | 2,572 | 2,733 | $ | 0.94 | | $ | 1,965 | 2,799 | $ | 0.70 |
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders (“diluted EPS”) for the three and six months ended June 30, 2012 excludes 44 million and 35 million, respectively, of potential common shares related to our share-based compensation plans, because the inclusion of the potential common shares would have had an antidilutive effect. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2011, diluted EPS excluded 52 million and 43 million, respectively, of potential common shares. |