v2.4.0.8
Earnings Per Share
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share  
Earnings Per Share

Note 3: Earnings Per Share

Computation of Diluted EPS
Three Months Ended September 30
20142013
(in millions, except per share data)Net Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationSharesPer Share AmountNet Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationSharesPer Share Amount
Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation
shareholders$ 2,592 2,580$ 1.00$ 1,732 2,622$ 0.66
Effect of dilutive securities:
Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating
to stock plans 36 36
Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast
Corporation shareholders$ 2,592 2,616$ 0.99$ 1,732 2,658$ 0.65
Nine Months Ended September 30
20142013
(in millions, except per share data)Net Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationSharesPer Share AmountNet Income Attributable to Comcast CorporationSharesPer Share Amount
Basic EPS attributable to Comcast Corporation
shareholders$ 6,455 2,592$ 2.49$ 4,903 2,629$ 1.86
Effect of dilutive securities:
Assumed exercise or issuance of shares relating
to stock plans 37 39
Diluted EPS attributable to Comcast
Corporation shareholders$ 6,455 2,629$ 2.46$ 4,903 2,668$1.84

Our potentially dilutive securities include potential common shares related to our stock options and our restricted share units (“RSUs”). Diluted earnings per common share attributable to Comcast Corporation shareholders (“diluted EPS”) considers the impact of potentially dilutive securities by using the treasury stock method.

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2014, diluted EPS excluded 17 million and 13 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 nine months ended September 30, 2013, diluted EPS excluded 18 million and 13 million, respectively, of potential common shares.