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Earnings Per Share | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Earnings Per Share
| Three Months Ended
| March 31, 2017 |  | March 31, 2016
| Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share |  | Net income attributable to Colgate-Palmolive Company |  | Shares (millions) |  | Per Share
Basic EPS | $ | 570 |  |  | 884.7 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |  |  | $ | 533 |  |  | 893.7 |  |  | $ | 0.60 |
Stock options and restricted stock units |  |  | 6.3 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6.5 |  |  |  |
Diluted EPS | $ | 570 |  |  | 891.0 |  |  | $ | 0.64 |  |  | $ | 533 |  |  | 900.2 |  |  | $ | 0.59 |
For the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, the average number of stock options and restricted stock units that were anti-dilutive and not included in diluted earnings per share calculations were 9,182,150 and 3,361,727, respectively.

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