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EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE | 9 Months Ended
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Nov. 10, 2018
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE |
EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE | 5.EARNINGS PER COMMON SHARE Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share equal net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. less income allocated to participating securities divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share equal net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. less income allocated to participating securities divided by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding, after giving effect to dilutive stock options. The following table provides a reconciliation of net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. and shares used in calculating net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share to those used in calculating net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share:
|  | Third Quarter Ended |  | Third Quarter Ended |
|  | November 10, 2018 |  | November 4, 2017 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |
|  | Earnings |  | Shares |  | Share |  | Earnings |  | Shares |  | Share |
|  | (Numerator) |  | (Denominator) |  | Amount |  | (Numerator) |  | (Denominator) |  | Amount |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share |  | $ | 313 |  | 797 |  | $ | 0.39 |  | $ | 393 |  | 887 |  | $ | 0.44 |
Dilutive effect of stock options |  |  |  |  | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 6 |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share |  | $ | 313 |  | 807 |  | $ | 0.39 |  | $ | 393 |  | 893 |  | $ | 0.44 |
|  | Three Quarters Ended |  | Three Quarters Ended |
|  | November 10, 2018 |  | November 4, 2017 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |  |  |  |  |  |  | Per |
|  | Earnings |  | Shares |  | Share |  | Earnings |  | Shares |  | Share |
|  | (Numerator) |  | (Denominator) |  | Amount |  | (Numerator) |  | (Denominator) |  | Amount |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per basic common share |  | $ | 2,820 |  | 814 |  | $ | 3.46 |  | $ | 1,044 |  | 901 |  | $ | 1.16 |
Dilutive effect of stock options |  |  |  |  | 8 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to The Kroger Co. per diluted common share |  | $ | 2,820 |  | 822 |  | $ | 3.43 |  | $ | 1,044 |  | 910 |  | $ | 1.15 |
The Company had combined undistributed and distributed earnings to participating securities totaling $4 in each of the third quarters of 2018 and 2017. For the first three quarters of 2018 and 2017, the Company had combined undistributed and distributed earnings to participating securities of $31 and $9, respectively. The Company had options outstanding for approximately 1 1 million and 26 million shares during the third quarter of 2018 and 2017, respectively, that were excluded from the computations of net earnings per diluted common share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect on net earnings per share. The Company had options outstanding for approximately 11 million shares during the first three quarters of 2018 and 15 million shares in the first three quarters of 2017 that were excluded from the computations of net earnings per diluted common share because their inclusion would have had an anti-dilutive effect on net earnings per share.

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