Earnings Per Share

Calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) per Common Share

The following tables summarize our calculation of Basic and Diluted Earnings (Loss) per Common Share (“EPS”) for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 (in thousands, except share and per share data):



	For the three months ended March 31,
	2018			2017
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations attributable to EMCOR Group, Inc. common stockholders	$	55,656		$	53,144
Loss from discontinued operation, net of income taxes	(282		)	(504		)
Net income attributable to EMCOR Group, Inc. common stockholders	$	55,374		$	52,640
Denominator:
Weighted average shares outstanding used to compute basic earnings (loss) per common share	58,739,115			59,769,136
Effect of dilutive securities—Share-based awards	325,049			342,466
Shares used to compute diluted earnings (loss) per common share	59,064,164			60,111,602
Basic earnings (loss) per common share:
From continuing operations attributable to EMCOR Group, Inc. common stockholders	$	0.95		$	0.89
From discontinued operation	(0.00		)	(0.01		)
Net income attributable to EMCOR Group, Inc. common stockholders	$	0.95		$	0.88
Diluted earnings (loss) per common share:
From continuing operations attributable to EMCOR Group, Inc. common stockholders	$	0.94		$	0.88
From discontinued operation	(0.00		)	(0.01		)
Net income attributable to EMCOR Group, Inc. common stockholders	$	0.94		$	0.87

The number of outstanding share-based awards that were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 because they would be anti-dilutive were 20,675 and 500, respectively.