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Earnings per share | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2024
Earnings per share [abstract] |
Earnings per share | Earnings per share The following table shows the components used in the calculation of basic and diluted net earnings per common share for earnings attributable to common shareholders.
|  | Three months | Six months
For the period ended June 30 | 2024 | 2023 | 2024 | 2023
Net earnings attributable to common shareholders - basic | 537 |  | 329 |  | 939 |  | 1,054 |
Dividends declared per common share (in dollars) | 0.9975 | 0.9675 | 1.9950 | 1.9350
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding (in millions) |  |  |  |
| Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - basic | 912.3 |  | 912.2 |  | 912.3 |  | 912.2 |
| Assumed exercise of stock options (1) | — |  | 0.3 |  | — |  | 0.3 |
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding - diluted (in millions) | 912.3 |  | 912.5 |  | 912.3 |  | 912.5 |
(1)The calculation of the assumed exercise of stock options includes the effect of the average unrecognized future compensation cost of dilutive options. It excludes options for which the exercise price is higher than the average market value of a BCE common share. The number of excluded options was 6,554,350 for the second quarter of 2024 and for the first half of 2024, compared to 3,157,969 for the second quarter of 2023 and for the first half of 2023.

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