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Earnings Per Share | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings Per Share | Earnings Per Share: Basic and diluted earnings per share for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017 are calculated as follows (in thousands, except per share amounts):
| Three Months Ended March 31,
| 2018 |  | 2017
Basic earnings per share |  |  |
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 131,760 |  |  | $ | 51,213 |
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted-average common shares for basic earnings per share | 110,681 |  |  | 111,986 |
Basic earnings per share | $ | 1.19 |  |  | $ | 0.46 |
Diluted earnings per share |  |  |
Numerator: |  |  |
Net income attributable to Albemarle Corporation | $ | 131,760 |  |  | $ | 51,213 |
Denominator: |  |  |
Weighted-average common shares for basic earnings per share | 110,681 |  |  | 111,986 |
Incremental shares under stock compensation plans | 1,186 |  |  | 1,303 |
Weighted-average common shares for diluted earnings per share | 111,867 |  |  | 113,289 |
Diluted earnings per share | $ | 1.18 |  |  | $ | 0.45 |
On February 23, 2018, the Company increased the regular quarterly dividend by 5% to $0.335 per share and declared a cash dividend of said amount for the first quarter of 2018, which was paid on April 2, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business as of March 15, 2018. On May 8, 2018, the Company declared a cash dividend of $0.335 per share, which is payable on July 2, 2018 to shareholders of record at the close of business as of June 15, 2018.

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