Earnings per share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

The reconciliations of the numerators and denominators used to calculate basic and diluted earnings per share were as follows:



	Three months ended March 31,
	2018			2017
Numerators:
Net income from continuing operations attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	191,015		$	440,905
Net (loss) income from discontinued operations attributable to DaVita Inc.	(12,329		)	6,792
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc. for basic earnings per share calculation	$	178,686		$	447,697
Basic:
Weighted average shares outstanding during the period	181,152			194,571
Contingently returnable shares held in escrow for the DaVita HealthCare Partners merger	(2,194		)	(2,194		)
Weighted average shares for basic earnings per share calculation	178,958			192,377

Basic net income from continuing operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	1.07		$	2.29
Basic net (loss) income from discontinued operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	(0.07		)	0.04
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	1.00		$	2.33
Diluted:
Weighted average shares outstanding during the period	181,152			194,571
Assumed incremental shares from stock plans	683			710
Weighted average shares for diluted earnings per share calculation	181,835			195,281

Diluted net income from continuing operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	1.05		$	2.26
Diluted net (loss) income from discontinued operations per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	(0.07		)	0.03
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	0.98		$	2.29
Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation⁽¹⁾	3,453			3,427


(1)	Shares associated with stock-settled stock appreciation rights excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they are antidilutive under the treasury stock method.