Earnings per share Earnings Per Share (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted [Table Text Block]

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


	Three months ended September 30,				Nine months ended September 30,
	2021		2020		2021		2020
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Continuing operations	$	259,754	$	158,674	$	790,977	$	589,889
Discontinued operations	—		—		—		9,980
Net income attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	259,754	$	158,674	$	790,977	$	599,869

Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic shares	104,793		120,905		106,685		122,582
Assumed incremental from stock plans	5,045		3,049		4,981		2,345
Diluted shares	109,838		123,954		111,666		124,927

Basic net income attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Continuing operations per share	$	2.48	$	1.31	$	7.41	$	4.81
Discontinued operations per share	—		—		—		0.08
Basic net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.48	$	1.31	$	7.41	$	4.89

Diluted net income attributable to DaVita Inc.:
Continuing operations per share	$	2.36	$	1.28	$	7.08	$	4.72
Discontinued operations per share	—		—		—		0.08
Diluted net income per share attributable to DaVita Inc.	$	2.36	$	1.28	$	7.08	$	4.80

Anti-dilutive stock-settled awards excluded from calculation(1)	141		2,765		103		3,063

(1)Shares associated with stock awards excluded from the diluted denominator calculation because they were anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.