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EARNINGS PER SHARE | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 26, 2016
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
EARNINGS PER SHARE | EARNINGS PER SHARE The following table provides a reconciliation between Basic and Diluted earnings per share (EPS):
| Basic EPS |  | Dilutive Effect of Stock Options |  | Diluted EPS
Thirteen weeks ended March 26, 2016: |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. | $ | 32,969 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 32,969 |
Shares outstanding (000 omitted) | 22,700 |  |  | 116 |  |  | 22,816 |
Per share amount | $ | 1.45 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 1.45 |
Thirteen weeks ended March 28, 2015: |  |  |  |  |
Net earnings attributable to Valmont Industries, Inc. | $ | 30,739 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 30,739 |
Shares outstanding (000 omitted) | 23,868 |  |  | 114 |  |  | 23,982 |
Per share amount | $ | 1.29 |  |  | $ | (0.01 | ) |  | $ | 1.28 |
At March 26, 2016 and March 28, 2015, there were 403,407 and 452,103 outstanding stock options with exercise prices exceeding the market price of common stock that were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share, respectively.

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