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Net Earnings Per Share
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Net Earnings Per Share  
Net Earnings Per Share

Note 9. Net Earnings Per Share

Basic net earnings per share is computed by dividing net income by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that would occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock; however, potential common equivalent shares are excluded if the effect of including these shares would be anti-dilutive. The Company’s two classes of common stock, Class A and Class B Non-Voting, have equal rights to dividends and income, and therefore, basic and diluted earnings per share are the same for each class of common stock. As of December 31, 2019, we did not have any Class B Non-Voting common stock outstanding.

Diluted net earnings per share takes into account the potential conversion of stock options, restricted stock units, and warrants using the treasury stock method and convertible notes using the if-converted method. For the years ended December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, the Company did not exclude any potentially dilutive securities, whose effect would have been anti-dilutive, from the computation of diluted earnings per share. In addition, the Company excluded 945,565, 931,943, and 1,085,048 shares related to restricted stock units for which the performance metric had yet to be achieved as of December 31, 2019, 2018, and 2017, respectively.

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of basic and diluted net earnings per share:

    

Year Ended

    

Year Ended

    

Year Ended

December 31, 2019

December 31, 2018

December 31, 2017

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

Basic earnings per share:

Numerator

Net income

$

587,121

$

510,835

$

756,152

Preferred stock dividends

(11,958)

Net income available to common stockholders

575,163

510,835

756,152

Denominator

Weighted-average common shares outstanding

 

111,895,433

 

104,716,301

 

103,189,175

Basic earnings per share

$

5.14

$

4.88

$

7.33

Diluted earnings per share:

Numerator

Net income

$

587,121

$

510,835

$

756,152

Preferred stock dividends

(11,958)

Assumed conversion of convertible senior notes

 

 

6,219

 

5,842

Net income available to common stockholders plus assumed conversions

$

575,163

$

517,054

$

761,994

Denominator

Number of shares used in basic computation

 

111,895,433

 

104,716,301

 

103,189,175

Weighted-average effect of dilutive securities

 

1,190,890

 

7,647,030

 

8,468,389

Number of shares used in per share computation

 

113,086,323

 

112,363,331

 

111,657,564

Diluted earnings per share

$

5.09

$

4.60

$

6.82