Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2016

4. Earnings Per Share

The Company reports earnings per share in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification Topic 260, “Earnings Per Share,” which establishes standards for computing and presenting earnings per share. Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common share equivalents then outstanding. Potential common share equivalents consist of restricted stock awards and the incremental common shares issuable upon the exercise of stock options. Under the treasury stock method, unexercised “in-the-money” stock options and warrants are assumed to be exercised at the beginning of the period or at issuance, if later. The assumed proceeds are then used to purchase common shares at the average market price during the period. Share-based payment awards that entitle their holders to receive non-forfeitable dividends before vesting are considered participating securities and are considered in the calculation of basic and diluted earnings per share. There were no such participating securities outstanding during the three-month periods ended March 31, 2016 and 2015.

Basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding were as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2016		2015
Weighted average common shares		33,024,681		32,754,862
Dilutive common stock options and restricted stock units		468,894		695,749

Weighted average common shares, assuming dilution		33,493,575		33,450,611

At March 31, 2016, there were outstanding options to purchase 1,312,508 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $11.50 per share. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2016, 520,030 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than or equal to the average price of the common shares, and were therefore anti-dilutive.

At March 31, 2015, there were outstanding options to purchase 1,295,312 shares of the Company’s common stock at a weighted average exercise price of $9.44 per share. For the three-month period ended March 31, 2015, 199,580 options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise prices of the stock options were greater than or equal to the average price of the common shares, and were therefore anti-dilutive.