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Earnings per share (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Earnings per share |
Schedule of reconciliation profit and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share ("EPS") computations | The following table presents a reconciliation of profit and share data used in the basic and diluted earnings per share (“EPS”) computations for the dates indicated:
|  | December 31,
|  | 2020 |  | 2019 |  | 2018
Profit for the year |  | 63,593 |  | 86,053 |  | 11,138
(U.S. dollars) |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic earnings per share |  | 1.60 |  | 2.17 |  | 0.28
Diluted earnings per share |  | 1.60 |  | 2.17 |  | 0.28
(Thousands of shares) |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average of common shares outstanding applicable to basic EPS |  | 39,656 |  | 39,575 |  | 39,543
Effect of diluted securities: |  |  |  |  |  |
Stock options and restricted stock units plan |  | — |  | — |  | —
Adjusted weighted average of common shares outstanding applicable to diluted EPS |  | 39,656 |  | 39,575 |  | 39,543

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