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Earnings Per Share (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share |
(in thousands, except per common share data) | Three months ended September 30, |  | Nine months ended September 30,
2014 |  | 2013 |  | 2014 |  | 2013
Net income attributable to The Andersons, Inc. | $ | 16,825 |  |  | $ | 17,161 |  |  | $ | 83,834 |  |  | $ | 59,278 |
Less: Distributed and undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested restricted stock | 93 |  |  | 56 |  |  | 443 |  |  | 210 |
Earnings available to common shareholders | $ | 16,732 |  |  | $ | 17,105 |  |  | $ | 83,391 |  |  | $ | 59,068 |
Earnings per share – basic: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic | 28,260 |  |  | 28,009 |  |  | 28,222 |  |  | 27,972 |
Earnings per common share – basic | $ | 0.59 |  |  | $ | 0.61 |  |  | $ | 2.95 |  |  | $ | 2.11 |
Earnings per share – diluted: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic | 28,260 |  |  | 28,009 |  |  | 28,222 |  |  | 27,972 |
Effect of dilutive awards | 40 |  |  | 225 |  |  | 46 |  |  | 188 |
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted | 28,300 |  |  | 28,234 |  |  | 28,268 |  |  | 28,160 |
Earnings per common share – diluted | $ | 0.59 |  |  | $ | 0.61 |  |  | $ | 2.95 |  |  | $ | 2.10 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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