Note 14.

Earnings Per Share

The following are reconciliations of the earnings available to common stockholders and the shares used in calculating basic and dilutive net earnings per common share (in thousands, except per share data):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
Basic Net Earnings Per Common Share:	2018			2017
Earnings from continuing operations	$	8,597		$	16,367
Loss from discontinued operations		(608	)		(633	)
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	7,989		$	15,734

Weighted average common shares outstanding		22,499			22,847

Earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.38		$	0.72
Loss from discontinued operations per common share		(0.02	)		(0.03	)
Basic net earnings per common share	$	0.36		$	0.69

Diluted Net Earnings Per Common Share:
Earnings from continuing operations	$	8,597		$	16,367
Loss from discontinued operations		(608	)		(633	)
Net earnings available to common stockholders	$	7,989		$	15,734

Weighted average common shares outstanding		22,499			22,847
Plus incremental shares from assumed conversions:
Dilutive effect of restricted stock and performance stock		468			467
Weighted average common shares outstanding – Diluted		22,967			23,314

Earnings from continuing operations per common share	$	0.37		$	0.70
Loss from discontinued operations per common share		(0.02	)		(0.03	)
Diluted net earnings per common share	$	0.35		$	0.67

The shares listed below were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because to do so would have been anti-dilutive for the periods presented or because they were excluded under the treasury method (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018		2017
Restricted and performance shares		277		249