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9. EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
Earnings Per Share Tables |
Earning Per Share | The following tables compute basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands, except per share data):
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2012 |
|  | Loss Numerator |  |  | Shares Denominator |  |  | Per-Share Amount |
Net loss attributed to Pacific Ethanol |  | $ | (5,971 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: Preferred stock dividends |  |  | (319 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic and diluted loss per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss available to common stockholders |  | $ | (6,290 | ) |  |  | 115,677 |  |  | $ | (0.05 | )
|  | Three Months Ended September 30, 2011 |
|  | Income Numerator |  |  | Shares Denominator |  |  | Per-Share Amount |
Net income attributed to Pacific Ethanol |  | $ | 4,352 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: Preferred stock dividends |  |  | (319 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic and diluted income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income available to common stockholders |  | $ | 4,033 |  |  |  | 33,201 |  |  | $ | 0.12 |
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012 |
|  | Loss Numerator |  |  | Shares Denominator |  |  | Per-Share Amount |
Net loss attributed to Pacific Ethanol |  | $ | (13,553 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: Preferred stock dividends |  |  | (949 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic and diluted loss per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loss available to common stockholders |  | $ | (14,502 | ) |  |  | 96,203 |  |  | $ | (0.15 | )
|  | Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011 |
|  | Income Numerator |  |  | Shares Denominator |  |  | Per-Share Amount |
Net income attributed to Pacific Ethanol |  | $ | 5,120 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Less: Preferred stock dividends |  |  | (946 | ) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income available to common stockholders |  | $ | 4,174 |  |  |  | 21,230 |  |  | $ | 0.20 |
Add: Stock options |  |  | – |  |  |  | 98 |  |  |  |  |
Diluted income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Income available to common stockholders |  | $ | 4,174 |  |  |  | 21,328 |  |  | $ | 0.20 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the numerators and the denominators of the basic and diluted per-share (or per-unit) computations for income from continuing operations, including the effect that has been given to preferred dividends. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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