Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Note 13 - Earnings Per Share

The following table summarizes information related to the computation of basic and diluted earnings per Share for the years indicated:

	Year Ended December 31,
	2018		2017		2016
	U.S. Dollars (In thousands, except per share data)
Net income attributable to Shares		18,731		13,962		4,734

Weighted average number of Shares
outstanding used in basic earnings per
Share calculation		36,190		35,441		35,348

Add assumed exercise of outstanding dilutive
potential Shares		557		523		28

Weighted average number of Shares
Outstanding used in diluted earnings per
Share calculation		36,747		35,964		35,376

Basic income from continuing operations per Share		0.52		0.05		0.02

Basic income from discontinued operations per Share		-		0.35		0.11
Basic net income per Share		0.52		0.40		0.13
Diluted income from continuing operations per Share		0.51		0.05		0.02
Diluted income from discontinued operations per Share		-		0.34		0.11
Diluted net income per Share		0.51		0.39		0.13

Number of options excluded from the diluted
earnings per share calculation due to their
anti-dilutive effect		-		-		1,538