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Earnings per share | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Earnings per share [Abstract] |
Earnings per share | Note 22.- Earnings per share Basic earnings per share for the year 2017 has been calculated by dividing the profit/(loss) attributable to equity holders of the company by the number of shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per share equals basic earnings per share for the period presented.
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Item |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Profit/(loss) from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica Yield Plc. |  |  | (111,804 | ) |  |  | (4,855 | ) |  |  | (209,005 | )
Profit/(loss) from discontinuing operations attributable to Atlantica Yield Plc. |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic and diluted |  |  | 100,217 |  |  |  | 100,217 |  |  |  | 92,795 |
Earnings per share from continuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | (1.12 | ) |  |  | (0.05 | ) |  |  | (2.25 | )
Earnings per share from discontinuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Earnings per share from profit/ (loss) for the period (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted |  |  | (1.12 | ) |  |  | (0.05 | ) |  |  | (2.25 | )

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