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Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

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Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share
3 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2015
Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

2. Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

Accounting Standards Codification 260, Earnings Per Share, requires companies to treat unvested share-based payment awards that have non-forfeitable rights to dividends prior to vesting as a separate class of securities in calculating earnings per share. We have granted and expect to continue to grant to certain employees restricted stock grants that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends. Such grants are considered participating securities. Therefore, we are required to apply the two-class method in calculating earnings per share. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating security according to dividends declared (or accumulated) and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The dilutive effect of participating securities is calculated using the more dilutive of the treasury method or the two-class method.

Basic earnings per common share was computed using the two-class method by dividing basic net earnings attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share was computed using the two-class method by dividing diluted net earnings attributable to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding plus dilutive common equivalent shares. Dilutive common equivalent shares include all in-the-money outstanding options or other contracts to issue common stock as if they were exercised or converted. The application of the two-class method did not have a material impact on the earnings per share calculation for the three months ended July 31, 2014.

During the three months ended July 31, 2015 and 2014, all shares of outstanding options were included in the computation of diluted earnings per share. During the three months ended July 31, 2015, restricted stock awards of 0.5 million, were outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive.

 

The following table summarizes basic and diluted earnings per common share attributable to common stockholders:

 

     Three Months Ended
July 31,
 
     2015      2014  
     (in thousands, except
per share data)
 

Net income

   $ 23,082       $ 14,533   

Less: distributed and undistributed earnings to nonvested restricted stockholders

     224         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Basic net earnings attributable to common stockholders

     22,858         14,533   

Add: undistributed earnings to nonvested restricted stockholders

     176         —     

Less: reallocation of undistributed earnings to nonvested restricted stockholders

     174         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted net earnings attributable to common stockholders

     22,860         14,533   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:

     

Basic weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

     49,493         48,703   

Effect of dilutive securities:

     

Restricted stock

     452         756   

Stock options

     66         132   

ESPP

     3         —     
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted weighted-average number of common shares outstanding

     50,014         49,591   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net earnings per common share:

     

Basic earnings per share

   $ 0.46       $ 0.30   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

   $ 0.46       $ 0.29