Earnings Per Share Earnings Per Share (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share

The following chart sets forth the computation of earnings per share (in thousands, except per share amounts):


	Three Months Ended				Nine Months Ended
	September 30,				September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Income from continuing operations	$	193,931	$	151,812	$	459,318	$	402,582
Denominator for basic earnings per share—Weighted-average shares outstanding	304,271		307,230		304,837		311,360
Effect of dilutive securities:
RSUs	295		293		333		341
PSUs	—		—		—		—
Stock options	—		437		1		503
Denominator for diluted earnings per share—Adjusted weighted-average shares outstanding	304,566		307,960		305,171		312,204
Basic earnings per share from continuing operations	$	0.64	$	0.49	$	1.51	$	1.29
Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations (1)	$	0.64	$	0.49	$	1.51	$	1.29

(1) Diluted earnings per share from continuing operations was computed using the treasury stock method for dilutive securities.

The following table sets forth the number of employee stock-based compensation awards outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because their effect would have been antidilutive for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended		Nine Months Ended
	September 30,		September 30,
	2020	2019	2020	2019
Antidilutive securities:
RSUs	717	942	847	700
Stock options	—	31	—	32