Earnings per Common Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Earnings per Common Share

Schedule of the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share

The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share (in thousands, except per share data).

	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2018		2017
Basic earnings per share:
Income attributable to Hilltop	$	24,441	$	26,434
Less: income applicable to participating shares		—		(1)
Net earnings available to Hilltop common stockholders	$	24,441	$	26,433
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic		95,985		98,441
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.25	$	0.27
Diluted earnings per share:
Income attributable to Hilltop	$	24,441	$	26,434
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic		95,985		98,441
Effect of potentially dilutive securities		161		316
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted		96,146		98,757
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.25	$	0.27