Earnings per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

We present basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS for our Class A and Class B common stock. The EchoStar Tracking Stock (see Note 4 for definitions and a further discussion of the preferred tracking stock, the EchoStar Group and the Hughes Retail Group) is a participating security that shares in our consolidated earnings and therefore, we apply the two-class method to calculate EPS. Under the two-class method, we allocate net income or loss attributable to EchoStar between common stock and the EchoStar Tracking Stock considering both dividends declared on each class of stock and the participation rights of each class of stock in undistributed earnings. Based on the 51.89% economic interest in the Hughes Retail Group, represented by the EchoStar Tracking Stock, we allocate undistributed earnings to the EchoStar Tracking Stock based on 51.89% of the attributed net income or loss of the Hughes Retail Group. Moreover, because the reported amount of “Net income attributable to EchoStar” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss) excludes DISH Network’s 28.11% economic interest (represented by the HSS Tracking Stock) in the net loss of the Hughes Retail Group (reported as a noncontrolling interest), the amount of consolidated net income or loss allocated to holders of Class A and Class B common stock effectively excludes an aggregate 80.0% of the attributed net loss of the Hughes Retail Group.

Basic EPS for our Class A and Class B common stock excludes potential dilution and is computed by dividing “Net income attributable to EchoStar common stock” by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if our common stock awards were exercised or vested. The potential dilution from common stock awards was computed using the treasury stock method based on the average market value of our Class A common stock during the period. The calculation of our diluted weighted-average common shares outstanding excluded options to purchase shares of our Class A common stock, whose effect would be anti-dilutive, of 3.6 million shares for each of the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016, and 3.1 million shares and 2.0 million shares for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015, respectively.

The following table presents basic and diluted EPS amounts for all periods and the corresponding weighted-average shares outstanding used in the calculations.



	For the Three Months Ended September 30,					For the Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2016		2015			2016			2015
	(In thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income attributable to EchoStar	$	36,801	$	28,835		$	141,742		$	89,983
Less: Net loss attributable to EchoStar Tracking Stock	157		(1,267		)	(1,709		)	(7,421		)
Net income attributable to EchoStar common stock	$	36,644	$	30,102		$	143,451		$	97,404

Weighted-average common shares outstanding :
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	93,898		92,500			93,661			92,253
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding	503		993			528			1,227
Diluted	94,401		93,493			94,189			93,480

Earnings per share:
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	$	0.39	$	0.33		$	1.53		$	1.06
Diluted	$	0.39	$	0.32		$	1.52		$	1.04