Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

We present basic earnings or losses per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS for our Class A and Class B common stock. Basic EPS for our Class A and Class B common stock excludes potential dilution and is computed by dividing Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar Corporation common stock by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS reflects the potential dilution that could occur if shares of common stock were issued pursuant to our stock-based compensation awards. 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 million and 5 million shares for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, 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 March 31,
	2019		2018
	(in thousands, except per share amounts)

Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar Corporation common stock	$	14,202	$	(21,551	)

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	95,386		95,888
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding	291		—
Diluted	95,677		95,888

Earnings per share:
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	$	0.15	$	(0.22	)
Diluted	$	0.15	$	(0.22	)