Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 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 2 million shares for the three months ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 2 million and 1 million shares for the six months ended June 30, 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 (amounts in thousands, except per share amounts):



	For the three months ended June 30,					For the six months ended June 30,
	2019			2018		2019		2018

Net income (loss) attributable to EchoStar Corporation common stock	$	(5,692	)	$	77,222	$	8,510	$	55,671

Weighted-average common shares outstanding:
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	96,415			96,091		95,903		95,990
Dilutive impact of stock awards outstanding	—			855		291		1,048
Diluted	96,415			96,946		96,194		97,038

Earnings per share:
Class A and B common stock:
Basic	$	(0.06	)	$	0.80	$	0.09	$	0.58
Diluted	$	(0.06	)	$	0.80	$	0.09	$	0.57