EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

EARNINGS PER SHARE

Schedule of Weighted Average Shares and Share Equivalents that are Used to Calculate Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

	For the three months ended		For the nine months ended
	September 30,		September 30,
(in thousands)	2017	2016	2017	2016
Weighted average number of shares outstanding used to calculate basic earnings per share	30,085	29,374	30,009	29,417
Dilutive securities
Unvested restricted shares and restricted share units	1,404	1,068	1,394	1,024
Stock options	823	351	767	302
Weighted average number of shares and share equivalents outstanding used to calculate diluted earnings per share	32,312	30,793	32,170	30,743

Schedule of Outstanding Options to Purchase Shares of Common Stock and Average Restricted Shares that were not Included in Computation of Diluted Earnings per Share

	For the three months ended		For the nine months ended
	September 30,		September 30,
(in thousands)	2017	2016	2017	2016
Average options	113	207	94	172
Average restricted shares	3	—	5	211