Earnings Per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Earnings Per Share Information

The following table provides details underlying the Company’s earnings per share calculations for the periods indicated (in thousands):

	For the Three Months Ended March 31,
	2017		2016
Net income (loss) attributable to MasTec:
Net income (loss) - basic and diluted (a)	$	40,970	$	(2,692	)
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	80,697		80,156
Dilutive common stock equivalents	1,460		—
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	82,157		80,156
Additional information:
Weighted average anti-dilutive common stock equivalents (b)	19		615

(a) Calculated as total net income (loss) less amounts attributable to non-controlling interests.

(b) Represents anti-dilutive common stock equivalents, which include anti-dilutive common stock equivalents as calculated under the treasury stock method, and, for the three month period ended March 31, 2016, 610,657 common stock equivalents that were anti-dilutive due to the Company having reported a net loss.