Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Note 2 – Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings or loss per share is computed by dividing net income or loss attributable to MasTec by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period, which excludes non-participating unvested restricted share awards. Diluted earnings per share is computed by dividing net income attributable to MasTec by the weighted average number of fully diluted shares, as calculated under the treasury stock method, which includes the potential effect of dilutive common stock equivalents, such as issued but unvested restricted shares and/or outstanding but unexercised stock options. The Company has no outstanding stock options as of March 31, 2017; all remaining options under the Company’s stock option grants were exercised in 2016. If the Company reports a loss, rather than income, the computation of diluted loss per share excludes the effect of dilutive common stock equivalents, as their effect would be anti-dilutive.

As discussed in Note 1 - Business, Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies, the Company adopted ASU 2016-09 effective January 1, 2017 on a prospective basis. ASU 2016-09 changed the recognition of excess tax benefits or tax deficiencies upon the vesting of share-based payment awards from additional paid-in capital, within equity, to income tax benefit or expense, within the statement of operations. As a result, excess tax benefits or deficiencies under ASU 2016-09 are excluded from assumed proceeds under the treasury stock method. Previously, excess tax benefits or tax deficiencies were included within assumed proceeds. For the three month period ended March 31, 2017, this resulted in the inclusion of approximately 0.3 million incremental shares in the Company’s total weighted average diluted shares outstanding.

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.