Earnings Per Share (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

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 June 30,				For the Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Net income attributable to MasTec:
Net income - basic and diluted (a)	$	80,492	$	81,668	$	107,052	$	122,638
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic	78,984		80,925		80,061		80,812
Dilutive common stock equivalents	1,078		1,367		1,075		1,414
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted	80,062		82,292		81,136		82,226
Additional information:
Weighted average anti-dilutive common stock equivalents (b)	—		13		—		6

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

(b) Represents anti-dilutive common stock equivalents as calculated under the treasury stock method.