Earnings per share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Note 22.- Earnings per share

Basic earnings per share for the year 2020 have been calculated by dividing the profit attributable to equity holders by the average number of shares outstanding.

Diluted earnings per share for the year 2020 have been calculated considering the potential issuance of 3,347,305 shares on settlement of the Green Exchangeable Notes (Note 14). Diluted earnings per share equal basic earnings per share for the years 2019 and 2018.

	For the year ended December 31,
Item	2020		2019		2018
Profit from continuing operations attributable to Atlantica		11,968		62,135		41,596
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - basic		101,879		101,063		100,217
Average number of ordinary shares outstanding (thousands) - diluted		103,392		101,063		100,217
Earnings per share from continuing operations (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted		0.12		0.61		0.42
Earnings per share from profit for the period (US dollar per share) - basic and diluted		0.12		0.61		0.42