Earnings (Loss) Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Basic earnings (loss) per share represents net income (loss) for the period, divided by the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding for the period.

The following are the number of shares of common stock used to compute the basic and diluted earnings (loss) per share for each period:



	Year Ended December 31,
	2018	2017
Weighted average shares used in basic computations	42,892,879	41,486,496
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock units	22,149	4,157
Weighted average shares used in diluted computations	42,915,028	41,490,653

For the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017, there were 68,820 and 104,324 shares, respectively, not included in the computation of diluted weighted average shares because their effect would have been antidilutive.