Note 3. Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2019

Earnings per share

Note 3. Earnings Per Share

Earnings per share of common stock is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the year. The shares of Company stock attributable to our limited partner interest in The Lion Fund, L.P. and The Lion Fund II, L.P. (collectively, the “investment partnerships”) — based on our proportional ownership during this period — are considered treasury stock on the consolidated balance sheet and thereby deemed not to be included in the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding. However, these shares are legally outstanding.

The following table presents shares authorized, issued and outstanding on June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. 

	June 30, 2019			December 31, 2018
		Class A	Class B		Class A	Class B
Common stock authorized		500,000	10,000,000		500,000	10,000,000
Common stock issued and outstanding		206,864	2,068,640		206,864	2,068,640

The Company has applied the “two-class method” of computing earnings per share as prescribed in ASC 260, “Earnings Per Share.” 

On an equivalent Class A common stock basis, there were 620,592 shares outstanding as of June 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018. There are no dilutive securities outstanding.

For financial reporting purposes, the proportional ownership of the Company’s common stock owned by the investment partnerships is excluded in the earnings per share calculation. After giving effect for the investment partnerships’ proportional ownership of common stock, the equivalent Class A weighted average number of common shares during the second quarters of 2019 and 2018 were 346,034 and 346,988, respectively. The equivalent Class A weighted average number of common shares during the first six months of 2019 and 2018 were 346,129 and 349,575, respectively.

Each Class A common share is entitled to one vote. Class B common stock possesses economic rights equal to one-fifth (1/5^th) of such rights of Class A common stock; however, Class B common stock has no voting rights.