Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

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Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share (“EPS”) is computed using the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period and income available to shareholders. Diluted EPS includes additional common shares that would have been outstanding if potential common shares with a dilutive effect had been issued using the if-converted method for Convertible Debt and the treasury stock method for all other instruments.

Under the treasury stock method, the weighted average number of shares outstanding is adjusted to reflect the dilutive effects of stock-based awards and shares underlying the warrants related to the convertible senior notes due 2025.

Under the if-converted method:

Convertible Senior Notes due 2025:

Income available to shareholders is adjusted to add back interest expense, after tax (unless antidilutive).

Weighted average number of shares outstanding is adjusted to include the shares underlying the convertible debt (unless antidilutive).

Shares underlying the bond hedge (unless antidilutive).

Convertible Senior Notes due 2029:

Interest has been excluded from the numerator and no shares have been included in the denominator of diluted EPS, as the principal amount of convertible debt will be settled in cash with any excess conversion value settled in cash or shares of common stock.

Excludes shares underlying the capped call as the shares are antidilutive.

The following table reconciles the numerator and denominator used to compute basic and diluted EPS for the years ended December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022 (in thousands):


	2024		2023		2022
Numerator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Net income attributable to Parsons Corporation - basic	$	235,053	$	161,149	$	96,664
Convertible senior notes if-converted method interest adjustment		2,932		2,291		2,176
Net income attributable to Parsons Corporation - diluted	$	237,985	$	163,440	$	98,840

Denominator for Basic and Diluted EPS:
Basic weighted average number of shares outstanding		106,274		104,992		103,758
Dilutive effect of stock-based awards		1,778		1,173		808
Dilutive effect of warrants		494		—		—
Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes		3,628		8,917		8,917
Diluted weighted average number of shares outstanding		112,174		115,082		113,483

Earnings per share:
Basic	$	2.21	$	1.53	$	0.93
Diluted	$	2.12	$	1.42	$	0.87

Anti-dilutive stock-based awards excluded from the calculation of earnings per share for the years ended December 31, 2024, December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022 were 4,562, 5,423, and 15,113, respectively.

Share Repurchases

On August 9, 2021, the Company’s Board of Directors authorized the Company to acquire a number of shares of Common Stock having an aggregate market value of not greater than $100 million from time to time, commencing on August 12, 2021. The Board further amended this authorization in August 2022 to remove the prior expiration date and grant executive leadership the discretion to determine the price for such share repurchases. The Board further amended this authorization in February 2024 to restore the repurchase capacity to $100 million and removed the $25 million quarterly cap on such repurchases.

At the time of the February 2024 authorization, the Company had repurchased shares with an aggregated market value (including fees) of $54.7 million. The aggregate market value of shares of Common Stock the Company is authorized to acquire, from both the August 2021 and February 2024 authorizations, is not greater than $154.7 million.

As of December 31, 2024, the Company has $75 million remaining under the stock repurchase program.

Repurchased shares of common stock are retired and included in “Repurchases of common stock” in cash flows from financing activities in the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows. The primary purpose of the Company’s share repurchase program is to reduce the dilutive effect of shares issued under the Company’s ESOP and other stock benefit plans. The timing, amount and manner of share repurchases may depend upon market conditions and economic circumstances, availability of investment opportunities, the availability and costs of financing, the market price of the Company's common stock, other uses of capital and other factors.

The following table summarizes the repurchase activity under the stock repurchase program.


	2024		2023
Total shares repurchased		287,005		233,010
Total shares retired		287,005		233,010
Average price paid per share	$	87.10	$	47.21