Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 24, 2018

Note J - Earnings Per Share

The shares used in computation of the Company’s basic and diluted earnings per common share are as follows:

	Three Months Ended
In thousands	March 24, 2018		March 25, 2017

Weighted average common shares outstanding		14,383		14,317
Dilutive effect of stock options and restricted stock units		24		40
Weighted average common shares outstanding, assuming dilution		14,407		14,357

Stock options that are anti-dilutive as to earnings per share and unvested restricted stock units which have a market condition for vesting that has not been achieved are ignored in the computation of dilutive earnings per share. The number of stock options and restricted stock units that were excluded in 2018 and 2017 were 96,481 and 84,200, respectively.