Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2014

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

Note 7 – Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

	Three Months Ended
	March 31
(in thousands except per share data)	2014		2013
Numerator:
Net income	$	10,140	$	11,820
Denominator:
Basic earnings per share:
Weighted average shares		15,735		15,539
Diluted earnings per share:
Effect of dilutive stock options and restricted stock grants		86		53
Adjusted weighted average shares		15,821		15,592
Earnings per share:
Basic earnings per share	$	0.64	$	0.76
Diluted earnings per share		0.64		0.76

There were no options to purchase common shares that were excluded from the diluted calculations above for the three months ended March 31, 2014.  In addition to in-the-money stock options, unvested restricted stock grants were also used in the calculation of diluted earnings per share based on the treasury method.  Options to purchase 88,246 common shares at a weighted average price of $38.95 were excluded from the diluted calculations above for the three months ended March 31, 2013, because the exercises prices on the options were greater than the average market price for the period.