Net Earnings Per Share Net Earnings Per Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

Net Earnings Per Share

The following table sets forth the reconciliation of the numerator and denominator utilized in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):



	Three Months Ended June 30,				Six Months Ended June 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Numerator for earnings per share:
Net earnings for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	71,563	$	51,413	$	110,758	$	93,984
Denominator for earnings per share:
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding	137,749		136,865		138,124		136,613
Assumed exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock awards, net of shares assumed reacquired under the treasury stock method	2,400		1,584		2,440		1,653
Diluted shares outstanding	140,149		138,449		140,564		138,266

The effect of stock-based compensation awards for the six months ended June 30, 2018 that aggregated 89,000 shares; three and six months ended June 30, 2017, which in the aggregate consisted of 162,000 and 265,000 shares, respectively, have been excluded for purposes of diluted earnings per share since the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. There were no shares excluded for the three months ended June 30, 2018.