Net Earnings Per Share Net Earnings Per Share (Notes)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

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 September 30,				Nine Months Ended September 30,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Numerator for earnings per share:
Net earnings for basic and diluted earnings per share	$	60,663	$	62,047	$	137,344	$	169,913
Denominator for earnings per share:
Weighted average number of common shares outstanding	131,125		134,741		131,848		135,264
Assumed exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock awards, net of shares assumed reacquired under the treasury stock method	558		1,309		993		1,562
Diluted shares outstanding	131,683		136,050		132,841		136,826

The effect of stock-based compensation awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020 that aggregated approximately 632,000 and 522,000 shares, respectively, has been excluded for purposes of diluted earnings per share since the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive. The effect of stock-based compensation awards for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2019 that aggregated approximately 80,000 and 76,000 shares, respectively, has been excluded for purposes of diluted earnings per share since the effect of their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive.