Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

9 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

12. Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

The following table reconciles the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2019	2018
Weighted-average common shares–basic	298	313
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	1	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	299	315



	Nine Months Ended March 31,
(in millions)	2019	2018
Weighted-average common shares–basic	301	314
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units	1	2
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	302	316

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were antidilutive were 6 million and 5 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively, and 6 million and 5 million for the nine months ended March 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.