Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

3 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2021

Earnings Per Share Attributable to Cardinal Health, Inc.

11. Earnings/(Loss) 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 September 30,
(in millions)	2021	2020
Weighted-average common shares–basic	287	293
Effect of dilutive securities:
Employee stock options, restricted share units, and performance share units	2	—
Weighted-average common shares–diluted	289	293

The potentially dilutive employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units that were anti-dilutive for the three months ended September 30, 2021 were 4 million.

For the three months ended September 30, 2020, 7 million employee stock options, restricted share units and performance share units were excluded from the calculation of diluted shares outstanding, 2 million of which would be anti-dilutive as a result of the net loss for the period.