Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Nov. 02, 2024

The Company computes and reports both basic earnings per share (“EPS”) and diluted EPS. Basic EPS is computed by dividing net earnings by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is computed by dividing net earnings by the sum of the weighted-average number of common shares and dilutive common stock equivalents outstanding during the period. Diluted EPS reflects the total potential dilution that could occur from outstanding equity plan awards and unvested shares of both performance and non-performance based awards of restricted stock and restricted stock units.

Shares are excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS if their effect would have been anti-dilutive to the calculation of diluted EPS. For the three and nine month periods ended November 2, 2024, approximately 5,000 and 4,000 weighted-average shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS, respectively. For the three and nine month periods ended October 28, 2023, approximately 14,000 and 17,000 weighted-average shares were excluded from the calculation of diluted EPS, respectively.

The following is a reconciliation of the number of shares (denominator) used in the basic and diluted EPS computations:


	Three Months Ended						Nine Months Ended
Shares in (000s)	Basic EPS		Effect of dilutive common stock equivalents		Diluted EPS		Basic EPS		Effect of dilutive common stock equivalents		Diluted EPS
November 2, 2024
Shares	327,710		2,227		329,937		329,453		2,275		331,728
Amount	$	1.49	$	(0.01)	$	1.48	$	4.56	$	(0.03)	$	4.53

October 28, 2023
Shares	334,282		1,979		336,261		336,187		1,920		338,107
Amount	$	1.34	$	(0.01)	$	1.33	$	3.76	$	(0.02)	$	3.74