Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2020

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

11. Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

The Company calculates earnings (loss) per share using the two-class method. The two-class method allocates net income or loss to each class of common stock and participating security according to common dividends declared and participation rights in undistributed earnings. For reporting periods in which a net loss is recorded, net loss is not allocated to participating securities because the holders of such securities bear no contractual obligation to fund or otherwise share in the losses. Participating securities consist of nonvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents. 

A summary of the information used in the computation of earnings (loss) per common share follows.

	Three Months Ended					Six Months Ended
	June 30,					June 30,
(in thousands, except per share data)	2020			2019		2020			2019
Numerator:
Net income (loss) to common shareholders	$	(117,072	)	$	88,277	$	(228,105	)	$	167,441
Net dividends or income allocated to participating securities - basic and diluted		422			1,502		849			2,839
Net income (loss) allocated to common shareholders - basic and diluted	$	(117,494	)	$	86,775	$	(228,954	)	$	164,602
Denominator:
Weighted-average common shares - basic		86,301			85,728	$	86,744		$	85,708
Dilutive potential common shares		-			107		-			102
Weighted-average common shares - diluted		86,301			85,835	$	86,744		$	85,810
Earnings (loss) per common share:
Basic	$	(1.36	)	$	1.01	$	(2.64	)	$	1.92
Diluted	$	(1.36	)	$	1.01	$	(2.64	)	$	1.92

Potential common shares consist of stock options, nonvested performance-based awards, and nonvested restricted share awards deferred under the Company’s nonqualified deferred compensation plan. These potential common shares do not enter into the calculation of diluted earnings per share if the impact would be antidilutive, i.e., increase earnings per share or reduce a loss per share. For reporting periods in which a net loss is reported, no effect is given to potentially dilutive common shares in the computation of loss per common share as any impact from such shares would be antidilutive. Potentially dilutive common shares with a weighted average of 14,150 and 14,183 were excluded from the calculation of earnings per common share for the three and six months ended June 30, 2019, respectively, as the effect would have been antidilutive.