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Earnings Per Share
 6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2015
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings Per Share
14.Earnings Per Share

Basic and diluted EPS is computed by dividing the net income (loss) attributable to Ecology and Environment, Inc. common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period.  After consideration of all the rights and privileges of the Class A and Class B stockholders summarized in Note 12, in particular the right of the holders of the Class B common stock to elect no less than 75% of the Board of Directors making it highly unlikely that the Company will pay a dividend on Class A common stock in excess of Class B common stock, the Company allocates undistributed earnings between the classes on a one-to-one basis when computing earnings per share.  As a result, basic and fully diluted earnings per Class A and Class B share are equal amounts.

The Company has determined that its unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid) are participating securities. These securities shall be included in the computation of earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method.  The resulting impact was to include unvested restricted shares in the weighted average shares outstanding calculation.

The computation of earnings per share is included in the following table.

  
Three Months Ended
January 31,
  
Six Months Ended
January 31,
 
  
2015
  
2014
  
2015
  
2014
 
     
Net (loss) income attributable to Ecology and Environment, Inc.
 
$
(152,331
)
 
$
(784,648
)
 
$
694,829
  
$
(404,257
)
Dividends declared
  
(1,033,071
)
  
(1,033,551
)
  
(1,033,071
)
  
(1,033,551
)
Balance at end of period
 
$
(1,185,402
)
 
$
(1,818,199
)
 
$
(338,242
)
 
$
(1,437,808
)
                 
Weighted-average common shares outstanding (basic and diluted)
  
4,288,371
   
4,290,193
   
4,288,371
   
4,278,694
 
                 
Distributed earnings per share
 
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
  
$
0.24
 
Undistributed earnings per share
  
(0.28
)
  
(0.42
)
  
(0.08
)
  
(0.33
)
Total earnings per share
 
$
(0.04
)
 
$
(0.18
)
 
$
0.16
  
$
(0.09
)