Note 11 - Net Income Per Share

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Notes to Financial Statements

Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

( 11 ) Net Income Per Share

The following table reflects, for the

three

and

nine

months ended

September 30, 2017

and

2016,

net income (numerator) and average shares outstanding (denominator) for basic and diluted net income per share computations:

	Three months ended				Nine months ended
(in thousands, except per share data)	September 30,				September 30,
	2017		2016		2017		2016
Net income	$	11,704	$	10,467	$	33,097	$	30,411
Average basic shares outstanding		22,542		22,385		22,524		22,325
Dilutive securities		422		418		460		386
Average shares outstanding including dilutive securities including dilutive securities		22,964		22,803		22,984		22,711
Net income per share, basic	$	0.52	$	0.47	$	1.47	$	1.36
Net income per share, diluted	$	0.51	$	0.46	$	1.44	$	1.34