Earnings per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2018

Basic earnings and diluted weighted-average shares outstanding are as follows for the three months ended March 31, (in thousands):



	2018		2017
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$	8,352	$	3,996
Net income available to common shareholders	$	8,352	$	3,996
Denominator for basic earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding	31,786		31,688
Denominator for diluted earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding	31,786		31,688
Common stock options and restricted stock	658		566
Weighted average shares and conversions	32,444		32,254

The weighted average number of diluted shares does not include potential anti-dilutive common shares issuable pursuant to equity based incentive compensation awards, aggregating to 359,000 and 526,000 for the three months ended March 31, 2018 and 2017, respectively.