Earnings per Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2022

Earnings per share and the weighted average shares outstanding used in calculating basic and diluted earnings per share are as follows for the three months ended March 31, (in thousands):


	Three Months Ended March 31,
	2022		2021
Numerator:
Income from continuing operations	$	15,456	$	10,496
Income from discontinued operations	—		2,266
Net income available to common stockholders	$	15,456	$	12,762
Denominator for basic earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,913		32,771
Denominator for diluted earnings per share:
Weighted average shares outstanding	32,913		32,771
Common stock options and stock units	109		333
Weighted average shares and conversions	33,022		33,104

The weighted average number of diluted shares does not include potential anti-dilutive common shares issuable pursuant to equity based incentive compensation awards. There were 54,000 shares issuable pursuant to equity based incentive compensation awards excluded from the diluted earnings per share calculation because the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive for the three months ended March 31, 2022, and no shares issuable pursuant to equity based incentive compensation awards excluded from the diluted earnings calculation for the three months ended March 31, 2021.