Earnings Per Share

9 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2019

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net earnings attributable to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company.

All outstanding nonvested shares that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents that participate in undistributed earnings with common stock are considered participating securities and are included in computing earnings per share pursuant to the two-class method. The two-class method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share for each class of common stock and participating securities according to dividends or dividend equivalents and participation rights in undistributed earnings. The Company’s restricted common stock ("nonvested shares") is considered participating securities.

Basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated as follows:



	Three Months Ended			Nine Months Ended
	August 31,			August 31,
(In thousands, except per share amounts)	2019		2018	2019	2018
Numerator:
Net earnings attributable to Lennar	$	513,366	453,211	1,174,748	899,683
Less: distributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	119		105	312	319
Less: undistributed earnings allocated to nonvested shares	4,401		3,633	9,271	7,674
Numerator for basic earnings per share	508,846		449,473	1,165,165	891,690
Less: net amount attributable to noncontrolling interests in Rialto's Carried Interest Incentive Plan (1)	1,498		347	4,655	796
Plus: interest on convertible senior notes	—		—	—	80
Plus: undistributed earnings allocated to convertible shares	—		—	—	6
Numerator for diluted earnings per share	$	507,348	449,126	1,160,510	890,980
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	318,103		327,214	319,924	302,046
Effect of dilutive securities:
Shared based payments	1		23	3	57
Convertible senior notes	—		—	—	732
Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted average common shares outstanding	318,104		327,237	319,927	302,835
Basic earnings per share	$	1.60	1.37	3.64	2.95
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.59	1.37	3.63	2.94


(1)	The amounts presented relate to Rialto's Carried Interest Incentive Plan and represent the difference between the advanced tax distributions received from the Rialto funds included in the Lennar Other segment and the amount Lennar is assumed to own.

For both the three and nine months ended August 31, 2019 and 2018, there were no options to purchase shares of common stock that were outstanding and anti-dilutive.