Earnings Per Common Share

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

For additional information on our earnings per share calculation methodologies, refer to pages 169 to 170 in Note 23 to the consolidated financial statements included under Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, in our 2019 Form 10-K.

The following table presents the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share for the periods indicated:



	Three Months Ended March 31,
(Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)	2020			2019
Net income	$	634		$	508
Less:
Preferred stock dividends	(53		)	(55		)
Dividends and undistributed earnings allocated to participating securities⁽¹⁾	(1		)	(1		)
Net income available to common shareholders	$	580		$	452
Average common shares outstanding (In thousands):
Basic average common shares	353,746			377,915
Effect of dilutive securities: equity-based awards	4,247			3,788
Diluted average common shares	357,993			381,703
Anti-dilutive securities⁽²⁾	918			1,951
Earnings per common share:
Basic	$	1.64		$	1.20
Diluted⁽³⁾	1.62			1.18

⁽¹⁾Represents the portion of net income available to common equity allocated to participating securities, composed of unvested and fully vested SERP (Supplemental executive retirement plans) shares and fully vested deferred director stock awards, which are equity-based awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends, and are considered to participate with the common stock in undistributed earnings.

⁽²⁾Represents equity-based awards outstanding but not included in the computation of diluted average common shares, because their effect was anti-dilutive. Additional information about equity-based awards is provided on pages 164 and 165 in Note 18 to the consolidated financial statements included under Item 8, Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, in our 2019 Form 10-K.

⁽³⁾Calculations reflect allocation of earnings to participating securities using the two-class method, as this computation is more dilutive than the treasury stock method.