11. Earnings Per Share

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The Company applies the two-class method when computing its earnings per share. Net income per share for each class of stock is calculated assuming all of the Company’s net income is distributed as dividends to each class of stock based on their contractual rights.

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Unvested share-based payment awards that contain non-forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents (whether paid or unpaid), which include the Company’s time-based restricted stock awards, are considered participating securities and are included in the computation of earnings per share.

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Basic earnings attributable to common stockholders per common share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period, including shares of the Company’s performance-based restricted stock units for which all necessary conditions have been satisfied except for the passage of time. Diluted earnings attributable to common stockholders per common share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period, plus potential common shares considered outstanding during the period, as long as the inclusion of such awards is not anti-dilutive. Potential common shares consist of time-based unvested restricted stock awards and performance-based restricted stock units, using the more dilutive of either the two-class method or the treasury stock method. The Company’s performance-based restricted stock units are considered for computing diluted net income per common share as of the beginning of the period in which all necessary conditions have been satisfied and the only remaining vesting condition is a service vesting condition.

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The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per common share (unaudited and in thousands, except per share data):

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In its calculation of diluted earnings per share, the Company excluded 685,065 and 929,928 anti-dilutive unvested time-based restricted stock awards for the three months ended March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively (see Note 10).

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The Company also had 1,435,732 and 1,382,074 unvested performance-based restricted stock units as of March 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively, that are not considered participating securities as the awards contain forfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents. The performance-based restricted stock units were granted based on either target market condition thresholds or pre-determined stock price targets (see Note 10). Based on the Company’s total relative shareholder return and the Company’s common stock performance, the Company excluded 617,591 anti-dilutive performance based restricted stock units from its calculation of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2025. Based on the Company’s common stock performance, the Company excluded 188,004 anti-dilutive performance-based restricted stock units from its calculations of diluted earnings per share for the three months ended March 31, 2024.