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Note 3 - Earnings Per Share
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Notes to Financial Statements  
Earnings Per Share [Text Block]

3 Earnings Per Share

 

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

 

   

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
   

2026

   

2025

   

2026

   

2025

 

Numerator:

                               

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share – Net income available to common shareholders

  $ 72,761       72,438     $ 134,214       132,760  

Denominator:

                               

Denominator for basic earnings per share – weighted average shares outstanding

    77,963       78,300       77,645       78,991  

Effect of dilutive securities–

                               

Employee stock options and restricted stock awards

    2,252       2,187       2,400       2,454  

Denominator for diluted earnings per share – adjusted weighted average shares outstanding and assumed conversions

    80,215       80,487       80,045       81,445  

Basic earnings per common share

  $ 0.93     $ 0.93     $ 1.73     $ 1.68  

Diluted earnings per common share and common share equivalents

  $ 0.91     $ 0.90     $ 1.68     $ 1.63  

 

Options to purchase shares of common stock that were outstanding for the three months and six months ended June 30, 2026, and 2025, that were not included in the computation of diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive, are as follows (in thousands):

 

   

Three Months Ended

June 30,

   

Six Months Ended

June 30,

 
   

2026

   

2025

   

2026

   

2025

 

Weighted average anti-dilutive stock options

    499       951       387       718