Maximus, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Earnings Per Share

Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

The weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute earnings per share was as follows:



	Three Months Ended December 31,
(shares in thousands)	2016	2015
Basic weighted average shares outstanding	65,770	65,954
Dilutive effect of employee stock options and unvested RSUs	250	334
Denominator for diluted earnings per share	66,020	66,288

All of our unvested restricted stock units (RSUs) are included in the calculations of dilution above.

During the current fiscal year, we adopted a new accounting standard which changed the methodology by which we calculated our diluted weighted average shares outstanding. This new standard did not materially change this calculation in the current fiscal year. See "Note 8. Recent accounting pronouncements" for details of this change.