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Earnings Per Common Share
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2012
Earnings Per Common Share [Abstract]  
Earnings Per Common Share

The table below shows earnings per common share and diluted earnings per common share and reconciles the numerator and denominator of both earnings per common share calculations.

 

         
         
      Quarter ended March 31,
(in millions, except per share amounts) 20122011
Wells Fargo net income$ 4,248 3,759
Less:Preferred stock dividends and other (1)  226 189
Wells Fargo net income applicable to common stock (numerator)$ 4,022 3,570
Earnings per common share   
Average common shares outstanding (denominator)  5,282.6 5,278.8
Per share$ 0.76 0.68
Diluted earnings per common share   
Average common shares outstanding  5,282.6 5,278.8
Add: Stock options  24.9 37.8
  Restricted share rights  30.3 16.5
Diluted average common shares outstanding (denominator)  5,337.8 5,333.1
Per share $ 0.75 0.67
         

  • Includes $219 million and $184 million of preferred stock dividends for first quarter 2012 and 2011, respectively.                     

 

       The following table presents the outstanding options and warrants to purchase shares of common stock that were anti-dilutive (the exercise price was higher than the weighted-average market price), and therefore not included in the calculation of diluted earnings per common share.

 

   
   
 Weighted-average shares
 Quarter ended March 31,
(in millions)20122011
Options 135.5 69.0
Warrants 39.2 39.4