Note 9 - Net Income (Loss) Per Share

9 Months Ended

Jul. 31, 2022

Notes to Financial Statements

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(9) Net Income (Loss) Per Share

Basic net income (loss) per share excludes dilution and is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common shareholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted net income (loss) per share reflects the potential dilution that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the net income (loss) of the Company.

The following is a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators of the net income (loss) per share computations for the periods presented:

	Three months ended					Nine months ended
	July 31,					July 31,
	2022			2021		2022			2021
Net income (loss) (numerator)	$	(371,871	)	$	5,372,767	$	(1,535,655	)	$	6,616,446
Shares (denominator)		7,516,757			7,547,877		7,525,482			7,540,083
Basic and diluted net income (loss) per share	$	(0.05	)	$	0.71	$	(0.20	)	$	0.88

Weighted average unvested shares for the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2022 totaling 377,470 and 351,340, respectively, while issued and outstanding, were not included in the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share for the three months and nine months ended July 31, 2022 (because to include such shares would have been antidilutive, or in other words, to do so would have reduced the net loss per share for those periods).