EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

The standards of accounting for earnings per share require companies to provide a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations. Basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated as follows:


	Three Months Ended March 31,						Six Months Ended March 31,
	2020		2019		2020		2019
Numerator:
Net income available to common shares	$	32,899	$	27,137	$	71,448	$	40,580

Denominator:
Weighted average common shares	29,287,211		28,997,632		29,182,528		28,065,759
(Denominator for basic calculation)
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities	437,968		481,482		483,908		541,274
Diluted weighted average common shares	29,725,179		29,479,114		29,666,436		28,607,033
(Denominator for diluted calculation)

Earnings per share:

Basic	$	1.12	$	0.94	$	2.45	$	1.45

Diluted	$	1.11	$	0.92	$	2.41	$	1.42