Weighted Average Shares

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Weighted Average Shares

7.   Weighted Average Shares

The following table sets forth the computations of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):

	Three Months Ended March 31,				Six Months Ended March 31,
	2019		2018		2019		2018
Weighted average basic shares		120,077		124,270		120,033		126,046
Dilutive securities:
Stock option and stock award programs		914		787		916		788
Weighted average diluted shares		120,991		125,057		120,949		126,834

For the three and six months ended March 31, 2019, options to purchase 5.2 million shares of our common stock were outstanding but not included in our computations of diluted earnings per share, since these options were anti-dilutive. For the three and six months ended March 31, 2018, options to purchase 5.4 million shares of our common stock were outstanding but not included in the computations of diluted earnings per share, since these options were anti-dilutive.