Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Earnings Per Share

2.EARNINGS PER SHARE

Shares acquired by the ESOP are not considered in the basic average shares outstanding until the shares are committed for allocation or vested to an employee's individual account. Unvested shares awarded pursuant to the Company's restricted stock benefit plans are treated as participating securities in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method as they contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends. The two-class method is an earnings allocation that determines EPS for each class of common stock and participating security.

	For the Three Months Ended
	December 31,
	2015			2014
	(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income	$	20,718		$	20,472
Income allocated to participating securities	(27		)	(42		)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	20,691		$	20,430
Average common shares outstanding	132,821,834			136,087,433
Average committed ESOP shares outstanding	449			449
Total basic average common shares outstanding	132,822,283			136,087,882
Effect of dilutive stock options	88,873			27,802
Total diluted average common shares outstanding	132,911,156			136,115,684
Net EPS:
Basic	$	0.16		$	0.15
Diluted	$	0.16		$	0.15
Antidilutive stock options, excluded from the diluted average
common shares outstanding calculation	872,039			1,246,761