Earnings Per Share

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2016

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,
	2016			2015
	(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)
Net income	$	20,578		$	20,718
Income allocated to participating securities	(13		)	(27		)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	20,565		$	20,691
Average common shares outstanding	133,696,125			132,821,834
Average committed ESOP shares outstanding	449			449
Total basic average common shares outstanding	133,696,574			132,822,283
Effect of dilutive stock options	253,222			88,873
Total diluted average common shares outstanding	133,949,796			132,911,156
Net EPS:
Basic	$	0.15		$	0.16
Diluted	$	0.15		$	0.16
Antidilutive stock options, excluded from the diluted average
common shares outstanding calculation	236,400			872,039