Net Income per Common Share (Notes)

3 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2024

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Net Income per Common Share

Net Income per Common Share

Reconciliations of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted per share computations for the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock are summarized as follows:

	Three months ended October 31,
	2024		2023
Numerator (in thousands):
Net income (Numerator for basic and diluted income per Class A Nonvoting Common Share)	$	46,783	$	47,241
Less:
Preferential dividends	(736)		(748)
Preferential dividends on dilutive stock options	(8)		(5)
Numerator for basic and diluted income per Class B Voting Common Share	$	46,039	$	46,488
Denominator (in thousands):
Denominator for basic income per share for both Class A and Class B	47,732		48,505
Plus: Effect of dilutive equity awards	485		306
Denominator for diluted income per share for both Class A and Class B	48,217		48,811
Net income per Class A Nonvoting Common Share:
Basic	$	0.98	$	0.97
Diluted	$	0.97	$	0.97
Net income per Class B Voting Common Share:
Basic	$	0.96	$	0.96
Diluted	$	0.95	$	0.95

Potentially dilutive securities attributable to outstanding stock options and restricted stock units were excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share where the combined exercise price and average unamortized fair value were greater than the average market price of the Company's Class A Nonvoting Common Stock because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. The amount of anti-dilutive shares were 17,278 and 313,787 for the three months ended October 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively.