Note 11 - Earnings Per Share - Anti-dilutive Securities (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019	Jun. 30, 2020	Jun. 30, 2019
Stock options excluded (in shares)	150,000	770,000	480,000	770,000
Weighted average exercise price of stock options (in dollars per share)	$ 2.96	$ 1.73	$ 1.89	$ 1.73
Average market price of common stock (in dollars per share)	$ 2.41	$ 1.38	$ 2.48	$ 1.37

Securities (including those issuable pursuant to contingent stock agreements) that could potentially dilute basic earnings per share (EPS) or earnings per unit (EPU) in the future that were not included in the computation of diluted EPS or EPU because to do so would increase EPS or EPU amounts or decrease loss per share or unit amounts for the period presented.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 260
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257

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