Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2022	Sep. 30, 2021	Sep. 30, 2020
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 886,225	$ 729,551	$ 822,777
Gross profit	528,147	449,485	449,201
Operating expenses:
Store expenses	357,417	330,837	336,770
General and administrative	64,342	56,495	54,133
Impairment of goodwill, intangible and other assets	0	0	54,666
Depreciation and amortization	32,140	30,672	30,827
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets and other	(674)	83	801
Other charges	0	229	20,388
Total operating expenses	453,225	418,316	497,585
Operating income (loss)	74,922	31,169	(48,384)
Interest expense	9,972	22,177	22,472
Interest income	(817)	(2,477)	(3,173)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,779)	(3,803)	2,429
Other income	(167)	(790)	(17)
Income (loss) before income taxes	67,713	16,062	(70,095)
Income tax expense (benefit)	17,553	7,450	(1,632)
Net income (loss)	$ 50,160	$ 8,612	$ (68,463)
Basic earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.89	$ 0.15	$ (1.24)
Diluted earnings (loss) per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.70	$ 0.15	$ (1.24)
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding (in shares)	56,498	55,744	55,313
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding (in shares)	82,400	55,949	55,313
Merchandise sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 532,886	$ 442,798	$ 498,213
Cost of goods sold	329,382	257,218	334,481
Jewelry scrapping sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	32,033	26,025	47,953
Cost of goods sold	28,696	22,848	38,041
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	320,865	260,196	272,638
Other revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	441	532	3,973
Cost of goods sold	$ 0	$ 0	$ 1,054