Earnings per Share (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of Net Components of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share

The following table reconciles the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to EZCORP Inc., shareholders:

	Three Months Ended December 31,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)	2022		2021
Basic earnings per common share:
Net income - basic	$	16,778	$	15,721
Weighted shares outstanding - basic	56,308		56,183
Basic earnings per common share	$	0.30	$	0.28
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net income - basic	$	16,778	$	15,721
Add: Convertible Notes interest expense, net of tax*	4,540		1,884
Net income - diluted	$	21,318	$	17,605
Weighted shares outstanding - basic	56,308		56,183
Effect of dilution from equity-based compensation awards**	1,118		541
Effect of dilution from if-converted Convertible Notes***	26,353		25,224
Weighted shares outstanding - diluted	83,779		81,948
Diluted earnings per common share	$	0.25	$	0.21
Potential common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share above:
Restricted stock****	1,552		1,936

*    Includes $3.5 million loss on extinguishment of debt recorded to "Interest expense" in the Company's condensed consolidated statement of operations.

**    Includes time-based share-based awards and performance based awards for which targets for fiscal year tranches have been achieved and vesting is subject only to achievement of service conditions.

***    See Note 7: Debt for conversion price and initial conversion rate of the 2024 Convertible Notes, 2025 Convertible Notes and 2029 Convertible Notes.

****    Includes antidilutive share-based awards as well as performance-based share-based awards that are contingently issuable, but for which the condition for issuance has not been met as of the end of the reporting period.