Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2023	Jun. 30, 2022
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 255,812	$ 215,842	$ 778,562	$ 652,818
Gross profit	148,785	129,508	450,464	390,547
Operating expenses:
Store expenses	104,932	89,430	307,004	261,944
General and administrative	17,876	18,715	48,961	46,487
Depreciation and amortization	8,026	7,746	23,977	22,770
(Gain) loss on sale or disposal of assets	(29)	0	28	(692)
Other	(2,632)	0	(5,097)	0
Total operating expenses	128,173	115,891	374,873	330,509
Operating income	20,612	13,617	75,591	60,038
Interest expense	3,414	2,693	12,994	7,651
Interest income	(2,584)	(190)	(5,146)	(749)
Equity in net (income) loss of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,523)	(1,758)	29,394	(1,457)
Other (income) expense	(5)	(210)	(159)	41
Income before income taxes	21,310	13,082	38,508	54,552
Income tax expense	3,088	867	10,298	11,729
Net income	$ 18,222	$ 12,215	$ 28,210	$ 42,823
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.33	$ 0.22	$ 0.51	$ 0.76
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.24	$ 0.17	$ 0.38	$ 0.59
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding (in shares)	55,367	56,656	55,776	56,465
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding (in shares)	86,825	82,504	79,559	82,349
Merchandise sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 147,980	$ 128,334	$ 464,274	$ 399,610
Cost of revenues	95,069	80,167	297,285	245,524
Jewelry scrapping sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	13,931	7,168	34,640	19,802
Cost of revenues	11,958	6,167	30,813	16,747
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	93,819	80,291	279,442	232,999
Other revenues, net
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 82	$ 49	$ 206	$ 407