CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS (Unaudited) - USD ($) shares in Thousands, $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 299,991	$ 264,327
Gross profit	172,573	152,497
Operating expenses:
Store expenses	110,555	100,803
General and administrative	16,543	15,476
Depreciation and amortization	8,565	7,988
Gain on sale or disposal of assets and other	(172)	(16)
Total operating expenses	135,491	124,251
Operating income	37,082	28,246
Interest expense	3,440	6,190
Interest income	(2,639)	(664)
Equity in net income of unconsolidated affiliates	(1,153)	(1,584)
Other income	(271)	(234)
Income before income taxes	37,705	24,538
Income tax expense	9,235	7,760
Net income	$ 28,470	$ 16,778
Basic earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.52	$ 0.30
Diluted earnings per share (in dollars per share)	$ 0.36	$ 0.25
Weighted-average basic shares outstanding (in shares)	55,076	56,308
Weighted-average diluted shares outstanding (in shares)	86,812	83,779
Merchandise sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 179,403	$ 163,787
Cost of revenues	115,210	104,877
Jewelry scrapping sales
Revenues:
Total revenues	14,082	7,884
Cost of revenues	12,208	6,953
Pawn service charges
Revenues:
Total revenues	106,449	92,593
Other revenues
Revenues:
Total revenues	$ 57	$ 63