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Earnings Per Share
 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings Per Share
NOTE 2: EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table reconciles the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per common share:
Fiscal Year Ended September 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)202420232022
Basic earnings per common share:
Net Income - Basic$83,095 $38,463 $50,160 
Weighted shares outstanding - Basic54,935 55,586 56,498 
Basic earnings per common share$1.51 $0.69 $0.89 
Diluted earnings per common share:
Net Income - Basic$83,095 $38,463 $50,160 
Add: Convertible Notes interest expense, net of tax*9,947 4,327 7,489 
Net Income - Diluted$93,042 $42,790 $57,649 
Weighted shares outstanding - basic54,935 55,586 56,498 
Equity-based compensation awards - effect of dilution**1,651 1,482 678 
Convertible Notes - effect of dilution***
27,862 23,797 25,224 
Weighted Shares Outstanding - Diluted84,448 80,865 82,400 
Diluted earnings per common share$1.10 $0.53 $0.70 
Potential common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per share above:
Convertible Notes***
— 5,596 — 
Restricted stock****782801 1,975 
Total7826,3971,975
*    Effective January 1, 2024, we were required to combination settle the 2024 Convertible Notes. Only the first quarter of 2024 interest expense is included for the year ended September 30, 2024. The year ended September 30, 2023 includes $5.4 million gain on the partial extinguishment of debt, associated with the 2025 Convertible Notes, which was recorded to “Interest expense” in our condensed consolidated statement of operations. See Note 7: Debt for additional information.
**    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.
***    As we were required to combination settle the 2024 Convertible Notes effective January 1, 2024, only weighted average shares of 883,283 were included until settlement on July 1, 2024. On July 1, 2024, the $34.4 million aggregate principal amount outstanding plus accrued interest was repaid using cash on hand and 77,328 shares of Class A Common Stock, equal to the accreted value, were issued as part of the 2024 Convertible Notes conversion. The 2024 Convertible Notes were considered anti-dilutive in the sequencing calculation for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2023. See Note 7: Debt for conversion price, initial conversion rate and additional information on the 2024 Convertible Notes, 2025 Convertible Notes and 2029 Convertible Notes.
****    Includes antidilutive share-based awards and 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.