Earnings Per Share and Dividends (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Feb. 28, 2017

Earnings Per Share and Dividends [Abstract]

Cash Dividends Declared to Common Stockholders

The following table sets forth certain information relating to the Company’s cash dividends declared to common stockholders of the Company during the six months ended February 28,2017 and February 29,2016 (in thousands, except for per share data):

				Total of Cash
	Dividend	Dividend		Dividends		Date of Record for	Dividend Cash
	Declaration Date	per Share		Declared		Dividend Payment	Payment Date
Fiscal Year 2017:	October 20, 2016	$	0.08	$	15,248	November 15, 2016	December 1, 2016
	January 26, 2017	$	0.08	$	15,051	February 15, 2017	March 1, 2017
Fiscal Year 2016:	October 14, 2015	$	0.08	$	15,906	November 16, 2015	December 1, 2015
	January 21, 2016	$	0.08	$	15,947	February 16, 2016	March 1, 2016