Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2013

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—Earnings Per Share

Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of shares of Common Stock outstanding during the period. In addition, the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to stock options outstanding under the Company's Amended and Restated 1993 Key Employee Stock Incentive Plan are included in the diluted earnings per share calculation to the extent they are dilutive. For the years ended October 31, 2013 and 2012, approximately 225,000 and 337,000 stock awards, respectively, were excluded from the computation of diluted earnings per share because they were anti-dilutive. The following is a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computation for net income per share:

	Years Ended October 31,
	2013		2012
	(Amounts in thousands, except per share data)
Net income available to common stockholders	$	21,570	$	13,526
Basic weighted average shares	16,982		16,813
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options	48		91
Diluted weighted average shares	17,030		16,904
Basic earnings per share	$	1.27	$	0.80
Diluted earnings per share	$	1.27	$	0.80