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INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2025

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign

Income taxes have been based on the following components of Income before taxes:

			For the Years Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2023
Domestic			$	101,537					$	292,409					$	106,209
Non-U.S.			25,834						4,241						6,473
			$	127,371					$	296,650					$	112,682

Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit)

Provision (benefit) for income taxes on income was comprised of the following:

			For the Years Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2023
Current			$	104,746					$	83,179					$	72,860
Deferred			(28,485)						3,574						(37,795)
Total			$	76,261					$	86,753					$	35,065
U.S. Federal			$	45,683					$	59,480					$	23,612
State and local			17,290						15,328						5,899
Non-U.S.			13,288						11,945						5,554
Total provision			$	76,261					$	86,753					$	35,065

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation

Differences between the effective income tax rate applied to Income before taxes and the U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate are presented in the table below.

			For the Years Ended September 30,
			2025						2024						2023
U.S. Federal statutory income tax rate			21.0		%				21.0		%				21.0		%
State and local taxes, net of Federal benefit			5.5		%				3.7		%				(0.2)		%
Non-U.S. taxes - foreign permanent items and taxes			3.0		%				1.0		%				1.4		%
Change in tax contingency reserves			—		%				(0.5)		%				(0.4)		%
Tax Reform-Repatriation of Foreign Earnings and GILTI			(2.1)		%				(0.5)		%				0.5		%
Change in valuation allowance			2.7		%				2.8		%				3.9		%
Other non-deductible/non-taxable items, net			(0.5)		%				—		%				—		%
Non-deductible officer's compensation			5.6		%				1.9		%				5.1		%
Research and U.S. foreign tax credits			(0.9)		%				(0.3)		%				(0.9)		%
Goodwill impairment			27.4		%				—		%				—		%
Share based compensation			(2.8)		%				(0.7)		%				0.8		%
Other			1.0		%				0.8		%				(0.1)		%
Effective tax rate			59.9		%				29.2		%				31.1		%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

The tax effect of temporary differences that give rise to future deferred tax assets and liabilities are as follows:

			At September 30,
			2025						2024
Deferred tax assets:
Bad debt reserves			$	2,103					$	2,491
Inventory reserves			8,219						7,086
Deferred compensation (equity compensation and defined benefit plans)			6,739						7,036
Compensation benefits			6,121						5,052
Insurance reserve			1,918						2,411
Restructuring reserve			826						2,616
Warranty reserve			4,392						5,130
Lease liabilities			46,454						47,824
Net operating loss			27,750						25,299
Tax credits			5,933						5,933
Research & development			10,329						4,510
Other reserves and accruals			5,160						5,167
			125,944						120,555
Valuation allowance			(30,703)						(26,989)
Total deferred tax assets			95,241						93,566
Deferred tax liabilities:
Goodwill and intangibles			(99,174)						(126,523)
Property, plant and equipment			(19,872)						(19,903)
Right-of-use assets			(43,498)						(45,112)
Unremitted foreign earnings			(1,514)						(1,896)
Other			(1,068)						(723)
Total deferred tax liabilities			(165,126)						(194,157)
Net deferred tax liabilities			$	(69,885)					$	(100,591)

Schedule of Components of Net Deferred Tax Asset Liability by Balance Sheet Account

The components of the net deferred tax liability, by balance sheet account, were as follows:

			At September 30,
			2025						2024
Other assets			$	209					$	495
Assets held for sale			—						947
Other liabilities			(70,948)						(103,194)
Liabilities of discontinued operations			854						1,161
Net deferred liability			$	(69,885)					$	(100,591)

Schedule of Unrecognized Tax Benefits Roll Forward

The following is a roll forward of unrecognized tax benefits:

Balance at September 30, 2023			$	6,292
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year			154
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years			35
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years			(2,735)
Lapse of Statutes			(140)
Balance at September 30, 2024			$	3,606
Additions based on tax positions related to the current year			39
Additions based on tax positions related to prior years			11
Reductions based on tax positions related to prior years			(130)
Lapse of Statutes			(440)
Balance at September 30, 2025			$	3,086

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