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Note 12- Investments
 6 Months Ended
Mar. 30, 2024
Notes to Financial Statements  
Fair Value Disclosures [Text Block]

Note 12

Investments

 

We have classified our investment securities as marketable securities held to maturity and available for sale. The FASB defines fair value as the price that would be received from selling an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants. As such, fair value is a market-based measurement that should be determined based on assumptions that market participants would use in pricing an asset or liability. As a basis for considering such assumptions, the FASB has established three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

 

 

Level 1

Observable input such as quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

 

Level 2

Observable inputs, other than Level 1 inputs in active markets, that are observable either directly or indirectly; and

 

 

Level 3

Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data, which require the reporting entity to develop its own assumptions.

 

Marketable securities held to maturity and available for sale consist primarily of investments in mutual funds, preferred stock, and corporate bonds. The fair values of mutual funds are based on quoted market prices in active markets and are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of preferred stock and corporate bonds are based on quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active. As a result, preferred stock and corporate bonds are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

As of March 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, the Company held no held to maturity investment securities or marketable securities available for sale.

 

As of March 30, 2024, and September 30, 2023, the Company held no mutual fund, preferred stock, or held to maturity investments. However, during the six months ended March 25, 2023, the Company held mutual funds which sought current income with an emphasis on maintaining low volatility and overall moderate duration, the Company held investments in Fixed-to-Floating Perpetual Preferred Stock which generated income to call dates in 2025, and the Company held corporate bonds which generated fixed income to a maturity dates in 2023.

 

There were no proceeds from the redemption and sale of marketable securities in the three or six months ended March 30, 2024. Proceeds from the redemption and sale of marketable securities were $2.0 million and $5.3 million in the three and six months ended March 25, 2023, respectively. No gains or losses were recorded in the three or six months ended March 30, 2024. Gains of $59,000 and $22,000 were recorded in the three and six months ended March 25, 2023, which included unrealized gains of $59,000 and $19,000, respectively.