Note 6— Equity

Changes in the components of equity were as follows:

	Three Months Ended October 31, 2017
	Attributable to IDT Corporation			Noncontrolling Interests			Total
	(in thousands)
Balance, July 31, 2017	$	145,734		$	8,823		$	154,557
Dividends declared ($0.19 per share)		(4,720	)		—			(4,720	)
Restricted Class B common stock purchased from employees		(23	)		—			(23	)
Distributions to noncontrolling interests		—			(380	)		(380	)
Stock-based compensation		810			—			810
Comprehensive income:
Net loss		(2,092	)		295			(1,797	)
Other comprehensive loss		(398	)		—			(398	)
Comprehensive income		(2,490	)		295			(2,195	)
Balance, October 31, 2017	$	139,311		$	8,738		$	148,049

Dividend Payments

In the three months ended October 31, 2017, the Company paid cash dividends of $0.19 per share on its Class A common stock and Class B common stock, or $4.7 million in total. In the three months ended October 31, 2016, the Company paid cash dividends of $0.19 per share on its Class A common stock and Class B common stock, or $4.4 million in total.

On December 4, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors declared a dividend of $0.19 per share for the first quarter of fiscal 2018 to holders of the Company’s Class A common stock and Class B common stock. The dividend will be paid on or about December 29, 2017 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 18, 2017.

Stock Repurchases

The Company has a stock repurchase program for the repurchase of up to an aggregate of 8.0 million shares of the Company’s Class B common stock. There were no repurchases under the program in the three months ended October 31, 2017 or 2016. At October 31, 2017, 8.0 million shares remained available for repurchase under the stock repurchase program.

In each of the three months ended October 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company paid $23,000 to repurchase 1,668 and 1,542 shares, respectively, of Class B common stock that were tendered by employees of the Company to satisfy the employees’ tax withholding obligations in connection with the lapsing of restrictions on awards of restricted stock. Such shares were repurchased by the Company based on their fair market value on the trading day immediately prior to the vesting date.

2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

On September 28, 2017, the Company’s Board of Directors amended the Company’s 2015 Stock Option and Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of the Company’s Class B common stock available for the grant of awards thereunder by an additional 0.3 million shares. The amendment is subject to ratification by the Company’s stockholders at its annual meeting of stockholders on December 14, 2017.