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Pay vs Performance Disclosure - USD ($) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2024 | Aug. 31, 2023 | Aug. 31, 2022 | Aug. 31, 2021
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Pay vs Performance Disclosure, Table | Pay Versus Performance As required by Section 953(a) of the Dodd-Frank Act, and Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, we are providing certain information, including information about the relationship between executive compensation actually paid to certain individuals by the Company and certain financial performance of the Company. For further information concerning the Company’s pay-for-performance philosophy and how the Company aligns executive compensation with the Company’s performance, refer to the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement.
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Average Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs (5) (d) |  |  | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs (6) (e) |  |  | Value of Initial Fixed $100 Investment Based On: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fiscal Year (a) |  | Summary Compensation Table Total for First PEO (1) (b) |  |  | Summary Compensation table Total for Second PEO (2) (b) |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to First PEO (3) (c) |  |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Second PEO (4) (c) |  |  | Total Shareholder Return (7) (f) |  |  | Peer Group Total Shareholder Return (8) (g) |  |  | Net Income ($MM) (9) (h) |  |  | Company EBITDA ($MM) (10) (i) |
2024 |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 6,500,650 |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 9,514,546 |  |  | $ | 2,509,768 |  |  | $ | 3,330,451 |  |  |  | $200.30 |  |  |  | $167.51 |  |  |  | $160.1 |  |  | $ | 451.1 |
2023 |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 5,639,481 |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 8,638,530 |  |  | $ | 2,350,565 |  |  | $ | 3,229,980 |  |  |  | $171.31 |  |  |  | $142.79 |  |  |  | $ 62.5 |  |  | $ | 340.3 |
2022 |  | $ | 6,633,675 |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 2,293,623 |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 3,058,323 |  |  | $ | 1,618,067 |  |  |  | $111.03 |  |  |  | $135.31 |  |  |  | $ 46.9 |  |  | $ | 231.3 |
2021 |  | $ | 5,580,229 |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 9,401,783 |  |  |  | N/A |  |  | $ | 2,487,885 |  |  | $ | 3,769,096 |  |  |  | $167.05 |  |  |  | $153.97 |  |  |  | $ 32.4 |  |  | $ | 150.3 |
(1) | This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for William A. Furman (our former Chief Executive Officer and former Executive Chairman) for each corresponding fiscal year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable fiscal year (such total for the applicable executive, “total compensation”). Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the applicable fiscal year.
(2) | This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for Lorie L. Tekorius (our Chief Executive Officer and President) for each corresponding fiscal year in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement .
(3) | This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Mr. Furman, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Furman during the applicable fiscal year.
(4) | This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Ms. Tekorius during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to Ms. Tekorius’ total compensation for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius in fiscal year 2024:
Fiscal Year |  | Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for Second PEO (a) |  | Reported Summary Compensation Table Value of Second PEO Equity Awards (b) |  | Adjusted Value of Second PEO Equity Awards (c) |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Second PEO
2024 |  |  | $ | 6,500,650 |  |  |  | $ | 3,594,634 |  |  |  |  | $6,608,530 |  |  |  | $ | 9,514,546 |
| (a) | This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024 in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
| (b) | This column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of equity awards reported in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column for fiscal year 2024 is replaced with the corresponding amount reported under the Adjusted Value of Second PEO Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
| (c) | This column represents an adjustment to the amounts in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for Ms. Tekorius to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024. The adjusted amount is determined by adding (or subtracting, as applicable) the following for fiscal year 2024: (i) the fiscal year-end fair value of any equity awards granted in fiscal year 2024 that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of fiscal year 2024 (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value of any awards granted in prior fiscal years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in fiscal year 2024, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that vest in fiscal year 2024, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during fiscal year 2024, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock awards in fiscal year 2024 prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted amount are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years |  | Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year |  | Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year |  | Adjusted Value of Equity Awards
2024 |  |  | $ | 4,181,561 |  |  |  |  | $2,370,695 |  |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | $ | 116,491 |  |  |  | $ | 183,424 |  |  |  | $ | 123,207 |  |  |  |  | $6,608,530 |
| The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined by reference to (x) for RSU awards, the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date, (y) for performance-based RSUs (excluding market-conditioned (relative TSR-based) performance-based RSUs), the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date multiplied by the probability of achievement as of such date and (z) for market-conditioned performance-based RSUs, a Monte Carlo simulation with reference to the risk free rate, dividend yield and volatility assumptions as of the applicable measurement date.
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(5) | This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable fiscal year. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the applicable fiscal year. The names of each of the NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable fiscal year are as follows: (i) for fiscal year 2024, Michael J. Donfris, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and William Glenn; (ii) for fiscal year 2023, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and Martin R. Baker; (iii) for fiscal year 2022, Lorie L. Tekorius, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes; and (iv) for fiscal year 2021, Lorie L. Tekorius, Mark J. Rittenbaum, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes.
(6) | This column represents the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to average total compensation for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” in fiscal year 2024, using the same adjustment methodology described above in Note 4(c):
Fiscal Year |  | Average Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs (a) |  | Average Reported Summary Compensation Table Value of Non-PEO NEO Equity Awards (b) |  | Average Non- PEO NEO Adjusted Value of Equity Awards (c) |  | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs
2024 |  |  | $ | 2,509,768 |  |  |  | $ | 1,228,616 |  |  |  | $ | 2,049,299 |  |  |  | $ | 3,330,451 |
| (a) | This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
| (b) | This column represents the average of the total amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Executive Compensation Tables section of this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column is replaced with the amount reported under the Average Non-PEO NEO Adjusted Value of Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
| (c) | This column represents an adjustment to the average of the amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024 determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c). For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024, which is then averaged to determine the average “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted average amount are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | Average Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years |  | Average Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year and Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year |  | Adjusted Average Value of Equity Awards
2024 |  |  | $ | 1,397,392 |  |  |  | $ | 633,133 |  |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | $ | 39,246 |  |  |  | $ | 61,748 |  |  |  | $ | 41,276 |  |  |  | $ | 2,049,299 |
| The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c).
(7) | Company total shareholder return (“TSR”) is calculated by assuming that a $100 investment was made on the day prior to the first fiscal year reported and reinvesting all dividends until the last day of each reported fiscal year.
(8) | This column represents cumulative peer group TSR computed in accordance with Note 7. The peer group used for this purpose is the following published industry index: S&P 600 Index.
(9) | This column represents the amount of net income reflected in the Company’s audited financial statements for the applicable fiscal year.
(10) | This column represents Company EBITDA . See Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for additional information regarding the use of this metric and a reconciliation to GAAP.
Company Selected Measure Name | Company EBITDA |  |  |
Named Executive Officers, Footnote | This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in each applicable fiscal year. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in the Company’s Proxy Statement for the applicable fiscal year. The names of each of the NEOs included for purposes of calculating the average amounts in each applicable fiscal year are as follows: (i) for fiscal year 2024, Michael J. Donfris, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and William Glenn; (ii) for fiscal year 2023, Adrian J. Downes, Brian J. Comstock, William Krueger and Martin R. Baker; (iii) for fiscal year 2022, Lorie L. Tekorius, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes; and (iv) for fiscal year 2021, Lorie L. Tekorius, Mark J. Rittenbaum, Alejandro Centurion, Brian J. Comstock and Adrian J. Downes. |  |  |
Peer Group Issuers, Footnote |
(8) | This column represents cumulative peer group TSR computed in accordance with Note 7. The peer group used for this purpose is the following published industry index: S&P 600 Index.
Adjustment To PEO Compensation, Footnote |
(3) | This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Mr. Furman, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Mr. Furman during the applicable fiscal year.
(4) | This column represents the amount of “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius, as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The amounts do not reflect the actual amount of compensation earned by or paid to Ms. Tekorius during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to Ms. Tekorius’ total compensation for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius in fiscal year 2024:
Fiscal Year |  | Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for Second PEO (a) |  | Reported Summary Compensation Table Value of Second PEO Equity Awards (b) |  | Adjusted Value of Second PEO Equity Awards (c) |  | Compensation Actually Paid to Second PEO
2024 |  |  | $ | 6,500,650 |  |  |  | $ | 3,594,634 |  |  |  |  | $6,608,530 |  |  |  | $ | 9,514,546 |
| (a) | This column represents the amount of total compensation reported for Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024 in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
| (b) | This column represents the aggregate grant date fair value of equity awards reported in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column for fiscal year 2024 is replaced with the corresponding amount reported under the Adjusted Value of Second PEO Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
| (c) | This column represents an adjustment to the amounts in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for fiscal year 2024. For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for Ms. Tekorius to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to Ms. Tekorius for fiscal year 2024. The adjusted amount is determined by adding (or subtracting, as applicable) the following for fiscal year 2024: (i) the fiscal year-end fair value of any equity awards granted in fiscal year 2024 that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (ii) the amount of change as of the end of fiscal year 2024 (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value of any awards granted in prior fiscal years that are outstanding and unvested as of the end of fiscal year 2024; (iii) for awards that are granted and vest in fiscal year 2024, the fair value as of the vesting date; (iv) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that vest in fiscal year 2024, the amount equal to the change as of the vesting date (from the end of the prior fiscal year) in the fair value; (v) for awards granted in prior fiscal years that are determined to fail to meet the applicable vesting conditions during fiscal year 2024, a deduction for the amount equal to the fair value at the end of the prior fiscal year; and (vi) the dollar value of any dividends or other earnings paid on stock awards in fiscal year 2024 prior to the vesting date that are not otherwise reflected in the fair value of such award or included in any other component of total compensation for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted amount are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year |  | Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years |  | Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year |  | Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year |  | Adjusted Value of Equity Awards
2024 |  |  | $ | 4,181,561 |  |  |  |  | $2,370,695 |  |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | $ | 116,491 |  |  |  | $ | 183,424 |  |  |  | $ | 123,207 |  |  |  |  | $6,608,530 |
| The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined by reference to (x) for RSU awards, the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date, (y) for performance-based RSUs (excluding market-conditioned (relative TSR-based) performance-based RSUs), the closing price of our common stock on the applicable measurement date multiplied by the probability of achievement as of such date and (z) for market-conditioned performance-based RSUs, a Monte Carlo simulation with reference to the risk free rate, dividend yield and volatility assumptions as of the applicable measurement date.
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount | $ 2,509,768 | $ 2,350,565 | $ 3,058,323 | $ 2,487,885
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount | $ 3,330,451 | 3,229,980 | 1,618,067 | 3,769,096
Adjustment to Non-PEO NEO Compensation Footnote |
(6) | This column represents the average amount of “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius), as computed in accordance with Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K. The dollar amounts do not reflect the actual average amount of compensation earned by or paid to the NEOs as a group (excluding Mr. Furman and, for fiscal year 2023 and fiscal year 2024, Ms. Tekorius) during the applicable fiscal year. In accordance with the requirements of Item 402(v) of Regulation S-K, the following adjustments were made to average total compensation for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024 to determine the “compensation actually paid” in fiscal year 2024, using the same adjustment methodology described above in Note 4(c):
Fiscal Year |  | Average Reported Summary Compensation Table Total for Non-PEO NEOs (a) |  | Average Reported Summary Compensation Table Value of Non-PEO NEO Equity Awards (b) |  | Average Non- PEO NEO Adjusted Value of Equity Awards (c) |  | Average Compensation Actually Paid to Non-PEO NEOs
2024 |  |  | $ | 2,509,768 |  |  |  | $ | 1,228,616 |  |  |  | $ | 2,049,299 |  |  |  | $ | 3,330,451 |
| (a) | This column represents the average of the amounts reported for the Company’s NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Total” column of the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Summary Compensation Table in this Proxy Statement.
| (b) | This column represents the average of the total amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024. Please refer to the Executive Compensation Tables section of this Proxy Statement. The amount in this column is replaced with the amount reported under the Average Non-PEO NEO Adjusted Value of Equity Awards column in order to arrive at compensation actually paid for fiscal year 2024.
| (c) | This column represents an adjustment to the average of the amounts reported for the NEOs as a group (excluding Ms. Tekorius) in the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table in fiscal year 2024 determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c). For fiscal year 2024, the adjusted amount replaces the “Stock Awards” column in the Summary Compensation Table for each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) to arrive at “compensation actually paid” to each NEO (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024, which is then averaged to determine the average “compensation actually paid” to the NEOs (excluding Ms. Tekorius) for fiscal year 2024. The amounts added or subtracted to determine the adjusted average amount are as follows:
Fiscal Year |  | Average Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years |  | Average Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year and Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year |  | Average Value of Dividends or other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year |  | Adjusted Average Value of Equity Awards
2024 |  |  | $ | 1,397,392 |  |  |  | $ | 633,133 |  |  |  | $ | 0 |  |  |  | $ | 39,246 |  |  |  | $ | 61,748 |  |  |  | $ | 41,276 |  |  |  | $ | 2,049,299 |
| The fair value or change in fair value, as applicable, of stock awards was determined using the same methodology described above in Note 4(c).
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Total Shareholder Return |  |  |  |
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Net Income |  |  |  |
Compensation Actually Paid vs. Company Selected Measure |  |  |  |
Total Shareholder Return Vs Peer Group |  |  |  |
Tabular List, Table | FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE MEASURES As described in greater detail in the Compensation Discussion and Analysis section of this Proxy Statement, the Company’s executive compensation program reflects a pay-for-performance philosophy. The metrics that the Company uses for both our long-term and short-term incentive awards are selected based on an objective of incentivizing our NEOs to increase the value of our enterprise for our shareholders. The most important financial performance measures used by the Company to link executive compensation actually paid to the Company’s NEOs, for the most recently completed fiscal year, to the Company’s performance are as follows:
• |  | Company EBITDA;
• |  | Company EPS;
• |  | Company ROIC;
• |  | rTSR;
• |  | Greenbrier-Astra Rail EBITDA; and
• |  | Greenbrier-Astra Rail Inventory Turn.
Total Shareholder Return Amount | $ 200.3 | 171.31 | 111.03 | 167.05
Peer Group Total Shareholder Return Amount | 167.51 | 142.79 | 135.31 | 153.97
Net Income (Loss) | $ 160,100,000 | $ 62,500,000 | $ 46,900,000 | $ 32,400,000
Company Selected Measure Amount | 451,100,000 | 340,300,000 | 231,300,000 | 150,300,000
Measure:: 1 |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Name | Company EBITDA |  |  |
Non-GAAP Measure Description | This column represents Company EBITDA . See Compensation Discussion and Analysis above for additional information regarding the use of this metric and a reconciliation to GAAP. |  |  |
Measure:: 2 |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Name | Company EPS |  |  |
Measure:: 3 |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Name | Company ROIC |  |  |
Measure:: 4 |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Name | rTSR |  |  |
Measure:: 5 |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Name | Greenbrier-Astra Rail EBITDA |  |  |
Measure:: 6 |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Name | Greenbrier-Astra Rail Inventory Turn |  |  |
William A. Furman [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
PEO Total Compensation Amount |  |  | $ 6,633,675 | $ 5,580,229
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount |  |  | $ 2,293,623 | $ 9,401,783
Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
PEO Total Compensation Amount | $ 6,500,650 | $ 5,639,481 |  |
PEO Actually Paid Compensation Amount | 9,514,546 | $ 8,638,530 |  |
Non-PEO NEO Average Total Compensation Amount | 2,509,768 |  |  |
Non-PEO NEO Average Compensation Actually Paid Amount | $ 3,330,451 |  |  |
PEO | William A. Furman [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
PEO Name |  |  | William A. Furman | William A. Furman
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
PEO Name | Lorie L. Tekorius | Lorie L. Tekorius |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Reported Summary Compensation Table Value [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | $ (3,594,634) |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Adjusted Value of Equity Awards [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 6,608,530 |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fiscal Year End Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in the Fiscal Year [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 4,181,561 |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fiscal Year over Fiscal Year Change in Fair Value of Outstanding and Unvested Equity Awards at FYE Granted in Prior Fiscal Years [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 2,370,695 |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fair Value as of Vesting Date of Equity Awards Granted and Vested in the Fiscal Year [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 0 |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Change in Fair Value of Equity Awards Granted in Prior Fiscal Years that Vested in the Fiscal Year [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 116,491 |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Fair Value at the End of the Prior Fiscal Year of Equity Awards that Failed to Meet Vesting Conditions in the Fiscal Year [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 183,424 |  |  |
PEO | Lorie L. Tekorius [Member] | Value of Dividends or Other Earnings Paid on Stock Awards not Otherwise Reflected in Fair Value or Total Compensation in the Summary Compensation Table for the Fiscal Year [Member] |  |  |  |
Pay vs Performance Disclosure |  |  |  |
Adjustment to Compensation, Amount | 123,207 |  |  |
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