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Note 2 - Acquisitions Dispositions (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2014
PDC [Member] |
Note 2 - Acquisitions Dispositions (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block] |
Cash consideration |  | $ | 5,000 |
Holdback payment liability |  |  | 250 |
Contingent consideration liability |  |  | 300 |
Aggregate consideration |  | $ | 5,550 |
Inventories, net |  | $ | 137 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 7 |
Intangibles, net |  |  | 3,678 |
Goodwill |  |  | 1,743 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | (15 | )
Total purchase price allocation |  | $ | 5,550 |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months E nded December 31, |  |  | Nine Months E nded December 31, |
|  | 201 4 |  |  | 201 3 |  |  | 201 4 |  |  | 201 3 |
Revenues |  | $ | 18,056 |  |  | $ | 13,915 |  |  | $ | 54,494 |  |  | $ | 39,424 |
Net income |  |  | 2,415 |  |  |  | 1,853 |  |  |  | 7,433 |  |  |  | 5,862 |
Net Income per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.68 |  |  | $ | 0.54 |  |  | $ | 2.12 |  |  | $ | 1.72 |
Diluted |  |  | 0.66 |  |  |  | 0.51 |  |  |  | 2.04 |  |  |  | 1.63 |
BGI [Member] |
Note 2 - Acquisitions Dispositions (Tables) [Line Items] |
Schedule of Recognized Identified Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed [Table Text Block] |
Inventories, net |  | $ | 1,268 |
Property, plant and equipment, net |  |  | 47 |
Intangibles, net |  |  | 5,711 |
Goodwill |  |  | 3,295 |
Accrued expenses |  |  | (53 | )
Total purchase price allocation |  | $ | 10,268 |
Business Acquisition, Pro Forma Information [Table Text Block] |
|  | Three Months E nded December 31, |  |  | Nine Months E nded December 31, |
|  | 201 4 |  |  | 201 3 |  |  | 201 4 |  |  | 201 3 |
Revenues |  | $ | 17,830 |  |  | $ | 15,032 |  |  | $ | 53,088 |  |  | $ | 42,758 |
Net income |  |  | 2,403 |  |  |  | 2,281 |  |  |  | 7,422 |  |  |  | 7,144 |
Net Income per common share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic |  | $ | 0.68 |  |  | $ | 0.66 |  |  | $ | 2.11 |  |  | $ | 2.09 |
Diluted |  |  | 0.66 |  |  |  | 0.63 |  |  |  | 2.03 |  |  |  | 1.99 |

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