Earnings Per Share

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2017

Basic earnings per share is calculated by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding and restricted stock grants that vested or are likely to vest during the period. Diluted earnings per share is calculated by dividing income available to common shareholders by the weighted average number of basic common shares outstanding, adjusted to reflect potentially dilutive securities. Diluted earnings per share is calculated using the treasury stock method.



		(in thousands)
		Year Ended
		September 30,
		2017		2016
Numerator:
Net income		$	3,288	$	3,384
Denominator:
Denominator for basic net income per share - weighted-average outstanding shares		11,345		9,966
Effect of dilutive securities:
Stock options and restricted stock		1,007		1,254
Denominator for diluted net income per share - weighted-average outstanding shares		12,352		11,220

Net income per share-basic	(a)	$	0.29	$	0.34
Net income per share-diluted	(a)	$	0.27	$	0.30

Ref (a): For fiscal year ended September 30, 2016, we realized a $0.9 million tax benefit, net, related to the release of a portion of our valuation allowance to reflect the amount of our deferred tax asset that we expect to realize in future years. This resulted in an increase of net income per share basic and diluted of $0.09 and $0.08, respectively, for the prior year period.