EARNINGS PER SHARE (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2018

EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]

Basic and Diluted Earnings per Share

The standards of accounting for earnings per share require companies to provide a reconciliation of the numerator and denominator of the basic and diluted earnings per share computations.  Basic and diluted earnings per share were calculated as follows:

	Three Months Ended June 30,						Nine Months Ended June 30,
	2018			2017			2018			2017
Numerator:
Net Income	$	35,171		$	19,939		$	61,825			60,450
Less: income attributable to participating securities		(34	)		(52	)		(73	)		(191	)
Earnings available to common shares	$	35,137		$	19,887		$	61,752			60,259
Denominator:
Weighted average common shares		25,611,505			25,228,468			25,479,078			24,941,190
(Denominator for basic calculation)
Weighted average effect of dilutive securities:
Share-based compensation		707,133			492,247			742,786			508,317
Diluted weighted average common shares		26,318,638			25,720,715			26,221,864			25,449,507
(Denominator for diluted calculation)
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	1.37		$	0.79		$	2.42			2.42
Diluted	$	1.34		$	0.77		$	2.35			2.37