Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

6 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2017

Note 8 – Earnings (Loss) Per Common Share

Basic earnings (loss) per common share is computed by dividing the net income or loss attributable to common shares by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted earnings per common share adjusts basic earnings per share for the effects of common stock options, common stock warrants, convertible preferred stock and other potential dilutive common shares outstanding during the periods.

For purposes of computing diluted earnings per share for the six months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, no common stock options were included in the calculation of dilutive shares as all of the 196,769 and 123,147 common stock options outstanding, respectively, had exercise prices above the applicable quarterly average market price per share and their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. For the six months ended March 31, 2017, 70,000 shares of restricted common stock were excluded from the calculation of dilutive shares, as the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive. For the six months ended March 31, 2016, 56,532 shares of common stock related to restricted stock were included in the denominator used to calculate diluted earnings per share. Additionally, for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016, no common share equivalents related to stock options or unvested restricted stock were included in the calculation of dilutive shares, since there was a loss attributable to common shareholders and the inclusion of common share equivalents would be anti-dilutive.

The computation of the weighted shares outstanding for the three months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

	March 31, 2017		March 31, 2016
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic		16,886,628		16,636,950
Effect of dilutive securities
Stock Options		-		-
Restricted Stock		-		-
Dilutive Average Shares Outstanding		16,886,628		16,636,950

The computation of the weighted shares outstanding for the six months ended March 31, 2017 and 2016 is as follows:

	March 31, 2017		March 31, 2016
Weighted average shares outstanding
Basic		16,847,679		16,594,074
Effect of dilutive securities
Stock Options		-		-
Restricted Stock		-		56,532
Dilutive Average Shares Outstanding		16,847,679		16,650,606