Stock Based Compensation

6 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Stock Based Compensation

Note 4. Stock Based Compensation

The Company follows ASC 718 in establishing standards for the accounting for transactions in which an entity exchanges its equity instruments for goods or services, as well as transactions in which an entity incurs liabilities in exchange for goods or services that are based on the fair value of the entity’s equity instruments or that may be settled by the issuance of those equity instruments. ASC 718 requires that the cost resulting from all share-based payment transactions be recognized in the financial statements based on the fair value of the share-based payment. ASC 718 establishes fair value as the measurement objective in accounting for share-based payment transactions with employees, except for equity instruments held by employee share ownership plans.

Total stock-based compensation expense recognized in the statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the three-month periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 was $33,707 and $45,271, respectively, before income taxes. The related total deferred tax benefits were $1,080 and $2,483 for the same periods. Total stock-based compensation expense recognized in the statements of comprehensive income (loss) for the six-month periods ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, was $80,874 and $92,447, respectively, before income taxes. The related total deferred tax benefits were $3,808 and $5,061 for the same periods.

As of December 31, 2020, there was $139,818 of unrecognized compensation cost related to stock option awards that is expected to be recognized as expense over the next 2 years. The total deferred tax benefit related to these awards is expected to be $ 7,712.

The Company has one employee stock option plan under which options or stock awards may be granted, the 2017 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan (the "2017 Plan"). The Board of Directors may grant options to acquire shares of common stock to employees and non-employee directors of the Company at the fair market value of the common stock on the date of grant. The maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to options or awards to non-employee directors is 133,000 and the maximum aggregate number of shares of Common Stock subject to options or awards granted to non-employee directors during any single fiscal year is the lesser of 13,300 and 33 1/3% of the total number of shares subject to options or awards granted in such fiscal year. The maximum number of shares subject to options or awards granted to any individual employee may not exceed 15,000 in a fiscal year. Generally, options granted have a two-year vesting period based on two years of continuous service and have a ten-year contractual life. Option grants provide for accelerated vesting if there is a change in control. Shares issued upon the exercise of options are from those held in Treasury. Options covering 400,000 shares are authorized for issuance under the 2017 Plan, of which 226,354 have been granted as of December 31, 2020. While no further grants of options may be made under the Company’s 2007 Stock Option and Restricted Stock Plan, as of December 31, 2020, 119,750 options were outstanding under such plan of which all are vested and exercisable.

ASC 718 requires the use of a valuation model to calculate the fair value of stock-based awards. The Company has elected to use the Black-Scholes option valuation model, which incorporates various assumptions including those for dividend yield, volatility, expected life and interest rates.

The table below outlines the weighted average assumptions that the Company used to calculate the fair value of each option award for the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019.

	December 31, 2020	December 31, 2019
Dividend yield	5.54 %	4.88%
Company’s expected volatility	23.41%	27.81%
Risk-free interest rate	0.36 %	1.67%
Expected term	5.4 yrs	5.3 yrs
Weighted average fair value per share
of options granted during the period	$1.59	$3.03

The Company declares regular dividends quarterly and declared and paid regular cash dividends of $0.50 per share for the six months ended December 31, 2020. The Company declared regular cash dividends of $0.50 per share for the six months ended December 31, 2019. Expected stock price volatility is based on the historical volatility of the Company’s stock. The risk-free interest rate is based on the implied yield available on U.S. Treasury issues with an equivalent term approximating the expected life of the options. The expected option term (in years) represents the estimated period of time until exercise and is based on actual historical experience.

The following table summarizes stock option activity during the six months ended December 31, 2020:

	Employee Stock Options Plan
						Weighted
	Number of			Weighted		Average
	Shares			Average		Remaining		Aggregate
	Subject			Exercise		Contractual		Intrinsic
	to Option			Price		Term		Value
Balance at July 1, 2020		276,712		$	24.30	$	6.10
Granted		62,025		$	18.05		9.81
Exercised		—			—		—
Forfeited or expired		(23,400	)	$	21.20		—
Outstanding at December 31, 2020		315,337		$	23.30		6.60	$	53,962
Vested or expected to vest at December 31, 2020		297,286		$	23.55		6.43	$	44,882
Exercisable at December 31, 2020		205,187		$	25.54		5.08	$	0

The aggregate intrinsic value in the table above represents the total pretax intrinsic value (the difference between the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock as reported on the NYSE American on December 31, 2020 and the exercise price, multiplied by the number of in-the-money options) that would have been received by the option holders if all option holders had exercised their options on December 31, 2020. This amount changes based on the fair market value of the Company’s common stock. The total intrinsic values of the options exercised during the six months ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 were $0 and $263, respectively.

The following table summarizes changes in non-vested stock options during the six months ended December 31, 2020:

	Weighted Number			Average
	of Shares			Grant Date
	Subject			Fair Value
	to Option			(per Option)
Non-vested at July 1, 2020		97,192		$	4.034
Granted		62,025		$	1.590
Vested		(44,667	)	$	5.140
Forfeited or expired		(4,400	)	$	3.797
Non-vested at December 31, 2020		110,150		$	2.219