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EARNINGS PER SHARE
3 Months Ended
May 31, 2013
EARNINGS PER SHARE [Abstract]  
EARNINGS PER SHARE

NOTE 7 - EARNINGS PER SHARE

      Basic earnings per share is computed by dividing net income available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted earnings per share reflects the potential dilution, using the treasury stock method, that could occur if securities or other contracts to issue common stock were exercised or converted into common stock or resulted in the issuance of common stock that then shared in the earnings of the Company. In computing diluted earnings per share, the treasury stock method assumes that outstanding options are exercised and the proceeds are used to purchase common stock at the average market price during the period. Options will have a dilutive effect under the treasury stock method only when the Company reports net income and the average market price of the common stock during the period exceeds the exercise price of the options.

     The following is a summary of the calculation of weighted average shares used in the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share (in thousands):

        Three Months Ended
      May 31,
          2013       2012
  Basic weighted average number of common        
         shares outstanding   34,566   27,925
                Effect of stock options, restricted stock,        
                       restricted stock units and warrants        
                       computed on treasury stock method   1,097   1,338
  Diluted weighted average number of common        
         shares outstanding   35,663   29,263

      Shares underlying stock options of 322,000 and 800,000 at May 31, 2013 and May 31, 2012, respectively, were excluded from the calculations of diluted earnings per share for the respective three-month periods then ended because based on the exercise prices of these derivative securities their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive under the treasury stock method.