Note 7 - Stock-based Compensation (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Mar. 28, 2020

Notes Tables

Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions [Table Text Block]

	Six Months Ended
	March 28,			March 30,
	2020			2019
Risk-free interest rate		2.75	%		3.84	%
Dividend yield		0.54	%		0.50	%
Expected volatility		40.89	%		43.08	%
Expected term (in years)		4.59			4.56

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity [Table Text Block]

										Contractual		Aggregate
	Options		Exercise Price Per Share							Term - Weighted		Intrinsic
	Outstanding							Weighted		Average		Value
	(in thousands)		Range					Average		(in years)		(in thousands)
Outstanding at September 28, 2019		388	$	10.23	-	$	41.85	$	26.16
Granted		67		22.09	-		22.09		22.09
Exercised		-		-	-		-		-
Outstanding at March 28, 2020		455		10.23	-		41.85		25.57		7.69	$	25
Vested and anticipated to vest in the future at March 28, 2020		451							25.58		7.68		25
Exercisable at March 28, 2020		227							27.67		6.27		25

Share-based Payment Arrangement, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit, Activity [Table Text Block]

				Weighted
	Restricted			Average
	Stock Units			Grant Date
(Unit amounts in thousands)	Outstanding			Fair Value
Balance, September 28, 2019		115		$	26.16
Granted		43			22.09
Released		(26	)		28.66
Forfeited		(5	)		25.49
Balance, March 28, 2020		127			24.29