Note 10 - Debt and Commitments	9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2022
Notes to Financial Statements
Commitments Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 10 - Debt and Commitments During fiscal 2013, the Company borrowed from its investment margin account the aggregate purchase price of $29.5 million for two acquisitions, in each case pledging its marketable securities as collateral. There were also subsequent borrowings of net $45.5 million to purchase additional marketable securities bringing the margin loan balance up to $75 million as of June 30, 2022. The interest rate for these investment margin account borrowings fluctuates based on the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points with interest only payable monthly. The interest rate as of June 30, 2022 was 2.25%. These investment margin account borrowings do not mature. In November 2015, the Company purchased a 30,700 square foot office building constructed in 1998 on about 3.6 acres in Logan, Utah that had been previously leased by Journal Technologies. The Company paid $1.24 million and financed the balance with a real estate bank loan of $2.26 million which had a fixed interest rate of 4.66%. This loan is secured by the Logan facility and can be paid off at any time without prepayment penalty. In October 2020, the Company executed an amendment to lower the interest rate of this loan to a fixed rate of 3.33% for the remaining 10 years. This real estate loan had a balance of approximately $1.47 million as of June 30, 2022. Each monthly installment payment is about $16,600. In April 2022, the Company sold approximately 17,564 square feet of the land along the front of its Logan building to the City of Logan for approximately $381,000 in connection with the City of Logan’s street widening project. The Company also owns its facilities in Los Angeles and leases space for its other offices under operating leases which expire at various dates through October 2023.

Note 10 - Debt and Commitments

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Note 10 - Debt and Commitments

During fiscal 2013, the Company borrowed from its investment margin account the aggregate purchase price of $29.5 million for two acquisitions, in each case pledging its marketable securities as collateral. There were also subsequent borrowings of net $45.5 million to purchase additional marketable securities bringing the margin loan balance up to $75 million as of June 30, 2022. The interest rate for these investment margin account borrowings fluctuates based on the Federal Funds Rate plus 50 basis points with interest only payable monthly. The interest rate as of June 30, 2022 was 2.25%. These investment margin account borrowings do not mature.

In November 2015, the Company purchased a 30,700 square foot office building constructed in 1998 on about 3.6 acres in Logan, Utah that had been previously leased by Journal Technologies. The Company paid $1.24 million and financed the balance with a real estate bank loan of $2.26 million which had a fixed interest rate of 4.66%. This loan is secured by the Logan facility and can be paid off at any time without prepayment penalty. In October 2020, the Company executed an amendment to lower the interest rate of this loan to a fixed rate of 3.33% for the remaining 10 years. This real estate loan had a balance of approximately $1.47 million as of June 30, 2022. Each monthly installment payment is about $16,600. In April 2022, the Company sold approximately 17,564 square feet of the land along the front of its Logan building to the City of Logan for approximately $381,000 in connection with the City of Logan’s street widening project.

The Company also owns its facilities in Los Angeles and leases space for its other offices under operating leases which expire at various dates through October 2023.