Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

18.     Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

	First		Second	Third	Fourth
(Dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)	Quarter		Quarter	Quarter	Quarter
2019
Net sales	$	182,597	193,949	199,766	236,658
Net earnings		17,317	18,797	20,067	24,858
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	0.67	0.73	0.77	0.96
Diluted		0.66	0.72	0.77	0.95
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Common stock price per share:
High	$	71.47	71.29	82.70	85.86
Low		59.00	62.91	67.43	73.04
2018
Net sales	$	173,495	174,778	192,223	231,086
Net earnings		34,671	9,994	19,019	28,452
Earnings per share:
Basic	$	1.34	0.39	0.73	1.10
Diluted		1.33	0.38	0.73	1.09
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Common stock price per share:
High	$	65.95	66.80	60.25	70.20
Low		51.55	57.15	54.35	57.00