Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited)

12 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

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
2020
Net sales	$	171,728	180,492	172,665	208,030
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations		10,764	17,822	18,687	(21,808)
Net earnings from discontinued operations		76,013	—	—	502
Net earnings (loss)		86,777	17,822	18,687	(21,306)
Basic earnings per share:
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	$	0.41	0.69	0.72	(0.84)
Net earnings from discontinued operations		2.93	—	—	0.02
Net earnings (loss)		3.34	0.69	0.72	(0.82)
Diluted earnings per share:
Net earnings (loss) from continuing operations	$	0.41	0.68	0.72	(0.83)
Net earnings from discontinued operations		2.91	—	—	0.02
Net earnings (loss)	$	3.32	0.68	0.72	(0.81)
Dividends declared per common share	$	0.08	0.08	0.08	0.08
Common stock price per share:
High	$	93.21	107.10	94.24	95.60
Low		74.16	62.64	68.09	78.30
2019
Net sales	$	163,365	171,243	178,259	213,177
Net earnings from continuing operations		17,350	17,822	19,045	23,272
Net (loss) earnings from discontinued operations		(33)	975	1,022	1,586
Net earnings		17,317	18,797	20,067	24,858
Basic earnings per share:
Net earnings from continuing operations		0.67	0.69	0.73	0.90
Net earnings from discontinued operations		—	0.04	0.04	0.06
Net earnings	$	0.67	0.73	0.77	0.96
Diluted earnings per share:
Net earnings from continuing operations		0.66	0.68	0.73	0.89
Net earnings from discontinued operations		—	0.04	0.04	0.06
Net earnings	$	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

See Note 2 for discussion of divestiture activity.