Represents the expense recognized during the period arising from equity-based compensation arrangements (for example, shares of stock, unit, stock options or other equity instruments) with employees, directors and certain consultants qualifying for treatment as employees.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The number of grants made during the period on other than stock (or unit) option plans (for example, phantom stock or unit plan, stock or unit appreciation rights plan, performance target plan).

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	Nov. 02, 2018	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017	Sep. 30, 2018	Sep. 30, 2017
Annual RSUs and Annual PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Compensation expenses		$ 2,589	$ 2,870	$ 4,819	$ 4,702
Unrecognized Stock Compensation Expense		$ 13,842		$ 13,842
Stock Incentive Plan 2015 \| Annual RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years)				3 years
Granted (in shares)		42,876		59,235
Stock Incentive Plan 2015 \| Annual PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Award vesting period (in years)				3 years
Granted (in shares)		17,208		31,320
Stock Incentive Plan 2015 \| Annual RSUs and Annual PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)		60,084		90,555
Subsequent Event \| Stock Incentive Plan 2015 \| Annual RSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	0
Subsequent Event \| Stock Incentive Plan 2015 \| Annual PSUs
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award [Line Items]
Granted (in shares)	0