Earnings Per Common Share
6 Months Ended
Jan. 31, 2016
Earnings Per Common Share  
Earnings Per Common Share

 

Note 11.             Earnings Per Common Share

 

Basic EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year. Diluted EPS is computed based upon the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the year plus the dilutive effect of common stock equivalents using the treasury stock method and the average market price of our common stock for the year.

 

We include participating securities (unvested share-based payment awards that contain nonforfeitable rights to dividends or dividend equivalents) in the computation of EPS pursuant to the two-class method. Our participating securities consist solely of unvested restricted stock awards, which have contractual participation rights equivalent to those of stockholders of unrestricted common stock. The two-class method of computing earnings per share is an allocation method that calculates earnings per share for common stock and participating securities.

 

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted EPS available to shareholders of common stock (excluding participating securities):

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

January 31,

 

January 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

 

Numerator for basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income

 

$

15,389,000

 

$

11,085,000

 

$

29,643,000

 

$

22,324,000

 

Less income allocated to participating securities

 

(126,000

)

(88,000

)

(244,000

)

(218,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income available to common shareholders

 

$

15,263,000

 

$

10,997,000

 

$

29,399,000

 

$

22,106,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic and diluted earnings per share, as adjusted for participating securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for basic earnings per share - weighted average number of shares outstanding attributable to common stock

 

41,360,279

 

41,176,804

 

41,321,762

 

41,079,573

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dilutive effect of stock options using the treasury stock method and the average market price for the year

 

44,096

 

60,043

 

42,727

 

75,823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to common stock

 

41,404,375

 

41,236,847

 

41,364,489

 

41,155,396

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share attributable to common stock:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic earnings per share

 

$

0.37

 

$

0.27

 

$

0.71

 

$

0.54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted earnings per share

 

$

0.37

 

$

0.27

 

$

0.71

 

$

0.54

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock options excluded from weighted average dilutive common shares outstanding because their inclusion would have been antidilutive

 

15,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A reconciliation of weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to common stock, as determined above, to the Company’s total weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents, including participating securities, is set forth in the following table:

 

 

 

Three Months Ended

 

Six Months Ended

 

 

 

January 31,

 

January 31,

 

 

 

2016

 

2015

 

2016

 

2015

 

Denominator for diluted earnings per share - weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to common stock

 

41,404,375 

 

41,236,847 

 

41,364,489 

 

41,155,396 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Participating securities

 

343,346 

 

346,684 

 

344,004 

 

413,472 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total weighted average number of shares and common stock equivalents attributable to both common stock and participating securities

 

41,747,721 

 

41,583,531 

 

41,708,493 

 

41,568,868