Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Earnings per share

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Earnings per share
12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings per share
Earnings per share
The weighted average number of shares outstanding used to compute earnings per share was as follows (in thousands):
 
Year ended September 30,
 
2018
 
2017
 
2016
Weighted average shares outstanding
65,501

 
65,632

 
65,822

Effect of employee stock options and unvested restricted stock awards
431

 
433

 
407

Denominator for diluted earnings per share
65,932

 
66,065

 
66,229


For the years ended September 30, 2018, 2017 and 2016, we excluded approximately 5,000, 9,000 and 21,000 unvested restricted stock units, respectively, from the calculation of diluted earnings per share as the effect of including them would have been anti-dilutive.