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Earnings Per Share
 9 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]  
Earnings per Share
NOTE 4: EARNINGS PER SHARE
The following table reconciles the number of common shares used to compute basic and diluted earnings per share attributable to EZCORP Inc., shareholders:
Three Months Ended
June 30,		Nine Months Ended
June 30,
(in thousands, except per share amounts)2026202520262025
Basic earnings per common share:
Consolidated net income$38,494 $26,503 $132,382 $82,909 
Consolidated net (income) attributable to non-controlling interest(295)— (776)— 
Consolidated net income attributable to EZCORP - basic38,19926,503131,60682,909
Weighted shares outstanding - basic61,53559,13461,47656,308
Basic earnings per common share attributable to EZCORP$0.62 $0.45 $2.14 $1.47 
Diluted earnings per common share:
Consolidated net income attributable to EZCORP - basic$38,199 $26,503 $131,606 $82,909 
Add: Convertible Notes interest expense, net of tax (a)
1,882 2,066 5,609 6,909 
Consolidated net income attributable to EZCORP - diluted$40,081 $28,569 $137,215 $89,818 
Weighted shares outstanding - basic61,535 59,134 61,476 56,308 
Equity-based compensation awards - effect of dilution (b)
1,346 1,233 1,418 1,333 
Convertible Notes - effect of dilution (c)
20,477 22,551 20,477 25,503 
Weighted shares outstanding - diluted83,358 82,918 83,371 83,144 
Diluted earnings per common share attributable to EZCORP$0.48 $0.34 $1.65 $1.08 
Potential common shares excluded from the calculation of diluted earnings per common share above:
Restricted stock (d)
1,463 1,693 1,462 1,731 
    
(a)    The Company’s convertible debt for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2026 consists of the 3.750% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2029 (the “2029 Convertible Notes”). The three and nine months ended June 30, 2025 also includes the 2.375% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2025 (the “2025 Convertible Notes”), which were settled in a combination of cash and shares during the three months ended June 30, 2025.
(b)    Includes time-based share-based awards and performance-based awards for which targets for fiscal year tranches have been achieved and vesting is subject only to achievement of service conditions.
(c)    As the 2025 Convertible Notes were settled during the third quarter of fiscal 2025, approximately 2.1 million and 5.0 million of weighted average shares were included for the three and nine months ended June 30, 2025, which were settled in the third quarter of fiscal 2025 with a combination of cash and shares.
(d)    Includes antidilutive share-based awards as well as performance-based share-based awards that are contingently issuable, but for which the condition for issuance has not been met as of the end of the reporting period.