| In millions, except per share items | Sep-30-20 | Sep-30-19 | Sep-30-18 | Sep-30-17 | Sep-30-16 | Sep-30-15 | Sep-30-14 | Sep-30-13 |
| | 10-K | 10-K | 10-K | 10-K | 10-K | 10-K/A | 10-K | 10-K |
| Revenues: |
| Brokerage and Advisory Services | 219.7 | 204.1 | 203.3 | 182.4 | 165.7 | 154.8 | 176.2 | 127.6 |
| Tax and Accounting Services | 10.1 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 8.1 | |
| Total revenues [+] | 229.9 | 212.9 | 211.1 | 189.9 | 174.1 | 163.0 | 184.3 | 127.6 |
| Net interest income | | | | | | | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Net investment income | 4.3 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.9 |
| Other | | | | | | | | 0.8 |
| Other income | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.8 |
| Revenue growth [+] | 8.0% | 0.9% | 11.2% | 9.1% | 6.8% | -11.5% | 44.4% | 7.5% |
| Brokerage and Advisory Services | 7.6% | 0.4% | 11.5% | 10.1% | 7.0% | -12.1% | 38.1% | |
| Tax and Accounting Services | 15.2% | 13.3% | 4.5% | -11.4% | 1.8% | 1.9% | | |
| Cost of goods sold [+] | 201.0 | 179.8 | 185.9 | 159.5 | 161.3 | 148.9 | 161.1 | 113.2 |
| Labor costs | 195.9 | 175.5 | 182.1 | 155.2 | 151.1 | 139.5 | 152.1 | 109.6 |
| Occupancy costs | 5.1 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 2.1 |
| Real estate or leased property costs | | | | | 6.4 | 5.5 | 4.9 | 1.5 |
| Gross profit | 28.9 | 33.2 | 25.2 | 30.4 | 12.8 | 14.2 | 23.2 | 14.4 |
| Gross margin | 12.6% | 15.6% | 12.0% | 16.0% | 7.3% | 8.7% | 12.6% | 11.3% |
| Selling, general and administrative [+] | 22.1 | 21.5 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.1 |
| General and administrative [+] | 22.1 | 21.5 | 15.7 | 17.1 | 10.1 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 7.1 |
| Professional fees | 9.3 | 7.3 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 6.9 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 2.6 |
| Telecommunications expense | 3.6 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.5 |
| Equity in earnings | | | | | | | | -0.2 |
| Other operating expenses | 12.4 | 7.8 | 5.2 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.3 | 4.6 |
| EBITDA [+] | -5.7 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 9.2 | -1.3 | 1.6 | 9.0 | 2.6 |
| EBITDA growth | -244.0% | -7.9% | -53.6% | -832.2% | -178.3% | -82.1% | 252.5% | 904.3% |
| EBITDA margin | -2.5% | 1.8% | 2.0% | 4.8% | -0.7% | 1.0% | 4.9% | 2.0% |
| Depreciation | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 0.9 |
| EBITA | -6.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 8.8 | -1.7 | 1.3 | 7.9 | 1.6 |
| EBITA margin | -2.9% | 1.5% | 1.7% | 4.6% | -1.0% | 0.8% | 4.3% | 1.3% |
| Amortization of intangibles | 1.8 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.8 | | |
| EBIT [+] | -8.5 | 2.1 | 2.7 | 8.0 | -2.5 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 1.6 |
| EBIT growth | -505.5% | -22.8% | -65.9% | -422.7% | -616.5% | -93.9% | 383.4% | -280.6% |
| EBIT margin | -3.7% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 4.2% | -1.4% | 0.3% | 4.3% | 1.3% |
| Interest expense | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Interest expense | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.2 |
| Other income (expense), net [+] | 0.5 | 0.1 | -10.9 | 8.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | | 0.2 |
| Gain (loss) on sale of business | 0.3 | | 0.1 | 0.1 | | | | |
| Change in fair value of warrants | 0.1 | | -11.2 | 8.5 | | | | |
| Other non-operating income | | | 0.1 | 0.0 | | | | |
| Other | | 0.1 | 11.0 | -8.6 | | | | 0.8 |
| Pre-tax income | -8.1 | 2.2 | -8.3 | 16.6 | -2.5 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 1.6 |
| Income taxes | -1.9 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 | 0.2 | -10.8 | 0.1 |
| Tax rate | 23.1% | 14.8% | | 24.4% | | 40.4% | | 3.7% |
| Minority interest | -0.3 | 2.7 | | | | | | 0.0 |
| Net income | -5.9 | -0.8 | -11.5 | 12.5 | -5.6 | 0.3 | 18.6 | 1.6 |
| Net margin | -2.6% | -0.4% | -5.5% | 6.6% | -3.2% | 0.2% | 10.1% | 1.2% |
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| Basic EPS [+] | ($0.44) | ($0.06) | ($0.92) | $1.01 | ($0.45) | $0.02 | $1.51 | $0.02 |
| Growth | 593.0% | -93.1% | -191.6% | -325.3% | -2055.0% | -98.5% | 6743.4% | -127.2% |
| Diluted EPS [+] | ($0.44) | ($0.06) | ($0.92) | $1.00 | ($0.45) | $0.02 | $1.50 | $0.02 |
| Growth | 593.0% | -93.1% | -191.9% | -324.7% | -2060.9% | -98.5% | 7103.3% | -125.7% |
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| Shares outstanding (basic) [+] | 13.4 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.3 | 70.7 |
| Growth | 4.6% | 2.8% | 0.3% | 0.0% | -0.2% | 1.2% | -82.6% | 182.4% |
| Shares outstanding (diluted) [+] | 13.4 | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 12.5 | 12.4 | 74.9 |
| Growth | 4.6% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.3% | -0.5% | 0.8% | -83.4% | 199.4% |
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| EBIT is a non-GAAP figure that excludes all non-recurring expenses: restructuring costs, asset impairments, IPR&D writeoffs, and other unusual charges. |