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Fair Value Measurements - Assets and Liabilities Measured at Fair Value on Recurring Basis and Categorized using Fair Value Hierarchy (Detail) - Fair Value, Measurements, Recurring - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Nov. 30, 2023 | May 31, 2023
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Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities | $ 27,018 | $ 27,162
Total marketable equity securities | 135,065 | 121,153
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 159,785 | 145,629
U.S. Treasury and other government |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities | 26,881 | 27,021
Corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities | 137 | 141
Stocks | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 1,146 | 786
Stocks | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 9,791 | 5,009
Mutual funds | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 42,103 | 40,074
Mutual funds | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 82,025 | 75,284
Contingent consideration liability |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Contingent consideration | (2,298) | (2,686)
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 10,937 | 5,795
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 10,937 | 5,795
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Stocks | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 1,146 | 786
Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1) | Stocks | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 9,791 | 5,009
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities | 27,018 | 27,162
Total marketable equity securities | 124,128 | 115,358
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | 151,146 | 142,520
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | U.S. Treasury and other government |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities | 26,881 | 27,021
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Corporate bonds |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total available-for-sale debt securities | 137 | 141
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mutual funds | Foreign |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 42,103 | 40,074
Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2) | Mutual funds | Domestic |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Total marketable equity securities | 82,025 | 75,284
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Assets (liabilities) at fair value | (2,298) | (2,686)
Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3) | Contingent consideration liability |  |
Fair Value, Assets and Liabilities Measured on Recurring and Nonrecurring Basis [Line Items] |  |
Contingent consideration | $ (2,298) | $ (2,686)

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