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QUARTERLY FINANCIAL DATA (UNAUDITED) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Aug. 31, 2015
Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract] |
Summarized quarterly financial data | Summarized quarterly financial data for fiscal 2015 and 2014 was as follows:
|  | Three Months Ended Fiscal 2015
(in thousands except per share data) |  | Nov. 30 |  | Feb. 28 |  | May 31 |  | Aug. 31
Net sales* |  | $ | 1,679,990 |  |  | $ | 1,391,117 |  |  | $ | 1,506,002 |  |  | $ | 1,411,496 |
Gross profit* |  | 186,221 |  |  | 221,414 |  |  | 235,958 |  |  | 131,809 |
Net earnings (loss) attributable to CMC |  | 36,253 |  |  | 54,451 |  |  | 56,681 |  |  | (5,751 | )
Basic EPS attributable to CMC |  | 0.31 |  |  | 0.47 |  |  | 0.49 |  |  | (0.05 | )
Diluted EPS attributable to CMC |  | 0.30 |  |  | 0.46 |  |  | 0.49 |  |  | (0.05 | )
|  | Three Months Ended Fiscal 2014
(in thousands except per share data) |  | Nov. 30 |  | Feb. 28 |  | May 31 |  | Aug. 31
Net sales* |  | $ | 1,617,075 |  |  | $ | 1,597,461 |  |  | $ | 1,738,593 |  |  | $ | 1,837,309 |
Gross profit* |  | 176,873 |  |  | 142,356 |  |  | 178,419 |  |  | 183,452 |
Net earnings attributable to CMC |  | 45,919 |  |  | 11,143 |  |  | 23,563 |  |  | 34,926 |
Basic EPS attributable to CMC |  | 0.39 |  |  | 0.09 |  |  | 0.20 |  |  | 0.29 |
Diluted EPS attributable to CMC |  | 0.39 |  |  | 0.09 |  |  | 0.20 |  |  | 0.29 |
_________________________ * Excludes divisions classified as discontinued operations. See Note 10, Businesses Held for Sale, Discontinued Operations and Dispositions.

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the quarterly financial data in the annual financial statements. The disclosure includes financial information for each fiscal quarter for the current and previous year, including revenues, gross profit, income (loss) before extraordinary items and cumulative effect of a change in accounting principle and earnings per share data. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 270 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (a)-(j) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=35737889&loc=d3e1280-108306 + Details
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