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Stock-Based Compensation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2026
Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract] |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Arrangement, Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Unit, Activity | Activity for performance-based and other restricted stock awards during the years ended April 30, was as follows (shares in thousands):
| 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
| Restricted Shares |  | Weighted Average Grant Date Value |  | Restricted Shares |  | Restricted Shares
Nonvested shares at beginning of year | 1,216 |  | $ | 38.51 |  |  | 1,203 |  | 1,073
Granted | 599 |  | $ | 42.77 |  |  | 735 |  | 1,089
Change in shares due to performance | 33 |  | $ | 28.67 |  |  | 71 |  | 54
Vested and issued | (492) |  | $ | 40.57 |  |  | (448) |  | (660)
Forfeited | (147) |  | $ | 40.87 |  |  | (345) |  | (353)
Nonvested shares at end of year | 1,209 |  | $ | 39.22 |  |  | 1,216 |  | 1,203
Schedule of Share-Based Payment Arrangement, Expensed and Capitalized, Amount | We recognized stock-based compensation expense (including stock options) primarily in Operating and administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Income (Loss), on a pretax basis, as follows:
|  |  |  |  | For the Years Ended April 30, |
|  |  |  |  | 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024 |
Stock-based compensation expense |  |  |  |  | $ | 20,608 |  |  | $ | 22,222 |  |  | $ | 24,982 |  |
Schedule of Disclosure of Share-Based Compensation Arrangements by Share-Based Payment Award | The total grant date value of shares vested during the years ended April 30 was as follows:
| 2026 |  | 2025 |  | 2024
Grant date value of shares vested | $ | 19,966 |  |  | $ | 18,504 |  |  | $ | 29,874 |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Award, Stock Options, Valuation Assumptions | The following table provides the estimated weighted average fair value for options granted during the year ended April 30, 2024 using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model, and the significant weighted average assumptions used in their determination:
Weighted average fair value of options on grant date |  |  |  |  | $ | 6.47 |  |
Weighted average assumptions: |  |  |  |  |  |
Expected life of options (years) |  |  |  |  | 6.3 |
Risk-free interest rate |  |  |  |  | 4.6 | % |
Expected volatility |  |  |  |  | 34.0 | % |
Expected dividend yield |  |  |  |  | 4.6 | % |
Fair value of common stock on grant date |  |  |  |  | $ | 30.37 |  |
Exercise price of stock option grant |  |  |  |  | $ | 34.86 |  |
Schedule of Share-based Payment Arrangement, Option, Activity | The following table summarizes the activity and status of our stock option plans during the year ended April 30, 2026:
| Number of Options (in 000’s) |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Weighted Average Remaining Term (in years) |  | Aggregate Intrinsic Value (in millions)
Outstanding at beginning of year | 250 |  | $ | 46.87 |  |  |  |  |
Granted | — |  | $ | — |  |  |  |  |
Exercised | (3) |  | $ | 32.68 |  |  |  |  |
Expired or forfeited | (3) |  | $ | 55.99 |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding at end of year | 244 |  | $ | 46.93 |  |  | 6.5 |  | $ | 0.8 |
Exercisable at end of year | 181 |  | $ | 50.90 |  |  | 6.2 |  | $ | 0.4 |
Vested and expected to vest in the future at April 30 | 243 |  | $ | 46.98 |  |  | 6.5 |  | $ | 0.8 |

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