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Marketable Securities
12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020
Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]  
Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]

8.   Marketable Securities


The cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses and fair market value of available-for-sale securities at April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):


   

April 30, 2020

 
           

Gross

   

Gross

   

Fair

 
           

Unrealized

   

Unrealized

   

Market

 
   

Cost

   

Gains

   

Losses

   

Value

 

Fixed income securities

  $ 10,081     $ 495     $ (6

)

  $ 10,570  

   

April 30, 2019

 
           

Gross

   

Gross

   

Fair

 
           

Unrealized

   

Unrealized

   

Market

 
   

Cost

   

Gains

   

Losses

   

Value

 

Fixed income securities

  $ 8,152     $ 71     $ (24

)

  $ 8,199  

The following table presents the fair value and unrealized losses, aggregated by investment type and length of time that individual securities have been in a continuous unrealized loss position (in thousands):


   

Less than 12 months

   

12 Months or more

   

Total

 
   

Fair

   

Unrealized

   

Fair

   

Unrealized

   

Fair

   

Unrealized

 
   

Value

   

Losses

   

Value

   

Losses

   

Value

   

Losses

 

April 30, 2020

                                               

Fixed income securities

  $ 380     $ (6

)

  $ -     $ -     $ 380     $ (6

)

                                                 

April 30, 2019

                                               

Fixed income securities

  $ 995     $ (4

)

  $ 3,349     $ (20

)

  $ 4,344     $ (24

)


The Company regularly reviews its investment portfolio to identify and evaluate investments that have indications of possible impairment.  The Company does not believe that its investments in marketable securities with unrealized losses at April 30, 2020 were other-than-temporary due to market volatility of the security’s fair value, analysts’ expectations and the Company’s ability to hold the securities for a period of time sufficient to allow for any anticipated recoveries in market value.


Proceeds from the sale or redemption of available-for-sale securities and the resulting gross realized gains and losses included in the determination of net loss for the years ended April 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):


   

For the years ended April 30,

 
   

2020

   

2019

 

Proceeds

  $ 3,539     $ 1,812  

Gross realized gains

  $ -     $ 3  

Gross realized losses

  $ (1 )   $ -  

Maturities of fixed income securities classified as available-for-sale at April 30, 2020 were as follows (at cost, in thousands):


Current

  $ 2,610  

Due after one year through five years

    4,280  

Due after five years through ten years

    3,191  
    $ 10,081  

The fair value accounting framework provides a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.  The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements).


The levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:


 

Level 1

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unadjusted quoted prices for identical assets or liabilities in active markets that the Company has the ability to access.

 

 

 

 

Level 2

Inputs to the valuation methodology include:

-Quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets;

-Quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in inactive markets;

-Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability; and

-Inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means.

     

 

Level 3

Inputs to the valuation methodology are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.


The asset’s or liability’s fair value measurement level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.  Valuation techniques used need to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs.  The Company’s money market, business account, and U.S. securities are valued on a Level 1 basis. The Company’s fixed income corporate debt securities and certificates of deposit are valued on a Level 2 basis.