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FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

6 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2021

Investments, Debt and Equity Securities [Abstract]

Investments in Debt and Marketable Equity Securities (and Certain Trading Assets) Disclosure [Text Block]

NOTE I – FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The cost, gross unrealized gains, gross unrealized losses, and fair market value of available-for-sale securities at October 31, 2021 and April 30, 2021, respectively, were as follows (in thousands):

		October 31, 2021
		Cost				Gross Unrealized Gains				Gross Unrealized Losses				Fair Market Value
Fixed income securities		$	9,746			$	313			$	(104	)		$	9,955

		April 30, 2021
		Cost				Gross Unrealized Gains				Gross Unrealized Losses				Fair Market Value
Fixed income securities		$	10,022			$	393			$	(102	)		$	10,313

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 Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses				Fair Value				Unrealized Losses
October 31, 2021
Fixed Income Securities		$	1,913			$	(22	)		$	1,325			$	(82	)		$	3,238			$	(104	)

April 30, 2021
Fixed Income Securities		$	1,793			$	(52	)		$	614			$	(50	)		$	2,407			$	(102	)

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 October 31, 2021 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.

During the three and six months ended October 31, 2021, the Company sold or redeemed available-for-sale securities of approximately $325,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, realizing gains of approximately $7,000 for the six months ended October 31, 2021.

Maturities of fixed income securities classified as available-for-sale at October 31, 2021 were as follows, at cost (in thousands):

Current		$	3,154
Due after one year through five years			4,154
Due after five years			2,438
		$	9,746

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.