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Income Per Share Attributable to Methode Shareholders (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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May 03, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of Earnings Per Share, Basic and Diluted | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income per share:
| Fiscal Year Ended
| May 3, 2014 |  | April 27, 2013 |  | April 28, 2012
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Methode Electronics, Inc. | $ | 96.1 |  |  | $ | 40.7 |  |  | $ | 8.4 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average shares outstanding and vested/unissued restricted stock awards | 37,973,697 |  |  | 37,406,386 |  |  | 37,366,505 |
Dilutive potential common shares-employee and director stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units | 242,562 |  |  | 480,240 |  |  | 225,475 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share | 38,216,259 |  |  | 37,886,626 |  |  | 37,591,980 |
Basic and diluted income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic income per share | $ | 2.53 |  |  | $ | 1.09 |  |  | $ | 0.22 |
Diluted income per share | $ | 2.51 |  |  | $ | 1.08 |  |  | $ | 0.22 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of an entity's basic and diluted earnings per share calculations, including a reconciliation of numerators and denominators of the basic and diluted per-share computations for income from continuing operations. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 260 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6371337&loc=d3e3550-109257 + Details
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