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Income Per Share Attributable to Methode Shareholders (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2016
Earnings Per Share [Abstract] |
Schedule of the Computation of Basic and Diluted Income Per Share | The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income per share:
| Fiscal Year Ended
| April 30, 2016 |  | May 2, 2015 |  | May 3, 2014
Numerator: |  |  |  |  |
Net income attributable to Methode Electronics, Inc. | $ | 84.6 |  |  | $ | 101.1 |  |  | $ | 96.1 |
Denominator: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average shares outstanding and vested/unissued restricted stock awards | 38,333,484 |  |  | 38,686,715 |  |  | 37,973,697 |
Dilutive potential common shares-employee stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units | 138,128 |  |  | 580,151 |  |  | 242,562 |
Denominator for diluted earnings per share | 38,471,612 |  |  | 39,266,866 |  |  | 38,216,259 |
Basic and diluted income per share: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Basic income per share | $ | 2.21 |  |  | $ | 2.61 |  |  | $ | 2.53 |
Diluted income per share | $ | 2.20 |  |  | $ | 2.57 |  |  | $ | 2.51 |

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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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