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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Apr. 30, 2026
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Income before Income Tax, Domestic and Foreign | The domestic and foreign components of earnings before income taxes for the years ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, consisted of the following:
$ in thousands |  | 2026 |  | 2025
Earnings before income taxes |  |  |  |
United States |  | $ | 6,812 |  |  | $ | 10,073 |
Foreign |  | 6,921 |  |  | 4,712 |
Total earnings before income tax expense |  | $ | 13,733 |  |  | $ | 14,785 |
Income Tax Expense | Income tax (benefit) expense for the years ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, consisted of the following:
$ in thousands |  | 2026 |  | 2025
Current tax (benefit) expense: |  |  |  |
Federal |  | $ | 581 |  |  | $ | 3,042 |
State and local |  | 471 |  |  | 610 |
Foreign |  | 2,236 |  |  | 1,752 |
Total current tax expense |  | 3,288 |  |  | 5,404 |
Deferred tax (benefit) expense: |  |  |  |
Federal |  | 77 |  |  | (1,432) |
State and local |  | 88 |  |  | (650) |
Foreign |  | (185) |  |  | (120) |
Total deferred tax (benefit) expense |  | (20) |  |  | (2,202) |
Net income tax (benefit) expense |  | $ | 3,268 |  |  | $ | 3,202 |
Schedule of Cash Flow, Supplemental Disclosures | The domestic and foreign components of the Company's income taxes paid, net of refunds received, for the years ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, consisted of the following:
$ in thousands |  | 2026 |  | 2025
United States federal |  | $ | 1,265 |  |  | $ | 1,849 |
United States state |  | 457 |  |  | 556 |
Foreign - India |  | 1,754 |  |  | 1,506 |
Foreign - Other jurisdictions |  | 84 |  |  | $ | 61 |
Total income taxes paid, net of refunds received |  | 3,560 |  |  | $ | 3,972 |
Schedule of Income Tax Reconciliation | The reasons for the differences between the net income tax (benefit) expense presented above and the amounts computed by applying the statutory federal income tax rate to earnings before income taxes for the years ended April 30, 2026 and 2025, respectively, are as follows:
$ in thousands |  | 2026 |  |  |  | 2025 |  |
Income tax expense at U.S. federal statutory rate |  | $ | 2,884 |  |  | 21.0 | % |  | $ | 3,105 |  |  | 21.0 | %
State and local taxes, net of federal income tax benefit(1) |  | 460 |  |  | 3.3 | % |  | (168) |  |  | (1.1) | %
Foreign Tax Effects |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
India |  | 285 |  |  | 2.1 | % |  | 190 |  |  | 1.3 | %
Deferred taxes on unremitted foreign earnings ("APB 23") |  | 437 |  |  | 3.2 | % |  | 416 |  |  | 2.8 | %
Other foreign jurisdictions |  | (95) |  |  | (0.7) | % |  | (7) |  |  | — | %
Cross-border tax laws |  | 21 |  |  | 0.2 | % |  | 6 |  |  | — | %
Tax credits |  | (635) |  |  | (4.6) | % |  | (515) |  |  | (3.5) | %
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance |  | 5 |  |  | — | % |  | 7 |  |  | — | %
Nontaxable or nondeductible items |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-deductible transaction costs |  | — |  |  | — | % |  | 348 |  |  | 2.4 | %
Other |  | 70 |  |  | 0.5 | % |  | 61 |  |  | 0.4 | %
Return to provision adjustment |  | (130) |  |  | (0.9) | % |  | (72) |  |  | (0.5) | %
Other items, net |  | (34) |  |  | (0.2) | % |  | (169) |  |  | (1.1) | %
Net income tax (benefit) expense |  | $ | 3,268 |  |  | 23.8 | % |  | $ | 3,202 |  |  | 21.7 | %
(1) In fiscal year 2026, state taxes in California, Minnesota, Texas, Michigan, and North Carolina made up the majority (greater than 50%) of the tax effect in this category.
Summary of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant items comprising deferred tax assets and liabilities as of April 30 were as follows:
$ in thousands |  | 2026 |  | 2025
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |
Accrued employee benefit expenses |  | $ | 449 |  |  | $ | 417 |
Allowance for credit losses |  | 160 |  |  | 151 |
Deferred compensation |  | 1,925 |  |  | 1,345 |
Tax credits (state, net of federal benefits) |  | 256 |  |  | 170 |
Foreign tax credit carryforwards |  | 638 |  |  | 638 |
Section 174 R&E |  | 1,892 |  |  | 3,269 |
Warranty Accrual |  | 210 |  |  | 193 |
Inventory reserves and capitalized costs |  | 593 |  |  | 478 |
Net operating loss carryforwards |  | 169 |  |  | 147 |
Proceeds on sale leaseback |  | 6,431 |  |  | 6,550 |
Operating lease liabilities |  | 2,076 |  |  | 2,372 |
Other |  | 451 |  |  | 457 |
Total deferred tax assets |  | 15,250 |  |  | 16,187 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |
Book basis in excess of tax basis of property, plant and equipment |  | (2,969) |  |  | (3,024) |
Book basis in excess of tax basis of sale leaseback property |  | (1,108) |  |  | (1,095) |
Book basis in excess of tax basis of intangibles assets |  | (3,758) |  |  | (4,005) |
APB 23 Assertion |  | (1,376) |  |  | (1,507) |
Right of use assets |  | (2,229) |  |  | (2,589) |
Debt Issuance Cost on sale leaseback |  | (126) |  |  | (138) |
Total deferred tax liabilities |  | (11,566) |  |  | (12,358) |
Valuation allowance |  | (768) |  |  | (933) |
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | 2,916 |  |  | $ | 2,896 |
Deferred tax assets (liabilities) classified in the balance sheet: |  |  |  |
Deferred tax assets, non-current |  | $ | 3,829 |  |  | $ | 3,994 |
Deferred tax liabilities, non-current |  | (913) |  |  | (1,098) |
Net deferred tax assets (liabilities) |  | $ | 2,916 |  |  | $ | 2,896 |

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