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Earnings Per Share Attributable to the Stockholders of Argan - Additional Information (Detail)
3 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2015
Apr. 30, 2014
Earnings Per Share [Abstract]    
Additional shares included in the calculation of diluted EPS 227,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements 383,000us-gaap_IncrementalCommonSharesAttributableToShareBasedPaymentArrangements
Shares covered by antidilutive stock options 40,000us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount 0us-gaap_AntidilutiveSecuritiesExcludedFromComputationOfEarningsPerShareAmount