Advertising Costs - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2020	Apr. 30, 2019	Apr. 30, 2018
Selling and Marketing Expense
Advertising Costs [Line Items]
Advertising expense for continuing operations	$ 28.1	$ 24.3	$ 25.8

Amount charged to advertising expense for the period, which are expenses incurred with the objective of increasing revenue for a specified brand, product or product line.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 720
-SubTopic 35
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (b)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6420018&loc=d3e36677-107848

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