Summary of Available-for-Sale Marketable Securities by Asset Type (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Nov. 30, 2018	May 31, 2018
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Amortized Cost	$ 23,703	$ 23,994
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	55	82
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(535)	(560)
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)	23,223	23,516
Equity Securities, Amortized Cost		145,956
Equity Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains		2,566
Equity Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(3,967)
Equity Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)	116,700	144,555
Total Securities, Amortized Cost		169,950
Total Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains		(2,648)
Total Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(4,527)
Total Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)		$ 168,071
Foreign
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Type [Extensible List]		us-gaap:MutualFundMember
Equity Securities, Amortized Cost		$ 46,123
Equity Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains		1,839
Equity Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(1,197)
Equity Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)		$ 46,765
Domestic
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Type [Extensible List]		us-gaap:MutualFundMember
Equity Securities, Amortized Cost		$ 99,833
Equity Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains		727
Equity Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(2,770)
Equity Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)		97,790
U.S. Treasury and other government
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Amortized Cost	23,292	23,562
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	26	39
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses	(535)	(552)
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)	22,783	23,049
Corporate bonds
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Amortized Cost	411	432
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Gross Unrealized Gains	29	43
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Gross Unrealized Losses		(8)
Available-for-Sale Debt Securities, Fair Value (Net Carrying Amount)	$ 440	$ 467

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