Equity (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	May 31, 2020 USD ($) item $ / shares shares	May 31, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 31, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Stock-Based Compensation
Total number of shares granted since inception	11,149,000
2013 Stock Plan
Stock-Based Compensation
Shares available for future grant	646,088
Stock options
Stock-Based Compensation
Expiration term	10 years
First number of equal annual increments in which stock options are exercisable | item	3
Commencement period after the date of grant for annual increments of stock options becoming exercisable	1 year
Weighted average fair value of stock options granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 10.30	$ 13.60	$ 9.29
Assumptions used in the Black-Scholes option pricing models to estimate the fair value of each stock option grant
Risk-free interest rate	1.90%	2.70%	1.80%
Expected volatility of common stock	32.00%	30.80%	31.70%
Dividend yield	0.80%	0.60%	0.90%
Expected option term in years	4 years 6 months	4 years 6 months	4 years 3 months 18 days
Shares
Outstanding at beginning of year (in shares)	1,777,000	2,082,000	2,334,000
Granted (in shares)	414,460	300,240	463,140
Exercised (in shares)	(300,000)	(571,000)	(704,000)
Cancelled (in shares)	(40,000)	(34,000)	(11,000)
Outstanding at end of year (in shares)	1,851,000	1,777,000	2,082,000
Options exercisable at end of year (in shares)	1,133,000	981,000	883,000
Weighted Average Exercise Price
Outstanding at beginning of year (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 30.37	$ 26.72	$ 23.02
Granted (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	37.66	47.84	35.33
Exercised (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	24.99	25.56	20.04
Cancelled (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	36.72	42.02	29.50
Outstanding at end of year (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	32.74	30.37	26.72
Options exercisable at end of year (in dollars per share) | $ / shares	$ 28.32	$ 25.28	$ 23.81
Stock options, additional disclosures
Total fair value of stock options vested | $	$ 3.7	$ 5.6	$ 4.9
Total intrinsic value of stock options exercised | $	6.2	12.2	14.2
Aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding | $	0.5	6.7
Tax benefit realized from stock options exercised | $	2.1	2.7	2.9
Unearned compensation not yet recognized | $	$ 4.2
Average remaining amortization period of unearned compensation	1 year 3 months 18 days
Stock options | Selling, general and administrative expenses
Stock options, additional disclosures
Compensation expense | $	$ 3.9	4.1	5.1
Restricted stock
Stock-Based Compensation
Granted (in shares)	279,000
Stock options, additional disclosures
Unearned compensation not yet recognized | $	$ 2.5
Average remaining amortization period of unearned compensation	1 year 7 months 6 days
Restricted stock | Selling, general and administrative expenses
Stock options, additional disclosures
Compensation expense | $	$ 3.4	$ 9.4	$ 10.2
Restricted stock | 2013 Stock Plan
Stock-Based Compensation
Granted (in shares)	3,656,000
Restricted stock | Minimum
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting period	1 year
Restricted stock | Maximum
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting period	5 years
Performance Based Restricted Stock | Minimum
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting period	3 years
Performance Based Restricted Stock | Maximum
Stock-Based Compensation
Vesting period	5 years