Income Per Share Attributable to Methode Shareholders (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Apr. 29, 2017

Earnings Per Share [Abstract]

Schedule of the Computation of Basic and Diluted Income Per Share

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted income per share: 

	Fiscal Year Ended
	April 29, 2017		April 30, 2016		May 2, 2015
Numerator:
Net income attributable to Methode Electronics, Inc.	$	92.9	$	84.6	$	101.1
Denominator:
Denominator for basic earnings per share-weighted average shares outstanding and vested/unissued restricted stock awards	37,283,096		38,333,484		38,686,715
Dilutive potential common shares-employee stock options, restricted stock awards and restricted stock units	202,605		138,128		580,151
Denominator for diluted earnings per share	37,485,701		38,471,612		39,266,866
Basic and diluted income per share:
Basic income per share	$	2.49	$	2.21	$	2.61
Diluted income per share	$	2.48	$	2.20	$	2.57