Stock Compensation Plans (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2019

Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

A summary of the Company’s restricted stock activity and related information is as follows:


	Number of Shares	Weighted Average Grant Price
Outstanding at October 31, 2016	293,810	$	68.65
Granted during fiscal 2017	83,587	$	91.71
Vested during 2017	(69,294)	$	55.50
Forfeited during 2017	(6,874)	$	78.22
Outstanding at October 31, 2017	301,229	$	77.86
Granted during fiscal 2018	65,250	$	145.33
Vested during 2018	(84,696)	$	68.82
Forfeited during 2018	(2,352)	$	108.31
Outstanding at October 31, 2018	279,431	$	96.10
Granted during fiscal 2019	88,334	$	105.01
Vested during 2019	(77,031)	$	88.37
Forfeited during 2019	(6,464)	$	104.95
Outstanding at October 31, 2019	284,270	$	100.76

Compensation Cost Related to Performance Share Agreements

A summary of the Company's compensation cost related to performance share agreements is as follows (in thousands):


	Number of shares issued (actual (a) or estimated (e))		For the years ended
Date of Performance Share Agreement					October 31, 2019			October 31, 2018			October 31, 2017
November 1, 2014	102,193	(a)	$	—		$	—		$	2,787
November 1, 2015	145,197	(a)	—			3,341			6,752
November 1, 2016	84,511	(a)	2,504			5,238			—
November 1, 2017	13,127	(e)	1,270			—			—
November 1, 2018 (1)	—	(e)	—			—			—
Total compensation cost			$	3,774		$	8,579		$	9,539

Note (1) - As of October 31, 2019, the Company could not determine that achievement of the applicable performance-based criteria is probable for the agreements entered into on November 1, 2018 due to the uncertainties discussed above, and therefore recorded no compensation expense related to those agreements.