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Stock Compensation Plans (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Oct. 31, 2020
Share-based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]  
Restricted Stock Activity
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, 2017301,229 $77.86 
Granted during fiscal 201865,250 $145.33 
Vested during 2018(84,696)$68.82 
Forfeited during 2018(2,352)$108.31 
Outstanding at October 31, 2018279,431 $96.10 
Granted during fiscal 201988,334 $105.01 
Vested during 2019(77,031)$88.37 
Forfeited during 2019(6,464)$104.95 
Outstanding at October 31, 2019284,270 $100.76 
Granted during fiscal 202068,675 $155.71 
Vested during 2020(89,089)$76.06 
Forfeited during 2020(3,378)$131.74 
Outstanding at October 31, 2020260,478 $123.29 
Compensation Cost Related to Performance Share Agreements
A summary of the Company's compensation cost related to performance share agreements is as follows (in thousands):
Number of shares issued (actual (a) or estimated (e))For the years ended
Date of Performance Share AgreementOctober 31, 2020October 31, 2019October 31, 2018
November 1, 2015145,197  (a)$— $— $3,341 
November 1, 201684,511  (a)— 2,504 5,238 
November 1, 201713,055  (a)665 1,270 — 
November 1, 2018
— (a)
— — — 
November 1, 2019 (1)
— (e)
— — — 
Total compensation cost$665 $3,774 $8,579 
Note (1) - As of October 31, 2020, the Company could not determine that achievement of the applicable performance-based criteria is probable for the agreements entered into on November 1, 2019 due to operating results to date and the uncertainties discussed above, and therefore recorded no compensation expense related to those agreements.