Stockholders' Equity (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2012

Stockholders' Equity

The following table reconciles the beginning and end of the period equity accounts attributable to Cooper Tire & Rubber Company and to the noncontrolling shareholders’ interests:

				Noncontrolling
	Total			Shareholders’
	Parent			Interests in			Total
	Stockholders’			Consolidated			Stockholders’
	Equity			Subsidiaries			Equity
Balance at December 31, 2011	$	577,801		$	120,089		$	697,890
Net income		147,427			21,924			169,351
Other comprehensive income		21,205			1,561			22,766
Dividends payable to noncontrolling shareholders		—			(3,495	)		(3,495	)
Acquisition of noncontrolling shareholders’ interest		(71	)		—			(71	)
Stock compensation plans, including tax benefit of $1,764		10,810			—			10,810
Cash dividends—$.315 per share		(19,650	)		—			(19,650	)
Balance at September 30, 2012	$	737,522		$	140,079		$	877,601