Other Comprehensive Income

12 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2012

Other Comprehensive Income [Abstract]

Other Comprehensive Income

15. Other Comprehensive Income

The difference between net income and total comprehensive income is as follows (in thousands):

	Year Ended March 31,
	2012		2011		2010
Net income (loss)	$	29,728	$	4,072	$	(3,793	)
Unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments, net of tax of $60 (1)		116		—		—
Total comprehensive income (loss)		29,844		4,072		(3,793	)
Less: total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to redeemable noncontrolling interest		14,549		1,241		(422	)
Total comprehensive income (loss) attributable to Cavco common stockholders	$	15,295	$	2,831	$	(3,371	)

(1) Pre-tax unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments for the year ended March 31, 2012 was $176,000.

Fifty-percent of the unrealized gain on available-for-sale investments, net of tax, or $58,000, is attributable to the redeemable noncontrolling interest, while the remaining fifty-percent, or $58,000, is attributable to Cavco stockholders, consistent with Cavco’s ownership of Fleetwood Homes.