Quarterly Financial Information (Unaudited) (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Quarterly Financial Information Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Quarterly Financial Information

The following table presents selected unaudited quarterly financial information for the years ended December 31:

	First Quarter					Second Quarter				Third Quarter				Fourth Quarter
	2012		2011			2012		2011		2012		2011		2012			2011
Net sales	$	698,491	$	614,157		$	743,188	$	662,382	$	709,919	$	709,322	$	840,095		$	849,987
Gross profit	193,240		149,404			185,569		169,490		173,210		194,386		184,134			222,649
Income (loss) from continuing      operations	45,965		4,146			27,792		21,602		18,064		42,782		(4,300		)	83,047
(Loss) income from discontinued      operations, net of tax	—		(11		)	—		529		—		—		(3,125		)	5
Net income (loss)	45,965		4,135			27,792		22,131		18,064		42,782		(7,425		)	83,052
Net income attributable to      noncontrolling interests	802		1,634			1,290		1,327		630		1,027		3,220			3,297
Net income (loss) attributable to      Diebold, Incorporated	$	45,163	$	2,501		$	26,502	$	20,804	$	17,434	$	41,755	$	(10,645	)	$	79,755
Basic earnings per share:
Income (loss) from continuing       operations, net of tax	0.72		0.04			0.42		0.31		0.28		0.66		(0.12		)	1.27
Income (loss) from discontinued       operations, net of tax	—		—			—		0.01		—		—		(0.05		)	—
Net income (loss) attributable to      Diebold, Incorporated	$	0.72	$	0.04		$	0.42	$	0.32	$	0.28	$	0.66	$	(0.17	)	$	1.27
Diluted earnings per share:
Income (loss) from continuing      operations, net of tax	$	0.71	$	0.04		$	0.41	$	0.31	$	0.27	$	0.65	$	(0.12	)	$	1.26
Income (loss) from discontinued       operations, net of tax	—		—			—		0.01		—		—		(0.05		)	—
Net income (loss) attributable to      Diebold, Incorporated	$	0.71	$	0.04		$	0.41	$	0.32	$	0.27	$	0.65	$	(0.17	)	$	1.26
Basic weighted-average shares      outstanding (in thousands)	62,725		65,762			63,064		65,028		63,211		63,626		63,230			62,599
Diluted weighted-average shares      outstanding (in thousands) (1)	63,333		66,230			64,035		65,482		64,134		64,186		63,230			63,300

(1) incremental shares of 786,000 were excluded from the computation of diluted EPS for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 because their effect is anti-dilutive due to the loss from continuing operations.