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Comprehensive Income (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2011

Comprehensive Income

Schedule Of Comprehensive Income

		Quarter Ended June 30,								Six Months Ended June 30,
		2011				2010				2011				2010
Net income		$	52,272			$	48,207			$	63,394			$	53,682
Changes in unrealized losses on derivative instrument, net of income tax expense of $45, $29, $89 and $40, respectively			73				47				144				68
Changes in unrealized losses on available-for-sale securities, net of income tax benefit (expense) of $3, $10, $(1) and $5, respectively			(4	)			(14	)			3				(4	)
Comprehensive income			52,341				48,240				63,541				53,746
Less: comprehensive income attributable to noncontrolling interest			16,249				13,162				19,871				14,804
Comprehensive income attributable to Watsco, Inc.		$	36,092			$	35,078			$	43,670			$	38,942

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Tabular disclosure of components of comprehensive income (loss) including, but not limited to: (a) foreign currency translation adjustments; (b) gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions that are designated as, and are effective as, economic hedges of a net investment in a foreign entity; (c) gains (losses) on intercompany foreign currency transactions that are of a long-term-investment nature, when the entities to the transaction are consolidated, combined, or accounted for by the equity method in the reporting enterprise's financial statements; (d) change in the market value of a futures contract that qualifies as a hedge of an asset reported at fair value; (e) unrealized holding gains (losses) on available-for-sale securities and that resulting from transfers of debt securities from the held-to-maturity category to the available-for-sale category; (f) a net loss recognized as an additional pension liability not yet recognized as net periodic pension cost; and (g) the net gain (loss) and net prior service cost or credit for pension plans and other postretirement benefit plans.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Topic 220
-SubTopic 10
-Publisher FASB
-Number
-Article
-Subparagraph
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Paragraph 1
-Section 45
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6920043&loc=d3e526-108580

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