Investments	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020
Investments [Abstract]
Investments	(14) Investments Minda Stoneridge Instruments Ltd. The Company has a 49% equity interest in Minda Stoneridge Instruments Ltd. (“MSIL”), a company based in India that manufactures electronics, instrumentation equipment and sensors primarily for the motorcycle, commercial vehicle and automotive markets. The investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company’s investment in MSIL, recorded as a component of investments and other long-term assets, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, was $12,346 and $12,701 at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Equity in earnings of MSIL included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations was $457 and $364, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. PST Eletrônica Ltda. The Company had a 74% controlling interest in Stoneridge Brazil from December 31, 2011 through May 15, 2017. On May 16, 2017, the Company acquired the remaining 26% noncontrolling interest in Stoneridge Brazil. As part of the acquisition agreement, the Company will be required to pay additional earn-out consideration, which is not capped, based on Stoneridge Brazil’s financial performance in either 2020 or 2021. See Note 5 for the fair value and foreign currency adjustments of the earn-out consideration for the current and prior periods. Stoneridge Brazil had dividends payable to former noncontrolling interest holders of R$24,154 ($6,010) as of December 31, 2019. The dividends payable balance included R$261 ($68) in monetary correction for the three months ended March 31, 2019 based on the Brazilian National Extended Consumer Price inflation index. The dividend payable related to Stoneridge Brazil was recorded within other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019. These dividends were paid in January 2020. Other Investments In December 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to make a $10,000 investment in a fund managed by Autotech Ventures (“Autotech”), a venture capital firm focused on ground transportation technology which is accounted for in accordance with ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10)”. This investment does not have a readily determinable fair value and is measured at cost, less impairments, adjusted for observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. The Company’s $10,000 investment in the Autotech fund will be contributed over the expected ten-year life of the fund. The Company contributed $400 to the Autotech fund as of March 31, 2019 and did not contribute to the Autotech fund during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Company recognized $39 and $16 in fair value and other adjustments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Autotech investment recorded in investments and other long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets was $1,788 and $1,827 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

Investments

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2020

(14) Investments

Minda Stoneridge Instruments Ltd.

The Company has a 49% equity interest in Minda Stoneridge Instruments Ltd. (“MSIL”), a company based in India that manufactures electronics, instrumentation equipment and sensors primarily for the motorcycle, commercial vehicle and automotive markets. The investment is accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company’s investment in MSIL, recorded as a component of investments and other long-term assets, net on the condensed consolidated balance sheets, was $12,346 and $12,701 at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. Equity in earnings of MSIL included in the condensed consolidated statements of operations was $457 and $364, for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

PST Eletrônica Ltda.

The Company had a 74% controlling interest in Stoneridge Brazil from December 31, 2011 through May 15, 2017. On May 16, 2017, the Company acquired the remaining 26% noncontrolling interest in Stoneridge Brazil. As part of the acquisition agreement, the Company will be required to pay additional earn-out consideration, which is not capped, based on Stoneridge Brazil’s financial performance in either 2020 or 2021. See Note 5 for the fair value and foreign currency adjustments of the earn-out consideration for the current and prior periods.

Stoneridge Brazil had dividends payable to former noncontrolling interest holders of R$24,154 ($6,010) as of December 31, 2019. The dividends payable balance included R$261 ($68) in monetary correction for the three months ended March 31, 2019 based on the Brazilian National Extended Consumer Price inflation index. The dividend payable related to Stoneridge Brazil was recorded within other current liabilities on the consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2019. These dividends were paid in January 2020.

Other Investments

In December 2018, the Company entered into an agreement to make a $10,000 investment in a fund managed by Autotech Ventures (“Autotech”), a venture capital firm focused on ground transportation technology which is accounted for in accordance with ASU 2016-01, “Financial Instruments – Overall (Subtopic 825-10)”. This investment does not have a readily determinable fair value and is measured at cost, less impairments, adjusted for observable price changes in orderly transactions for identical or similar investments of the same issuer. The Company’s $10,000 investment in the Autotech fund will be contributed over the expected ten-year life of the fund. The Company contributed $400 to the Autotech fund as of March 31, 2019 and did not contribute to the Autotech fund during the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Company recognized $39 and $16 in fair value and other adjustments during the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. The Autotech investment recorded in investments and other long-term assets in the condensed consolidated balance sheets was $1,788 and $1,827 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.