Fairfax Financial (FFH) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, and investment management services in the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance, Life insurance and Run-off, and Non-Insurance Companies segments. It insures against losses to property from fire, explosion, earthquake, windstorm, flood, terrorism, boiler explosion, machinery breakdown, and construction defects, as well as underwrites automobile, commercial and personal property, and crop insurance. The company also offers workers' compensation, automobile, employer's liability, accident and health, medical malpractice, professional liability, and umbrella coverage insurance products; marine, aerospace, surety risk, and other risks and liabilities insurance products; and reinsurance products. In addition, it franchises, owns, and operates restaurants; retails sports lifestyle products; provides integrated travel and travel-related financial services, as well as advanced digital tools for agriculture; owns and operates holiday resorts; originates, processes, and distributes value-added pulses and staple foods; develops, manages, and invests in hospitality real estate. The company was formerly known as Markel Financial Holdings Limited and changed its name to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited in 1987. Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: C$1,907.38 to C$1,922.47
• 50-Day Range: C$1,602.65 to C$1,923.64
• 52-Week Range: C$1,171.70 to C$1,930.81
• Volume: 27,600 shs
• Average Volume: 53,700 shs
• Market Capitalization: C$44.64 billion
• P/E Ratio: 8.53
• Dividend Yield: 1.06%
• Price Target: C$2,025.00
• Consensus Rating: Buy

Fairfax Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fairfax Financial scored higher than 38% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

Analyst's Opinion

• Score: 1.5 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Buy

Consensus Rating

Fairfax Financial has received a consensus rating of Buy. The company's average rating score is 3.00, and is based on 4 buy ratings, no hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fairfax Financial has only been the subject of 2 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: N/A

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fairfax Financial is 8.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 112.03.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fairfax Financial is 8.53, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Financial Services sector average P/E ratio of about 417.62.

Price to Earnings Growth Ratio

Fairfax Financial has a PEG Ratio of 0.27. PEG Ratios below 1 indicate that a company could be undervalued.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fairfax Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.95. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: N/A
• Short Interest Level: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FFH.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Fairfax Financial pays a meaningful dividend of 1.15%, higher than the bottom 25% of all stocks that pay dividends.

Dividend Growth

Fairfax Financial does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

Dividend Coverage

The dividend payout ratio of Fairfax Financial is 9.03%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Sustainability and ESG

• Score: N/A
• Environmental Score: N/A

Short Interest

There is no current short interest data available for FFH.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.4 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.46

News Sentiment

Fairfax Financial has a news sentiment score of -0.46. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a lower news sentiment than the 0.68 average news sentiment score of Financial Services companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 3 news articles for Fairfax Financial this week, compared to 3 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

3 people have added Fairfax Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

Company Ownership

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Insider Trading: Selling Shares

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fairfax Financial insiders have sold 86,534.17% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought C$15,003.00 in company stock and sold C$12,997,725.00 in company stock.

Percentage Held by Insiders

Only 3.76% of the stock of Fairfax Financial is held by insiders.

Percentage Held by Institutions

Only 38.02% of the stock of Fairfax Financial is held by institutions.

FFH Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

How have FFH shares performed this year?

Fairfax Financial's stock was trading at C$1,222.51 at the beginning of 2024. Since then, FFH stock has increased by 56.6% and is now trading at C$1,915.00.
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How do I buy shares of Fairfax Financial?

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What other stocks do shareholders of Fairfax Financial own?

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Fairfax Financial investors own include Enbridge (ENB), NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), MercadoLibre (MELI), Arista Networks (ANET) and Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS).

Company Calendar

• Today: 11/17/2024
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 2/20/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: TSE
• Sector: Financial Services
• Industry: Insurance - Property & Casualty
• Sub-Industry: Banking
• Current Symbol: TSE:FFH
• CUSIP: N/A
• CIK: N/A
• Web: www.fairfax.ca
• Phone: +1-416-3674941
• Fax: N/A
• Employees: 19,300
• Year Founded: N/A

Price Target and Rating

• Average Stock Price Target: C$2,025.00
• High Stock Price Target: C$2,200.00
• Low Stock Price Target: C$1,425.00
• Potential Upside/Downside: +5.7%
• Consensus Rating: Buy
• Rating Score (0-4): 3.00
• Research Coverage: 4 Analysts

Profitability

• EPS (Most Recent Fiscal Year): C$224.58
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 8.53
• Forward P/E Ratio: 9.02
• P/E Growth: 0.27
• Net Income: C$4.04 billion
• Net Margins: 12.27%
• Pretax Margin: N/A
• Return on Equity: 17.91%
• Return on Assets: 4.27%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 40.13
• Current Ratio: 3.75
• Quick Ratio: 0.93

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: C$33.32 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.34
• Cash Flow: C$816.18 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 2.35
• Book Value: C$979.63 per share
• Price / Book: 1.95

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 23,310,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: C$44.64 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.83