Overview
Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, based in Toronto, Canada, is a multinational holding company primarily engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, along with investment management. Under the leadership of founder and CEO Prem Watsa, the company has grown substantially since its inception in 1985, diversifying its holdings to encompass a broad range of insurance products and services. Fairfax Financial Holdings has a strategic focus on capital appreciation and maintaining a conservative investment profile, managing risks through hedging and a disciplined approach to underwriting. Key projects include significant acquisitions and global expansion, particularly in emerging markets, aiming to consolidate its presence and stimulate sustainable growth within the insurance and financial sectors.
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Basic Stats
The share price of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited as of September 5, 2025 is $2,376.85 / share. This is an increase of 0.53% from the prior week. The market cap (or net worth) of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited as of September 5, 2025 is $51,320.55 MM.
The Factor Analysis chart (below right) shows a view of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited from a variety of lenses. Each factor shows how well the company ranks against all other companies in the Fintel global investing universe. Factor scores range from zero to 100, with 100 being most desirable, and 50 being average.
For example, a company with a Value Score of 100 would be the most undervalued company in our database. A company with a Value Score of zero would be the most overvalued.
| Market Cap | 51,320.55 MM |
| EV | |
| Shares Out. | 21.59 MM |
| Earnings Date | |
| EPS (TTM) | 211.44 |
| Dividend Yield | |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2025-01-16 |
| Borrow Rate | 0.90 |
| Short Shares Avail. | 0.01 MM |
| Short Interest | |
| Short Float | |
| Days to Cover | |
| Risk Free Rate | 4.17 % |
| Price Change (1 yr) | 45.15 % |
| Volatility (1 yr) | 0.22 |
| Beta | 0.61 |
| Sharpe Ratio (1 yr) | 1.85 |
| Sortino Ratio (1 yr) | 3.29 |
| PE Ratio | |
| Price/Book | |
| Price/TBV | |
| Book/Market | |
| EBIT/EV | |
| EBIT(3yr avg)/EV | |
| ROA | 0.05 |
| ROE | 0.16 |
| ROIC | 0.11 |
| CROIC | 0.02 |
| OCROIC | 0.09 |
| Implied Volatility | |
| Put/Call OI Ratio |
| Growth | 88.79 /100 |
| Profitability | 69.17 /100 |
| Quality Score | 51.69 /100 |
| Value Score | |
| Momentum Score | 50.69 /100 |
| Stability (Low Vol) Score | 85.34 /100 |
| Analyst Sentiment | 61.61 /100 |
| Fund Sentiment | 75.31 /100 |
| Insider Sentiment | |
| Officer Sentiment | |
| Dividend Score | |
| QVM Score | |
| Piotroski F-SCORE | 6.00 /9 |
Factor Scores range from 0 to 100, with 100 being most desirable. Larger circles are better. In situations where we have no data (e.g. no insider trades), we plot the score at 50 to avoid penalizing companies. However, a company that does not pay dividends will get a Dividend Score of Zero. Additionally, we inverted volatility to create a "stability" metric which is better when higher.
Price Target
The average one-year price target for Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is $2,929.26. The forecasts range from a low of $2,626.00 to a high of $3,182.49. A stock’s price target is the price at which analysts consider it fairly valued with respect to its projected earnings and historical earnings. Analysts typically set price targets that correspond to their buy or sell recommendations.
Update Frequency: Monthly
Stock Upgrades/Downgrades
This card shows analyst upgrades/downgrades for Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited. An analyst rating is a classification that gives investors a sense of analyst sentiment about the direction and performance of an equity - usually a stock - over a period of time, typically 12 months.
The standard analyst ratings are generally as follows:
- Buy/Overweight/Outperform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to outperform a market index (e.g. the S&P 500).
- Hold/Equal-Weight/Market Perform - Any of these ratings conveys an analyst’s belief that the stock is likely to perform in line with a market index.
- Sell/Underweight/Underperform - Any of these ratings suggest that an analyst believes the stock is likely to underperform a market index.
When an analyst upgrades a stock, they are signaling that the company’s fundamentals are being undervalued by investors. It could also mean they believe the market is underestimating the company’s potential. The opposite is true when a stock receives a downgrade.
The average rating of each individual analyst’s rating is the consensus rating for a stock. This gives investors a broader sense of the overall sentiment for that stock.
| Date | Analyst | Prior | Latest Recommendation |
Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-07 | Cormark Securities | Upgrade | ||
| 2022-11-04 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-11-04 | CIBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-11-04 | BMO Financial | Upgrade | ||
| 2022-10-26 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2022-10-24 | CIBC Capital Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2022-10-12 | STA Research | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-10-12 | RBC Royalbank | Buy | Downgrade | |
| 2022-09-20 | STA Research | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-09-20 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-08-02 | RBC Royalbank | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2022-07-06 | Morningstar | Hold | Upgrade | |
| 2015-03-04 | CIBC World Markets | 475 | Maintains | |
| 2014-08-04 | BMO Capital Markets | At Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2013-11-04 | CIBC World Markets | 400 | Maintains | |
| 2013-05-06 | BMO Capital Markets | At Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2013-01-18 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-21 | STA Research | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-29 | STA Research | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-29 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-07-06 | STA Research | Hold | Reiterate | |
| 2016-02-22 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2016-02-22 | BMO Capital Markets | At Market Perform | Maintains | |
| 2015-06-25 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-21 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-06-21 | CIBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-05-03 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-05-02 | RBC Royalbank | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-05-02 | Cormark Securities | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-04-29 | National Bank of Canada Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-04-29 | BMO Financial | Hold | Upgrade | |
| 2022-04-27 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-04-26 | STA Research | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-04-26 | CIBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-03-23 | STA Research | Hold | Initiate | |
| 2022-03-23 | Morningstar | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2022-03-07 | CIBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-14 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-02-14 | RBC Royalbank | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-02-11 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-11 | CIBC Capital Markets | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-02-11 | BMO Financial | Market Perform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-02-08 | National Bank of Canada Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2022-02-03 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2022-01-04 | Scotiabank Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2022-01-04 | Morningstar | Hold | Maintains | |
| 2021-12-03 | NationalBankFinancial | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2021-12-03 | CIBC WM | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2021-11-19 | CormarkSecurities | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-11-18 | ScotiaBankFinancial | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2021-11-18 | NationalBankFinancial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-11-18 | BMONesbitt | Market Perform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-11-05 | Sbank | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2021-08-02 | Sbank | Upgrade | ||
| 2021-08-02 | Cormark Securities | Upgrade | ||
| 2021-07-30 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-07-23 | Cormark Securities | Upgrade | ||
| 2021-07-06 | Sbank | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-07-06 | BMO Capital Markets | Market Perform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-05-03 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-04-30 | RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Initiate | |
| 2021-04-29 | Sbank | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-04-29 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-04-21 | BMO Capital Markets | Upgrade | ||
| 2021-04-15 | Sbank | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-04-15 | Cormark Securities | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-04-07 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-03-08 | National Bank Financial | Upgrade | ||
| 2021-02-12 | BMO Capital Markets | Upgrade | ||
| 2021-02-11 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2021-01-26 | Sbank | Sector Perform | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2020-11-02 | Cormark Securities | Downgrade | ||
| 2020-10-30 | BMO Capital Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2020-07-31 | Cormark Securities | Downgrade | ||
| 2020-07-30 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2020-07-23 | Sbank | Upgrade | ||
| 2020-06-29 | Sbank | Upgrade | ||
| 2020-05-05 | Canaccord Genuity | Downgrade | ||
| 2020-04-08 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2020-03-24 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2020-02-18 | Sbank | Upgrade | ||
| 2019-11-04 | BMO Capital Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2019-11-02 | Raymond James Financial | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2019-08-07 | Raymond James Financial | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2019-07-18 | Cormark Securities | Downgrade | ||
| 2019-06-19 | Raymond James Financial | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2019-05-03 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Reiterate | |
| 2019-04-09 | Cormark Securities | Upgrade | ||
| 2019-02-19 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2019-02-15 | BMO Capital Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2019-01-28 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2019-01-10 | Cormark Securities | Downgrade | ||
| 2018-11-05 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Downgrade | |
| 2018-11-05 | Cormark Securities | Buy | Reiterate | |
| 2018-11-05 | CIBC World Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2018-11-02 | BMO Capital Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2018-10-18 | CIBC World Markets | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-10-18 | CIBC | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2018-07-26 | National Bank Financial | Outperform | Initiate | |
| 2018-05-07 | Sbank | Sector Perform | Upgrade | |
| 2018-05-07 | CIBC World Markets | Upgrade | ||
| 2018-05-01 | BMO Capital Markets | Upgrade | ||
| 2018-04-03 | Sbank | Sector Perform | Initiate | |
| 2018-02-20 | BMO Capital Markets | Market Perform | Initiate | |
| 2018-01-31 | CIBC World Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2017-11-06 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2017-11-03 | BMO Capital Markets | Upgrade | ||
| 2017-10-13 | CIBC World Markets | Upgrade | ||
| 2017-09-08 | CIBC World Markets | Downgrade | ||
| 2017-08-25 | BMO Capital Markets | Market Perform | Downgrade | |
| 2017-08-16 | Fairfax Financial | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2017-08-08 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Upgrade | |
| 2017-07-24 | CIBC World Markets | Underperform | Neutral | Upgrade |
| 2017-05-01 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2017-03-14 | BMO Capital Markets | 670 | Maintains | |
| 2017-02-21 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2017-02-21 | CIBC World Markets | Neutral | Underperform | Maintains |
| 2017-02-17 | BMO Capital Markets | 660 | Maintains | |
| 2016-12-20 | RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintains | |
| 2016-12-20 | CIBC World Markets | 650 | Maintains | |
| 2016-08-03 | CIBC World Markets | 725 | Maintains | |
| 2016-06-27 | CIBC World Markets | Underperform | Sector Perform | Maintains |
| 2016-05-02 | CIBC World Markets | 550 | Maintains | |
| 2023-04-13 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-04-03 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-03-13 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2023-02-21 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2022-09-02 | DOWLING & PARTNERS SECURITIES, LLC | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2020-05-04 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-05-27 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2023-05-21 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-05-14 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-05-14 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2022-09-01 | DOWLING & PARTNERS SECURITIES, LLC | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2020-05-03 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2023-08-07 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-07 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-03 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-02 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-07 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-11-06 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-05 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-08 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-08-08 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-04 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-08-03 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-05-28 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Neutral | Outperform | Upgrade |
| 2023-05-22 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-05-15 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-05-15 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-08-07 | DOWLING & PARTNERS SECURITIES, LLC | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-08-06 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2024-08-04 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-07-31 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-06 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2023-11-05 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2023-11-04 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-12-15 | DOWLING & PARTNERS SECURITIES, LLC | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2024-12-11 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-11-24 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-11-05 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2024-11-03 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-02 | DOWLING & PARTNERS SECURITIES, LLC | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-03-09 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-03-08 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-02-17 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-02-13 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-07-17 | DOWLING & PARTNERS SECURITIES, LLC | Neutral | Neutral | Maintains |
| 2025-07-06 | RAYMOND JAMES LTD. | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-05-19 | CIBC CAPITAL MARKETS | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-05-04 | CORMARK SECURITIES INC. | Buy | Buy | Maintains |
| 2025-04-30 | NATIONAL BANK FINANCIAL | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
| 2025-04-30 | SCOTIABANK GBM | Outperform | Outperform | Maintains |
