Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH) Given Consensus Rating of "Moderate Buy" by Brokerages

Key Points

• "Moderate Buy" consensus from seven analysts (four buy, three hold) with an average 12‑month price target of C$2,743.75.
• Analyst views diverge: recent notes range from BMO's downgrade and C$2,500 target to Scotiabank's C$3,150 and National Bank's C$3,200 targets, indicating mixed opinions on upside.
• Recent results and metrics show strength—Fairfax traded near C$2,370.99, has a market cap of C$50.86 billion, a P/E of 11.09, reported quarterly EPS of C$79.02 and revenue of C$17.53 billion with ROE ~18.6%.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH - Get Free Report) has been assigned an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from the seven research firms that are currently covering the stock, MarketBeat reports. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold recommendation and four have issued a buy recommendation on the company. The average twelve-month price target among analysts that have updated their coverage on the stock in the last year is C$2,743.75.

A number of equities research analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. ATB Cormark Capital Markets raised their price target on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$2,500.00 to C$2,600.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Scotiabank raised their target price on Fairfax Financial from C$3,050.00 to C$3,150.00 in a research note on Friday, January 30th. National Bank Financial set a C$3,200.00 target price on shares of Fairfax Financial and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 4th. BMO Capital Markets lowered shares of Fairfax Financial from an "outperform" rating to a "hold" rating and decreased their price objective for the company from C$2,600.00 to C$2,500.00 in a research note on Thursday, January 22nd. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada set a C$2,200.00 target price on Fairfax Financial and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th.

Fairfax Financial Price Performance

TSE FFH opened at C$2,370.99 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of C$2,345.92 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$2,387.82. The stock has a market capitalization of C$50.86 billion, a PE ratio of 11.09, a PEG ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 0.39. Fairfax Financial has a fifty-two week low of C$1,836.92 and a fifty-two week high of C$2,700.00.

Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 19th. The company reported C$79.02 earnings per share for the quarter. Fairfax Financial had a return on equity of 18.62% and a net margin of 15.70%.The business had revenue of C$17.53 billion for the quarter. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Fairfax Financial will post 212.3039807 earnings per share for the current year.

Fairfax Financial Company Profile

Fairfax Financial is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.

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