Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH) Receives Average Rating of "Moderate Buy" from Analysts

Key Points

• Analyst consensus: Fairfax has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" from seven analysts—four "buy" and three "hold"—with a 1‑year average target of C$2,743.75.
• Recent analyst moves: Price targets range from C$2,200 (RBC) to C$3,200 (National Bank Financial), while BMO recently downgraded the stock from "outperform" to "hold" and cut its target to C$2,500.
• Stock & fundamentals: FFH opened at C$2,424.20 (52‑week range C$2,001.12–C$2,700.00), has a market cap around C$52B and a P/E of 11.34, and reported quarterly EPS of C$79.02 with a 15.7% net margin.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH - Get Free Report) has earned an average recommendation of "Moderate Buy" from the seven analysts that are currently covering the company, MarketBeat Ratings reports. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have assigned a buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among brokerages that have covered the stock in the last year is C$2,743.75.

Several equities research analysts recently weighed in on FFH shares. 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. ATB Cormark Capital Markets increased their price objective 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 report on Monday, February 23rd. Scotiabank increased their price objective on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$3,050.00 to C$3,150.00 in a research report on Friday, January 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada set a C$2,200.00 price objective on shares of Fairfax Financial and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, January 26th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets downgraded shares of Fairfax Financial from an "outperform" rating to a "hold" rating and dropped their price objective for the company from C$2,600.00 to C$2,500.00 in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd.

Fairfax Financial Stock Up 1.5%

Shares of FFH opened at C$2,424.20 on Tuesday. Fairfax Financial has a fifty-two week low of C$2,001.12 and a fifty-two week high of C$2,700.00. The firm's 50 day moving average price is C$2,336.35 and its 200 day moving average price is C$2,382.66. The company has a market cap of C$52.00 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.34, a PEG ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 0.33.

Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, February 19th. The company reported C$79.02 earnings per share for the quarter. Fairfax Financial had a net margin of 15.70% and a return on equity of 18.62%. The firm had revenue of C$17.53 billion for the quarter. Research analysts forecast 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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