FY2025 EPS Forecast for Fairfax Financial Boosted by Analyst

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFH - Free Report) - Analysts at Raymond James Financial boosted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Fairfax Financial in a research note issued on Monday, July 7th. Raymond James Financial analyst S. Boland now anticipates that the company will post earnings of $350.59 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $252.80. Raymond James Financial currently has a "Outperform" rating and a $2,900.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Fairfax Financial's current full-year earnings is $212.30 per share. Raymond James Financial also issued estimates for Fairfax Financial's FY2026 earnings at $298.93 EPS.

A number of other equities analysts have also recently issued reports on FFH. Cormark upped their target price on Fairfax Financial from C$2,250.00 to C$2,700.00 in a report on Monday, May 5th. National Bankshares upped their target price on Fairfax Financial from C$2,600.00 to C$2,700.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised Fairfax Financial to a "moderate buy" rating and set a C$2,050.00 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday, June 18th. Scotiabank upped their price target on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$2,400.00 to C$2,500.00 and gave the company a "sector perform" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 24th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets upped their price target on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$2,400.00 to C$2,500.00 in a research report on Monday, May 5th. One analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of C$2,578.57.

Fairfax Financial Price Performance

FFH stock traded up C$12.18 during trading on Wednesday, reaching C$2,471.27. 64,292 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 56,716. The company has a 50-day moving average of C$2,336.25 and a two-hundred day moving average of C$2,126.35. The company has a market capitalization of C$39.64 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 9.46, a P/E/G ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 0.83. Fairfax Financial has a twelve month low of C$1,425.00 and a twelve month high of C$2,508.57.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, insider Andrew Barnard sold 500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of C$2,274.20, for a total transaction of C$1,137,100.00. Also, Director David Lloyd Johnston sold 27 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of C$2,282.06, for a total value of C$61,615.62. In the last quarter, insiders have acquired 19 shares of company stock valued at $45,878 and have sold 2,524 shares valued at $5,967,886. Corporate insiders own 3.76% of the company's stock.

About Fairfax Financial

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.