Fairfax Financial (FRFHF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a Toronto-based holding company engaged primarily in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance. Through its subsidiaries and associated companies, Fairfax provides commercial and personal insurance products, specialty coverage, and reinsurance solutions to businesses, organizations, and individuals.

The company operates through a portfolio of insurance businesses in Canada, the United States, Europe, and other international markets. Its insurance interests have included Northbridge Financial, Crum & Forster, Odyssey Group, Allied World, Brit Insurance, and Eurolife, among others. Fairfax also owns and manages investments through its insurance operations and affiliated businesses.

Fairfax was founded in 1985 by Prem Watsa, who serves as the company's chairman and chief executive officer. The company is known for managing a group of decentralized insurance and reinsurance businesses while emphasizing long-term underwriting and investment strategies.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1,558.00 to $1,584.99
• 50-Day Range: $1,545.00 to $1,727.00
• 52-Week Range: $1,500.00 to $1,949.00
• Volume: 990 shs
• Average Volume: 5,336 shs
• Market Capitalization: $32.86 billion
• P/E Ratio: 7.74
• Dividend Yield: 0.95%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fairfax Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fairfax Financial scored higher than 33% 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: 1.6 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fairfax Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.33, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 3 buy ratings, 2 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

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

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 3.1 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 17.00%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Fairfax Financial are expected to grow by 17.00% in the coming year, from $152.68 to $178.64 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fairfax Financial is 7.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 38.91.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fairfax Financial is 7.74, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 24.70.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fairfax Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.13. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

Short Interest

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• Short Interest Level: Bearish

Percentage of Shares Shorted

0.74% of the float of Fairfax Financial has been sold short.

Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

Fairfax Financial has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 13.12, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Fairfax Financial has recently increased by 17.84%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Fairfax Financial has a dividend yield of 0.95%, which is in 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 7.35%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%.

Dividend Sustainability

Based on earnings estimates, Fairfax Financial will have a dividend payout ratio of 8.40% next year. This indicates that Fairfax Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 1.0 / 5
• News Sentiment: -0.47

News Sentiment

Fairfax Financial has a news sentiment score of -0.47. 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 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 9 news articles for Fairfax Financial this week, compared to 1 article on an average week.

Company Ownership

• Score: 0.1 / 5
• Insider Trading: N/A

Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

In the past three months, Fairfax Financial insiders have not sold or bought any company stock.

Percentage Held by Institutions

10.41% of the stock of Fairfax Financial is held by institutions.

Company Calendar

• Last Earnings: 4/30/2026
• Today: 10/13/2026
• Next Earnings (Estimated): 11/05/2026
• Fiscal Year End: 12/31/2026

Industry, Sector and Symbol

• Stock Exchange: OTCMKTS
• Sector: Finance
• Industry: Insurance
• Sub-Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance
• Current Symbol: OTCMKTS:FRFHF
• Previous Symbol: NYSE:FFH
• CIK: 915191
• Web: www.fairfax.ca
• Phone: (416) 367-4941
• Fax: 416-367-4946
• Employees: 62,500
• Year Founded: 1985

Profitability

• EPS (Trailing Twelve Months): $204.10
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 7.74
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.35
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $4.77 billion
• Net Margins: 13.83%
• Pretax Margin: 19.52%
• Return on Equity: 14.72%
• Return on Assets: 4.16%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.46
• Current Ratio: 3.60
• Quick Ratio: 3.60

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $31.60 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.04
• Cash Flow: $250.79 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 6.30
• Book Value: $1,400.46 per share
• Price / Book: 1.13

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 20,800,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $32.86 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.45