Fairfax Financial (FRFHF) Stock Price, News & Analysis

Company Overview

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a Canadian holding company focused primarily on property and casualty insurance and reinsurance. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, it offers commercial and personal insurance, specialty coverage and reinsurance products.

Founded in 1985 by Prem Watsa, the company is headquartered in Toronto. Its insurance and reinsurance operations serve customers and businesses in Canada, the United States and international markets.

Fairfax also manages investments for its insurance businesses and other entities. Prem Watsa serves as the company’s chairman and chief executive officer.

Key Stats

• Today's Range: $1,904.48 to $1,959.98
• 50-Day Range: $1,545.00 to $1,974.00
• 52-Week Range: $1,500.00 to $1,989.00
• Volume: 6,492 shs
• Average Volume: 8,754 shs
• Market Capitalization: $40.10 billion
• P/E Ratio: 9.98
• Dividend Yield: 0.78%
• Price Target: N/A
• Consensus Rating: Hold

Fairfax Financial Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

Fairfax Financial scored higher than 45% 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: 1.8 / 5
• Analyst Rating: Hold

Consensus Rating

Fairfax Financial has received a consensus rating of Hold. The company's average rating score is 2.40, and is based on no strong buy ratings, 2 buy ratings, 3 hold ratings, and no sell ratings.

Amount of Analyst Coverage

Fairfax Financial has only been the subject of 3 research reports in the past 90 days.

Earnings and Valuation

• Score: 2.5 / 5
• Proj. Earnings Growth: 7.02%

Earnings Growth

Earnings for Fairfax Financial are expected to grow by 7.02% in the coming year, from $176.01 to $188.37 per share.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

The P/E ratio of Fairfax Financial is 9.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 26.05.

Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

The P/E ratio of Fairfax Financial is 9.98, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Finance sector average P/E ratio of about 20.02.

Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

Fairfax Financial has a P/B Ratio of 1.26. 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

0.78% 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 18.37, which indicates bearish sentiment.

Change versus previous month

Short interest in Fairfax Financial has recently increased by 14.20%, indicating that investor sentiment is decreasing significantly.

Dividend

• Score: 1.7 / 5
• Dividend Strength: Weak

Dividend Yield

Fairfax Financial has a dividend yield of 0.77%, 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 7.68%. 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 7.96% next year. This indicates that Fairfax Financial will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.

News and Social Media

• Score: 3.7 / 5
• News Sentiment: 0.96

News Sentiment

Fairfax Financial has a news sentiment score of 0.96. 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 higher news sentiment than the 0.65 average news sentiment score of Finance companies.

News Coverage This Week

MarketBeat has tracked 5 news articles for Fairfax Financial this week, compared to 0 articles on an average week.

MarketBeat Follows

1 people have added Fairfax Financial to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days.

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: 11/03/2026
• Today: 11/12/2026
• 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): $195.38
• Trailing P/E Ratio: 9.98
• Forward P/E Ratio: 10.24
• P/E Growth: N/A
• Net Income: $4.77 billion
• Net Margins: 12.94%
• Pretax Margin: 18.81%
• Return on Equity: 13.77%
• Return on Assets: 3.90%

Debt

• Debt-to-Equity Ratio: 0.47
• Current Ratio: 3.53
• Quick Ratio: 3.52

Sales & Book Value

• Annual Sales: $31.60 billion
• Price / Sales: 1.27
• Cash Flow: $247.50 per share
• Price / Cash Flow: 7.79
• Book Value: $1,527.50 per share
• Price / Book: 1.26

Miscellaneous

• Outstanding Shares: 20,800,000
• Free Float: N/A
• Market Cap: $40.10 billion
• Optionable: Not Optionable
• Beta: 0.45