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OTCMKTS:FRFHF

Fairfax Financial - FRFHF Competitors

$653.66
-4.52 (-0.69%)
(As of 03/24/2023 12:00 AM ET)
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Today's Range
$641.48
$657.67
50-Day Range
$592.75
$699.08
52-Week Range
$439.80
$702.00
Volume
2,417 shs
Average Volume
6,809 shs
Market Capitalization
$16.03 billion
P/E Ratio
15.72
Dividend Yield
1.53%
Price Target
$1,075.00

FRFHF vs. WRB, MKL, MSADY, CINF, RE, L, HIG, CNA, AFG, and RNR

Should you be buying Fairfax Financial stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Fairfax Financial include W. R. Berkley (WRB), Markel (MKL), MS&AD Insurance Group (MSADY), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), Everest Re Group (RE), Loews (L), The Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG), CNA Financial (CNA), American Financial Group (AFG), and RenaissanceRe (RNR). These companies are all part of the "fire, marine, & casualty insurance" industry.

Fairfax Financial vs.

Fairfax Financial (OTCMKTS:FRFHF) and W. R. Berkley (NYSE:WRB) are both large-cap finance companies, but which is the superior investment? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their institutional ownership, profitability, earnings, risk, media sentiment, valuation, community ranking, dividends and analyst recommendations.

0.7% of Fairfax Financial shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.7% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by institutional investors. 22.5% of W. R. Berkley shares are owned by insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.

W. R. Berkley received 105 more outperform votes than Fairfax Financial when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 61.97% of users gave Fairfax Financial an outperform vote while only 51.22% of users gave W. R. Berkley an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
Fairfax FinancialOutperform Votes
189
61.97%
Underperform Votes
116
38.03%
W. R. BerkleyOutperform Votes
294
51.22%
Underperform Votes
280
48.78%

W. R. Berkley has a net margin of 12.37% compared to Fairfax Financial's net margin of 4.09%. W. R. Berkley's return on equity of 18.50% beat Fairfax Financial's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Fairfax Financial 4.09% 6.16% 1.28%
W. R. Berkley 12.37% 18.50% 3.73%

Fairfax Financial has a beta of 0.85, suggesting that its stock price is 15% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, W. R. Berkley has a beta of 0.62, suggesting that its stock price is 38% less volatile than the S&P 500.

In the previous week, W. R. Berkley had 8 more articles in the media than Fairfax Financial. MarketBeat recorded 8 mentions for W. R. Berkley and 0 mentions for Fairfax Financial. W. R. Berkley's average media sentiment score of 1.11 beat Fairfax Financial's score of 0.00 indicating that W. R. Berkley is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company Overall Sentiment
Fairfax Financial Neutral
W. R. Berkley Positive

Fairfax Financial pays an annual dividend of $10.00 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.5%. W. R. Berkley pays an annual dividend of $0.40 per share and has a dividend yield of 0.7%. Fairfax Financial pays out 24.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. W. R. Berkley pays out 8.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years.

Fairfax Financial currently has a consensus target price of $1,075.00, indicating a potential upside of 64.46%. W. R. Berkley has a consensus target price of $79.09, indicating a potential upside of 31.75%. Given Fairfax Financial's stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, equities analysts clearly believe Fairfax Financial is more favorable than W. R. Berkley.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Fairfax Financial
0 Sell rating(s)
0 Hold rating(s)
1 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
3.00
W. R. Berkley
0 Sell rating(s)
3 Hold rating(s)
6 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.67

W. R. Berkley has lower revenue, but higher earnings than Fairfax Financial. W. R. Berkley is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Fairfax Financial, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Fairfax Financial$28.05 billion0.57$1.15 billion$41.5815.72
W. R. Berkley$11.17 billion1.42$1.38 billion$4.9512.13

Summary

W. R. Berkley beats Fairfax Financial on 12 of the 20 factors compared between the two stocks.

New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FRFHF and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of OTCMKTS and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FRFHF vs. The Competition

MetricFairfax FinancialFire, marine, & casualty insurance IndustryFinance SectorOTCMKTS Exchange
Market Cap$16.14B$28.84B$6.10B$7.71B
Dividend Yield1.52%2.61%8.30%18.14%
P/E Ratio15.7211.21130.548.75
Price / Sales0.571.586,072.12283.57
Price / Cash8.3332.1523.8619.93
Price / Book0.851.843.466.71
Net Income$1.15B-$244.47M$650.90M$743.82M
7 Day Performance1.94%1.70%0.19%0.55%
1 Month Performance-4.17%-6.06%-5.82%-1.57%
1 Year Performance25.22%-13.59%1.17%-10.31%

Fairfax Financial Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
WRB
W. R. Berkley
2.9972 of 5 stars
$61.05
-2.3%
$79.09
+29.6%
-9.0%$16.08B$11.17B12.338,186Positive News
MKL
Markel
2.3002 of 5 stars
$1,224.32
-1.6%
$1,516.67
+23.9%
-19.1%$16.68B$11.82B-52.7320,900
MSADY
MS&AD Insurance Group
1.694 of 5 stars
$15.64
+1.2%
N/A-9.7%$16.77B$45.71B9.9641,501News Coverage
Gap Up
CINF
Cincinnati Financial
1.792 of 5 stars
$107.73
-3.2%
$110.60
+2.7%
-22.1%$17.50B$6.56B-35.915,148Analyst Revision
RE
Everest Re Group
2.8351 of 5 stars
$345.87
-2.2%
$382.00
+10.4%
+15.3%$13.54B$12.06B22.892,428News Coverage
Positive News
L
Loews
2.1154 of 5 stars
$54.44
-2.8%
N/A-16.7%$12.79B$14.04B13.0912,050
HIG
The Hartford Financial Services Group
3.1073 of 5 stars
$67.16
-3.5%
$86.00
+28.1%
-9.1%$21.02B$21.85B12.3218,800News Coverage
CNA
CNA Financial
1.9637 of 5 stars
$37.70
-2.8%
N/A-24.2%$10.19B$11.88B11.496,100
AFG
American Financial Group
2.866 of 5 stars
$118.62
-3.0%
$162.75
+37.2%
-21.0%$10.11B$6.77B11.266,900Positive News
RNR
RenaissanceRe
1.9055 of 5 stars
$192.57
-1.7%
$197.25
+2.4%
+25.0%$8.42B$5.06B-7.51649
This page (OTCMKTS:FRFHF) was last updated on 3/26/2023 by MarketBeat.com Staff