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| 1 Year | 5 Year | 5 Year Annualized | Since IPO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRFHF | +19.14% | +441.03% | +40.14% | +2,691% |
| S&P | +12.57% | +87.93% | +13.44% | +656% |
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. is a holding company, which engages in the provision of property and casualty insurance, and reinsurance, and investment management. It operates through the following segments: Insurance and Reinsurance, Runoff, and Other. The Insurance and Reinsurance segment comprises of Group Re, Bryte Insurance, Advent, Fairfax Latin America and Fairfax Central; and Eastern Europe, which focuses on third party business and specialty property reinsurance and insurance risks. The Runoff segment includes European Run-off, which includes RiverStone (UK) and Syndicate 3500 at Lloyd's, and U.S. Run-off, which includes TIG Insurance. The Other segment consists of all the non-insurance operations such as Restaurants & Retail, Fairfax India, Thomas Cook India, and Other. The company was founded by Vivian Prem Watsa on March 13, 1951 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
This little-known Canadian company has used the Berkshire Hathaway model to generate big gains -- but shareholders have to be patient.
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $11.55B | -1.0% |
| Market Cap | $42.00B | 34.3% |
| Market Cap / Employee | $0.74M | 0.0% |
| Employees | 57K | 11.8% |
| Net Income | $1.25B | 11.3% |
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| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Net Cash | $9.77B | 27.4% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Long Term Debt | $13.84B | 29.2% |
| Short Term Debt | $0.00M | 0.0% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Return On Assets | 4.62% | 0.1% |
| Return On Invested Capital | 9.90% | 0.4% |
| Q3 2025 | YOY Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Free Cash Flow | $2.04B | 14.7% |
| Operating Free Cash Flow | $2.31B | 22.3% |
| Metric | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | YoY Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price to Earnings | 8.01 | 7.87 | 8.60 | 8.09 | 14.32% |
| Price to Book | 1.35 | 1.37 | 1.67 | 1.51 | 17.48% |
| Price to Sales | 0.76 | 0.74 | 0.94 | 0.87 | 18.24% |
| Price to Tangible Book Value | 1.85 | 2.14 | 2.57 | 2.28 | 25.98% |
| Price to Free Cash Flow TTM | 12.29 | 10.56 | 10.96 | 9.43 | - |
| Free Cash Flow Yield | 8.1% | 9.5% | 9.1% | 10.6% | - |
| Return on Equity | 16.5% | 17.2% | 18.7% | 18.7% | 5.10% |
| Total Debt | $13.06B | $12.17B | $13.22B | $13.84B | 29.24% |
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