Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Insurance
  • ISIN: CA3039011026
CAD
2,377.57
-33.11 (-1.37%)
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  • Key factors
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  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Strong Sell
Sell
Hold
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
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Why is Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. ?

1
Strong Long Term Fundamental Strength with a 15.73% CAGR growth in Net Sales
2
With ROE of 17.23%, it has a attractive valuation with a 1.48 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a fair value compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -0.57%, its profits have risen by 11.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.5
3
Majority shareholders : FIIs
stock-recommendationReal-Time Research Report

Verdict Report

How much should you buy?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Insurance should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Insurance)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. for you?

Medium Risk, High Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
-0.57%
18.60
23.80%
S&P/TSX 60
28.13%
2.33
12.07%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
15.73%
EBIT Growth (5y)
-100.00%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
1.03
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
Negative Net Debt
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
0
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0
Tax Ratio
23.70%
Dividend Payout Ratio
6.48%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
0.97%
ROCE (avg)
2.66%
ROE (avg)
17.92%
stock-recommendationValuation

Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
9
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
1.48
EV to EBIT
NA
EV to EBITDA
68.19
EV to Capital Employed
1.38
EV to Sales
1.03
PEG Ratio
0.53
Dividend Yield
NA
ROCE (Latest)
ROE (Latest)
17.23%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bullish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Bearish
Mildly Bullish
Moving Averages
Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bullish
OBV
No Trend
Bullish
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

6What is working for the Company
RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 0% (YoY

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at CAD 16,223.74 MM

OPERATING PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 2,958.71 MM

OPERATING PROFIT MARGIN(Q)

Highest at 18.24 %

PRE-TAX PROFIT(Q)

Highest at CAD 2,655.39 MM

EPS(Q)

Highest at CAD 87.74

-1What is not working for the Company
DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 30.79 %

Here's what is working for Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

Net Sales
Highest at CAD 16,223.74 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is positive

Net Sales (CAD MM)

Operating Profit
Highest at CAD 2,958.71 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Operating Profit trend is positive

Operating Profit (CAD MM)

Operating Profit Margin
Highest at 18.24 %
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Company's profit margin has improved

Operating Profit to Sales

Pre-Tax Profit
Highest at CAD 2,655.39 MM
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term Pre-Tax Profit trend is positive

Pre-Tax Profit (CAD MM)

EPS
Highest at CAD 87.74
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Increasing profitability; company has created higher earnings for shareholders

EPS (CAD)

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 0% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 30.79 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio