Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Financial ratios & Valuation

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
0.240.50-0.570.231.300.157.070.110.230.040.050.15
Price/Sales ratio
0.030.020.030.020.020.010.010.010.010.000.000.01
Price/Book Value ratio
0.040.020.020.020.030.020.010.020.010.000.000.02
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-5.520.522.1217.170.550.221.890.05-0.06-5.28-0.060.22
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-2.820.82-4.24-0.960.770.29-1.980.05-0.05-0.37-0.070.29
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.00-0.000.00-0.00-0.010.00-0.070.00-0.000.000.00-0.01
Dividend Yield
70.23%100.21%93.34%71.41%75.97%104.57%120.88%84.13%108.55%141.67%4.00%104.57%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
100%90.26%101.21%96.52%105.37%100%100%100%100%75.16%105.57%105.37%
Operating Profit Margin
25.95%5.97%-3.39%9.42%8.15%-15.44%-21.69%-3.99%5.19%-3.57%4.68%4.68%
Pretax Profit Margin
23.81%4.09%-6.23%13.01%3.88%10.54%1.23%17.02%6.63%22.89%16.17%3.88%
Net Profit Margin
16.06%5.14%-5.52%11.68%2.11%9.24%0.18%13.18%4.44%16.98%12.60%2.11%
Effective Tax Rate
28.79%-3.87%27.58%22.40%6.89%11.71%84.67%16.52%24.83%13.76%20.11%6.89%
Return on Assets
4.36%1.25%-1.28%3.01%0.59%2.77%0.05%3.92%1.24%4.76%4.19%0.59%
Return On Equity
16.55%5.07%-5.15%12.28%2.52%13.62%0.26%20.75%6.87%19.09%17.45%2.52%
Return on Capital Employed
7.23%3.20%-1.50%4.45%4.22%-4.93%-6.66%-1.34%1.65%-1.00%1.55%1.55%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
3.371.271.431.831.3610.575.617.474.82N/AN/A10.57
Cash ratio
6.540.150.090.110.191.021.692.501.06N/AN/A1.02
Days of Sales Outstanding
234.08250.00N/AN/AN/A276.59326.229.19N/AN/A8.92276.59
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/A-5.24K60.65K-23.48K9.37KN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Operating Cycle
N/A-4.99K60.65K-23.48K9.37KN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A8.92N/A
Days of Payables Outstanding
N/A359.65-969.51182.54-171.90N/AN/AN/AN/A123.72-1.00KN/A
Cash Conversion Cycle
N/A-5.35K61.62K-23.66K9.54KN/AN/AN/AN/A-123.721.01KN/A
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.080.070.120.110.120.090.110.080.090.100.110.11
Debt Equity Ratio
0.330.310.510.470.510.440.630.470.510.420.440.44
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.250.240.320.310.330.300.380.320.310.280.300.30
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.250.240.330.320.330.300.380.320.340.290.300.30
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.45N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-0.020.150.020.000.110.210.010.85-0.51-0.00-0.320.21
Company Equity Multiplier
3.794.034.004.074.264.905.345.285.524.004.024.90
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.000.040.010.000.040.060.000.25-0.17-0.00-0.100.06
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1.950.63-0.49-17.700.710.76-0.950.941.0914.041.120.71
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-0.020.150.020.000.110.210.010.85-0.51-0.00-0.320.21
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A0.470.123.11N/AN/AN/A-5.39-0.04N/AN/A
Dividend Payout Ratio
17.28%50.80%-53.67%16.62%99.21%16.53%854.81%9.30%25.72%6.73%10.19%16.53%