Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Financial ratios & Valuation

Forward Multiples (2025 – 2026)

20252026
Price/Earnings ratio
4.215.42
Price/Sales ratio
0.510.49
Earnings per Share (EPS)
CA$147.77CA$114.73

Historical Multiples (2014 – 2023)

2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 TTM Median
Valuation Ratios
Price/Earnings ratio
6.7918.44-21.647.7432.216.29316.103.9713.065.327.587.58
Price/Sales ratio
1.111.111.190.890.730.590.590.520.580.731.100.73
Price/Book Value ratio
1.161.011.120.970.920.870.850.820.891.011.270.92
Price/Cash Flow ratio
-157.9872.358.814.99-6.299.3184.562.03-3.39-591.677.23-6.29
Price/Free Cash Flow ratio
-80.77-184.9910.565.89-5.6012.18-88.552.14-3.09-42.118.44-5.60
Price/Earnings Growth ratio
-0.01-0.270.11-0.01-0.400.01-3.200.00-0.200.010.05-0.40
Dividend Yield
2.45%2.53%2.45%2.09%2.71%2.56%2.70%2.34%1.96%1.26%1.45%2.56%
Profitability Indicator Ratios
Gross Profit Margin
99.03%97.49%100%93.33%100%100%100%100%100%81.05%105.33%100%
Operating Profit Margin
25.35%8.17%-4.62%16.52%4.64%-15.44%-21.69%-3.99%5.19%98.64%13.63%4.64%
Pretax Profit Margin
23.58%6.63%-5.97%13.48%5.22%10.54%1.23%17.02%6.63%18.55%19.42%5.22%
Net Profit Margin
16.47%6.03%-5.52%11.59%2.27%9.46%0.18%13.18%4.44%13.76%13.89%2.27%
Effective Tax Rate
28.79%-2.80%28.79%20.18%5.12%11.71%84.67%16.52%24.83%13.76%18.44%5.12%
Return on Assets
4.52%1.36%-1.18%2.71%0.58%2.84%0.05%3.92%1.24%4.76%4.19%0.58%
Return On Equity
17.14%5.51%-5.21%12.60%2.86%13.93%0.26%20.75%6.87%19.09%17.42%2.86%
Return on Capital Employed
7.47%1.99%-1.07%4.17%1.23%-4.93%-6.66%-1.34%1.65%34.14%4.11%1.23%
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Quick Ratio
5.025.285.357.4210.246.313.394.373.28N/AN/A6.31
Cash ratio
2.683.043.424.742.431.021.692.501.06N/AN/A1.02
Days of Sales Outstanding
217.76249.76272.61304.04314.66276.59301.53268.40297.2429.329.84276.59
Days of Inventory outstanding
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Operating Cycle
217.76249.76N/A304.04N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A29.329.84N/A
Days of Payables Outstanding
4.01K1.50KN/A693.45N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A131.45-1.41KN/A
Cash Conversion Cycle
-3.79K-1.26KN/A-389.41N/AN/AN/AN/AN/A-102.131.42KN/A
Debt Ratios
Debt Ratio
0.080.080.100.090.100.100.110.080.090.100.110.10
Debt Equity Ratio
0.330.320.480.450.490.500.630.470.510.420.440.50
Long-term Debt to Capitalization
0.250.240.310.310.320.300.340.320.310.280.300.30
Total Debt to Capitalization
0.250.240.320.310.330.330.380.320.340.290.300.33
Interest Coverage Ratio
N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A6.55N/A
Cash Flow to Debt Ratio
-0.020.040.260.43-0.290.180.010.85-0.51-0.000.39-0.29
Company Equity Multiplier
3.794.034.414.644.904.905.345.285.524.004.014.90
Cash Flow Ratios
Operating Cash Flow / Sales Ratio
-0.000.010.130.17-0.110.060.000.25-0.17-0.000.14-0.11
Free Cash Flow / Operating Cash Flow Ratio
1.95-0.390.830.841.120.76-0.950.941.0914.040.890.76
Cash Flow Coverage Ratio
-0.020.040.260.43-0.290.180.010.85-0.51-0.000.39-0.29
Short Term Coverage Ratio
N/AN/A4.34N/A-7.661.580.08N/A-5.39-0.04N/A-7.66
Dividend Payout Ratio
16.69%46.75%-53.03%16.20%87.31%16.15%854.81%9.30%25.72%6.73%10.19%16.15%