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Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRA:FFX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.43 (As of Apr. 29, 2025)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2025-04-29), Fairfax Financial Holdings's current share price is €1332.00. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 was €547.32. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.43.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

FRA:FFX' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.69   Med: 1.47   Max: 2.6
Current: 2.6

During the past years, Fairfax Financial Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.60. The lowest was 0.69. And the median was 1.47.

FRA:FFX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
83.7% of 405 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.19 vs FRA:FFX: 2.60

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller. He uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings per share of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted book value per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted book value per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was €975.904. Add all the adjusted book value per share for the past 10 years together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share, which is €547.32 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2024.

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Chart

Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.85 1.11 1.26 1.69 2.45

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.69 1.95 2.01 2.15 2.45

Competitive Comparison of Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio falls into.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio takes the Book Value per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/B calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPB Ratio.

The Shiller PE Ratio was first used by professor Robert Shiller to measure the valuation of the overall market. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=1332.00/547.32
=2.43

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2024 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2024)
=975.904/127.3637*127.3637
=975.904

Current CPI (Dec. 2024) = 127.3637.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201503 364.271 99.789 464.929
201506 345.296 100.500 437.592
201509 356.088 100.421 451.624
201512 369.965 99.947 471.450
201603 358.143 101.054 451.389
201606 361.414 102.002 451.277
201609 362.323 101.765 453.466
201612 348.290 101.449 437.261
201703 337.551 102.634 418.885
201706 336.394 103.029 415.849
201709 338.896 103.345 417.661
201712 379.874 103.345 468.163
201803 374.017 105.004 453.661
201806 377.633 105.557 455.647
201809 375.978 105.636 453.311
201812 369.298 105.399 446.258
201903 399.106 106.979 475.154
201906 399.524 107.690 472.511
201909 408.227 107.611 483.158
201912 424.840 107.769 502.084
202003 370.858 107.927 437.645
202006 375.003 108.401 440.601
202009 364.308 108.164 428.973
202012 381.537 108.559 447.626
202103 417.668 110.298 482.293
202106 435.284 111.720 496.236
202109 433.118 112.905 488.584
202112 545.381 113.774 610.524
202203 550.139 117.646 595.584
202206 556.582 120.806 586.795
202209 575.660 120.648 607.704
202212 695.735 120.964 732.544
202303 750.441 122.702 778.951
202306 770.046 124.203 789.640
202309 769.769 125.230 782.882
202312 832.743 125.072 847.999
202403 840.400 126.258 847.762
202406 878.421 127.522 877.333
202409 898.244 127.285 898.802
202412 975.904 127.364 975.904

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.

Please note that we use the CPI data of the country/region where the company is headquartered. If the CPI data for that country/region is not available, then we will use the CPI data of the United States as default.


Fairfax Financial Holdings  (FRA:FFX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PB Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of book value during business cycles. Therefore it is more accurate in reflecting the valuation of the company.

If a company has consistent business performance, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio should give similar results to regular PB Ratio.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings Business Description

Address
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2N7
Fairfax Financial Holdings provides reinsurance and property and casualty insurance in Canada, the United States, and other international markets. The company also has some noninsurance operations such as restaurants. Fairfax has been led by Prem Watsa, its chair and CEO, since its formation in 1985.

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