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Fairfax Financial Holdings (TSX:FFH.PR.K.PFD) PB Ratio : (As of Dec. 12, 2024)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings PB Ratio?

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. As of today (2024-12-12), Fairfax Financial Holdings's share price is C$24.06. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Book Value per Share for the quarter that ended in Sep. 2024 was C$0.00. Hence, Fairfax Financial Holdings's PB Ratio of today is .

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

TSX:FFH.PR.K.PFD' s PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.61   Med: 1.1   Max: 1.69
Current: 1.51

During the past 13 years, Fairfax Financial Holdings's highest PB Ratio was 1.69. The lowest was 0.61. And the median was 1.10.

TSX:FFH.PR.K.PFD's PB Ratio is ranked worse than
59.04% of 481 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.31 vs TSX:FFH.PR.K.PFD: 1.51

During the past 12 months, Fairfax Financial Holdings's average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 21.50% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 27.00% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 17.20% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate was 10.50% per year.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Book Value Per Share Growth Rate of Fairfax Financial Holdings was 51.30% per year. The lowest was -12.00% per year. And the median was 9.15% per year.

Back to Basics: PB Ratio


Fairfax Financial Holdings PB Ratio Historical Data

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

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* 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 PB Ratio Chart

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Competitive Comparison of Fairfax Financial Holdings's PB Ratio

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Fairfax Financial Holdings's PB Ratio, along with its competitors' market caps and 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 PB Ratio Distribution in the Insurance Industry

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

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



Fairfax Financial Holdings PB Ratio Calculation

The PB Ratio, or Price-to-Book ratio, or Price/Book, is a financial ratio used to compare a company's market price to its Book Value per Share. It is a ratio widely used to value stocks.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's PB Ratio for today is calculated as follows:

PB Ratio=Share Price/Book Value per Share (Q: Sep. 2024)
=24.06/
=

* 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.

It can also be calculated from the numbers for the whole company:

A closely related ratio is called Price-to-Tangible-Book. The difference between Price-to-Tangible-Book and PB Ratio is that book value other than intangibles are used in the calculation.


Fairfax Financial Holdings  (TSX:FFH.PR.K.PFD) PB Ratio Explanation

Unlike valuation ratios relative to the earning power such as PE Ratio, PE Ratio without NRI, PS Ratio, Price-to-Operating-Cash-Flow , or Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, the PB Ratio measures the valuation of the stock relative to the underlying asset of the company.

The PB Ratio works the best for the businesses that earn most of their profit from their assets, e.g. banks and insurance companies.


Be Aware

Some businesses have very light assets, such as software companies or insurance agencies. The PB Ratio does not work well for these companies. Some companies even have negative equity, so the PB Ratio cannot be applied to them.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings Business Description

Address
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2N7
Fairfax 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 chairman and CEO, since its formation in 1985.

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