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Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax Financial Holdings) Buyback Yield % : 1.41 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Buyback Yield %?

Buyback yield is the net repurchase of shares outstanding over the market capital of the company. It is a measure of shareholder return.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's current buyback yield was 1.41%.


Fairfax Financial Holdings Buyback Yield % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Buyback Yield % 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 Buyback Yield % Chart

Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Buyback Yield %
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.72 2.60 9.81 2.43 1.66

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Buyback Yield % 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 2.15 3.19 0.59 1.82 2.24

Competitive Comparison of Fairfax Financial Holdings's Buyback Yield %

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

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

* The bar in red indicates where Fairfax Financial Holdings's Buyback Yield % falls into.



Fairfax Financial Holdings Buyback Yield % Calculation

Buyback yield is a measure of shareholder return.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's Buyback Yield for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield=Net Issuance of Stock / Market Cap
=- (Repurchase of Stock + Issuance of Stock) / Market Cap
=- (-363.2 + 0) / 21916.4137025
=1.66%

Fairfax Financial Holdings's annualized Buyback Yield for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Buyback Yield=Net Issuance of Stock(Annualized) / Market Cap
=- (Repurchase of Stock + Issuance of Stock) * Annualized Factor / Market Cap
=- (-122.5 + 0) * 4 / 21916.4137025
=2.24%

* 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.

In calculating the annualized quarterly data, the Repurchase of Stock and Issuance of Stock data used here is four times the quarterly (Dec. 2023) data.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings (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.