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Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRA:FFX) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 2.05 (As of May. 09, 2024)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-05-09), Fairfax Financial Holdings's current share price is €1056.00. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 was €515.13. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 2.05.

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: 1.42   Max: 2.18
Current: 2.08

During the past years, Fairfax Financial Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio was 2.18. The lowest was 0.69. And the median was 1.42.

FRA:FFX's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
76.46% of 412 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.155 vs FRA:FFX: 2.08

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 Mar. 2024 was €840.386. 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 €515.13 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 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 Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.23 0.85 1.11 1.26 1.68

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 1.36 1.45 1.57 1.68 1.96

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.



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
=1056.00/515.13
=2.05

* 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 Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

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

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=840.386/125.4675*125.4675
=840.386

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 125.4675.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201406 284.660 99.473 359.047
201409 313.321 99.394 395.512
201412 302.529 98.367 385.877
201503 364.263 99.789 457.997
201506 345.292 100.500 431.072
201509 356.089 100.421 444.901
201512 369.966 99.947 464.432
201603 358.146 101.054 444.672
201606 361.406 102.002 444.549
201609 362.323 101.765 446.715
201612 348.296 101.449 430.759
201703 337.550 102.634 412.648
201706 336.394 103.029 409.658
201709 338.896 103.345 411.443
201712 379.873 103.345 461.192
201803 374.019 105.004 446.909
201806 377.631 105.557 448.861
201809 375.973 105.636 446.556
201812 369.295 105.399 439.611
201903 399.114 106.979 468.089
201906 399.524 107.690 465.476
201909 408.222 107.611 475.959
201912 424.836 107.769 494.604
202003 370.851 107.927 431.121
202006 374.997 108.401 434.034
202009 364.306 108.164 422.585
202012 381.541 108.559 440.966
202103 417.675 110.298 475.120
202106 435.292 111.720 488.857
202109 433.114 112.905 481.305
202112 545.385 113.774 601.439
202203 550.134 117.646 586.711
202206 556.587 120.806 578.064
202209 575.665 120.648 598.661
202212 695.749 120.964 721.652
202303 750.457 122.702 767.370
202306 770.042 124.203 777.880
202309 769.775 125.230 771.232
202312 832.726 125.468 832.726
202403 840.386 125.468 840.386

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 (FRA:FFX) 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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