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Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax Financial Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio : 1.98 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Fairfax Financial Holdings's current share price is $1084.74. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $547.47. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio for today is 1.98.

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

FRFHF' s Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.69   Med: 1.42   Max: 2.18
Current: 2.04

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.

FRFHF's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is ranked worse than
77.18% of 412 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 1.13 vs FRFHF: 2.04

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. 2023 was $908.098. 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 $547.47 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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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
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
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 1.26 1.36 1.45 1.57 1.68

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
=1084.74/547.47
=1.98

* 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. 2023 is calculated as:

For example, Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was:

Adj_Book=Book Value per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=908.098/125.4675*125.4675
=908.098

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201403 368.533 98.604 468.935
201406 386.766 99.473 487.835
201409 403.764 99.394 509.680
201412 373.032 98.367 475.803
201503 394.224 99.789 495.667
201506 387.534 100.500 483.808
201509 399.651 100.421 499.328
201512 403.013 99.947 505.917
201603 398.826 101.054 495.180
201606 406.074 102.002 499.493
201609 406.647 101.765 501.363
201612 367.400 101.449 454.386
201703 361.016 102.634 441.334
201706 377.971 103.029 460.290
201709 403.928 103.345 490.396
201712 449.553 103.345 545.788
201803 461.182 105.004 551.059
201806 441.157 105.557 524.369
201809 438.708 105.636 521.069
201812 420.131 105.399 500.126
201903 450.976 106.979 528.914
201906 451.440 107.690 525.962
201909 449.584 107.611 524.185
201912 472.040 107.769 549.560
202003 409.780 107.927 476.377
202006 422.294 108.401 488.778
202009 429.100 108.164 497.744
202012 464.162 108.559 536.455
202103 497.232 110.298 565.619
202106 524.449 111.720 588.985
202109 509.546 112.905 566.242
202112 616.255 113.774 679.593
202203 605.875 117.646 646.158
202206 588.358 120.806 611.061
202209 569.966 120.648 592.735
202212 737.023 120.964 764.463
202303 803.487 122.702 821.596
202306 834.282 124.203 842.774
202309 821.532 125.230 823.087
202312 908.098 125.468 908.098

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  (OTCPK:FRFHF) 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 (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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