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Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax Financial Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : 85.01 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF?

As of today (2024-04-27), Fairfax Financial Holdings's current share price is $1084.74. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $12.76. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is 85.01.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF or its related term are showing as below:

FRFHF' s Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 10.43   Med: 35.03   Max: 293.55
Current: 87.71

During the past years, Fairfax Financial Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF was 293.55. The lowest was 10.43. And the median was 35.03.

FRFHF's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF is ranked worse than
96.91% of 324 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 11.03 vs FRFHF: 87.71

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 Price-to-FCF. The Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted free cash flow per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted free cash flow per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was $35.418. Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share, which is $12.76 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Chart

Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 27.07 26.89 11.71 34.35 72.15

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 Price-to-FCF 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 34.35 54.94 72.87 91.30 72.15

Competitive Comparison of Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF, along with its competitors' market caps and Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Distribution in the Insurance Industry

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF falls into.



Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF Calculation

Like the Shiller PE Ratio, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF takes the Free Cash Flow per Share from the past 10 years, adjusts it for inflation, and then calculates the average. This average is then used for the P/FCF calculation. Because it considers this 10-year average, it's often referred to as the CAPFCF 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 Price-to-FCF.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted FCF per Share
=1084.74/12.76
=85.01

* 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 FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as:

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

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=35.418/125.4675*125.4675
=35.418

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201403 -7.136 98.604 -9.080
201406 8.955 99.473 11.295
201409 -8.038 99.394 -10.147
201412 -0.148 98.367 -0.189
201503 -37.564 99.789 -47.230
201506 18.644 100.500 23.276
201509 27.222 100.421 34.011
201512 -11.688 99.947 -14.672
201603 -12.051 101.054 -14.962
201606 -20.944 102.002 -25.762
201609 -3.466 101.765 -4.273
201612 82.060 101.449 101.489
201703 31.449 102.634 38.446
201706 22.866 103.029 27.846
201709 63.947 103.345 77.636
201712 -24.680 103.345 -29.963
201803 -117.095 105.004 -139.915
201806 34.811 105.557 41.377
201809 43.795 105.636 52.017
201812 -37.450 105.399 -44.581
201903 13.829 106.979 16.219
201906 -17.458 107.690 -20.340
201909 21.966 107.611 25.611
201912 19.032 107.769 22.157
202003 16.203 107.927 18.836
202006 -19.862 108.401 -22.989
202009 7.485 108.164 8.682
202012 -7.723 108.559 -8.926
202103 27.834 110.298 31.662
202106 27.946 111.720 31.385
202109 128.556 112.905 142.860
202112 42.956 113.774 47.371
202203 -41.825 117.646 -44.606
202206 -132.604 120.806 -137.721
202209 -39.529 120.648 -41.108
202212 17.926 120.964 18.593
202303 -50.518 122.702 -51.657
202306 -13.945 124.203 -14.087
202309 9.176 125.230 9.193
202312 35.418 125.468 35.418

Add all the adjusted free cash flow per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted FCF 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 Price-to-FCF Explanation

Compared with the regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF smoothed out the fluctuations of free cash flow 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 Price-to-FCF should give similar results to regular Price-to-Free-Cash-Flow.


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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.