Fairfax Financial Holdings Overview

  • Status
  • Public
  • Employees
  • 44,043
Employees
  • Stock Symbol
  • FFH
Stock Symbol
  • Investments
  • 110
  • Share Price
  • $416.84
  • (As of Monday Closing)

Fairfax Financial Holdings General Information

Description

Fairfax Financial offers reinsurance and property and casualty insurance in Canada, the United States, and other international markets. About 25% of premiums come from reinsurance activities, and almost 30% of premiums are generated from outside Canada and the U.S. 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.

Contact Information

Website
www.fairfax.ca
Formerly Known As
Markel Service of Canada, Markel Financial Holdings
Ownership Status
Publicly Held
Financing Status
Private Equity-Backed
Primary Industry
Holding Companies
Other Industries
Re-Insurance
Multi-line Insurance
Stock Exchange
TSE
Primary Office
  • 95 Wellington Street West
  • Suite 800
  • Toronto, Ontario M5J 2N7
  • Canada
+1 (416) 000-0000
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Stock Performance

(As of Monday Closing)

Stock Price Previous Close 52 wk Range Market Cap Shares Average Volume EPS
$416.84 $411.05 $226.72 - $440.47 $11.1B 26.2M 133K $6.59

Fairfax Financial Holdings Financials Summary

In Thousands,
USD 		TTM 31-Dec-2020 FY 2020 31-Dec-2020 FY 2019 31-Dec-2019 FY 2018 31-Dec-2018
EV 18,085,642 18,085,642 14,973,416 14,955,002
Revenue 19,790,600 19,790,600 21,181,000 16,507,800
EBITDA 3,316,200 1,560,100
Net Income 218,400 218,400 2,004,100 376,000
Total Assets 74,054,000 74,054,000 70,508,500 64,372,100
Total Debt 8,814,000 8,814,000 8,729,000 6,480,400
Public Fundamental Data provided by Morningstar, Inc. disclaimer

Fairfax Financial Holdings Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Valuation/
EBITDA		 Post-Val Status Debt

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Comparisons

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Competitors (8)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Arch Capital Group Formerly PE-Backed Pembroke, Bermuda 0000 00.000 00000000000 00.000
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Executive Team (14)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Vivian Prem Watsa Founder, Chief Executive Officer & Chairman
Ramaswamy Athappan Chief Executive Officer, Fairfax Aisa
Paul Rivett President
Peter Clarke Chief Operating Officer, Operations & Vice President
Ronald Schokking Treasurer, Finance & Vice President
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Board Members (13)

Name Representing Role Since
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %ile
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Investors

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Investments & Acquisitions (110)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
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000 000000000 0000 18-Feb-2019 000000000000000000 00000 Life and Health Insurance
000 0000 000 00000 01-Jan-2019 0000000000 00000 Food Products 0000000 000000000
000000 19-Nov-2018 000000000 00000000 00000 Industrial Supplies and Parts
AXA Ukraine 23-Oct-2018 Merger/Acquisition Multi-line Insurance
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Subsidiaries (39)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Fairfax India Holdings Corporation Holding Companies Toronto, Canada 2014
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00000000 000000 00 Insurance Brokers Atlanta, GA 0000
000000 0000000 Specialty Retail Toronto, Canada 0000
0000000000 0000000 PE/Buyout Mumbai, India 0000
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Exits (29)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size Status Buyers
00000000 000000 07-Mar-2018 000000000000000000 Completed
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  • 2 buyers
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ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company 05-Apr-2016 Secondary Transaction - Private 00000 Completed
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