FY2025 EPS Forecast for Fairfax Financial Boosted by Analyst

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (OTCMKTS:FRFHF) – Analysts at Cormark lifted their FY2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Fairfax Financial in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, February 18th. Cormark analyst J. Fenwick now anticipates that the financial services provider will earn $171.64 per share for the year, up from their prior estimate of $169.57. The consensus estimate for Fairfax Financial’s current full-year earnings is $165.82 per share.

Fairfax Financial (OTCMKTS:FRFHF) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 20th. The financial services provider reported $50.42 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $43.72 by $6.70. The business had revenue of $7.74 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $7.51 billion. Fairfax Financial had a return on equity of 14.43% and a net margin of 12.47%.

Separately, Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Fairfax Financial from $1,425.00 to $1,500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, November 4th.

Fairfax Financial Stock Down 0.4 %

Shares of OTCMKTS:FRFHF opened at $1,445.00 on Friday. Fairfax Financial has a 52-week low of $985.00 and a 52-week high of $1,493.52. The firm has a market capitalization of $33.05 billion, a P/E ratio of 9.01 and a beta of 0.80. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $1,392.09 and a 200-day moving average price of $1,309.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.43, a quick ratio of 2.45 and a current ratio of 3.65.

Fairfax Financial Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared an annual dividend, which was paid on Thursday, January 23rd. Stockholders of record on Thursday, January 16th were paid a $15.00 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, January 16th. This represents a dividend yield of 1.09%. Fairfax Financial’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 9.31%.

About Fairfax Financial

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, and investment management services in the United States, Canada, Asia, and internationally. The company operates through Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance, Life insurance and Run-off, and Non-Insurance Companies segments.