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Fairfax Financial Holdings (TSX:FFH) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share : C$849.85 (As of Mar. 2025)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and 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 for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was C$1,495.574. 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 C$849.85 for the trailing ten years ended in Mar. 2025.

During the past 12 months, Fairfax Financial Holdings's average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 13.40% per year. During the past 3 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 13.30% per year. During the past 5 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 11.00% per year. During the past 10 years, the average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate was 8.70% per year. Please click Growth Rate Calculation Example (GuruFocus) to see how GuruFocus calculates Wal-Mart Stores Inc (WMT)'s revenue growth rate. You can apply the same method to get the Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate using Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share data.

During the past 13 years, the highest 3-Year average Cyclically Adjusted Book Growth Rate of Fairfax Financial Holdings was 13.30% per year. The lowest was 3.60% per year. And the median was 6.15% per year.

As of today (2025-07-03), Fairfax Financial Holdings's current stock price is C$2404.34. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2025 was C$849.85. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is 2.83.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Fairfax Financial Holdings was 2.87. The lowest was 0.69. And the median was 1.47.


Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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 Book per Share Chart

Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23 Dec24
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
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Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24 Jun24 Sep24 Dec24 Mar25
Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share 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 749.37 775.85 793.94 816.90 849.85

Competitive Comparison of Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share

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.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Calculation

E10 is a concept invented by Prof. Robert Shiller, who uses E10 for his Shiller PE Ratio calculation. E10 is the average of the inflation adjusted earnings of a company over the past 10 years. The similar calculation is applied by GuruFocus to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share and 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.

What is Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share? How do we calculate Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share?

Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted Book Value per Share of a company over the past 10 years. Let's use an example to explain.

If we want to calculate the Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share of Wal-Mart (WMT) for Dec. 31, 2010, we need to have the inflation data and the book value per share from 2001 through 2010.

We adjusted the 2001 book value per share data with the total inflation from 2001 through 2010 to the equivalent book value in 2010. If the total inflation from 2001 to 2010 is 40%, and Wal-Mart's book value is $1 a share in 2001, then the 2001's equivalent book value in 2010 is $1.4 a share. If Wal-Mart's book value is $1 again in 2002, and the total inflation from 2002 through 2010 is 35%, then the equivalent 2002 book value in 2010 is $1.35. So on and so forth, you get the equivalent book value per share of past 10 years. Then you add them together and divided the sum by the count to get 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.

For example, Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted Book Value per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2025 was:

Adj_Book= Book Value per Share /CPI of Mar. 2025 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2025)
=1495.574/129.1809*129.1809
=1,495.574

Current CPI (Mar. 2025) = 129.1809.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Book Value per Share CPI Adj_Book
201506 479.190 100.500 615.940
201509 530.175 100.421 682.011
201512 552.650 99.947 714.295
201603 527.483 101.054 674.303
201606 523.604 102.002 663.123
201609 533.033 101.765 676.637
201612 490.067 101.449 624.034
201703 483.294 102.634 608.303
201706 502.512 103.029 630.067
201709 495.984 103.345 619.980
201712 574.037 103.345 717.546
201803 596.444 105.004 733.774
201806 579.023 105.557 708.610
201809 571.820 105.636 699.271
201812 564.492 105.399 691.862
201903 602.989 106.979 728.129
201906 599.918 107.690 719.637
201909 595.301 107.611 714.623
201912 621.636 107.769 745.143
202003 572.064 107.927 684.718
202006 572.302 108.401 682.007
202009 567.703 108.164 678.009
202012 594.539 108.559 707.475
202103 624.961 110.298 731.956
202106 640.864 111.720 741.027
202109 645.651 112.905 738.726
202112 788.800 113.774 895.617
202203 767.044 117.646 842.254
202206 753.328 120.806 805.553
202209 760.271 120.648 814.042
202212 1,001.224 120.964 1,069.237
202303 1,099.388 122.702 1,157.437
202306 1,108.432 124.203 1,152.854
202309 1,111.606 125.230 1,146.673
202312 1,218.330 125.072 1,258.351
202403 1,236.485 126.258 1,265.114
202406 1,295.883 127.522 1,312.744
202409 1,350.457 127.285 1,370.575
202412 1,455.885 127.364 1,476.657
202503 1,495.574 129.181 1,495.574

Add all the adjusted book value per share together and divide the count will get our Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share.


Fairfax Financial Holdings  (TSX:FFH) Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share Explanation

If a company grows much fast than inflation, Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share may underestimate the company's equity. Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio can seem to be too high even the actual PB Ratio is low.

For the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio, the book value of the past 10 years are inflation-adjusted and averaged. The result is used for P/B calculation. Since it looks at the average over the last 10 years, the Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio is also called CAPB Ratio.

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 Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio=Share Price/Cyclically Adjusted Book per Share
=2404.34/849.85
=2.83

* 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.

During the past 13 years, the highest Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio of Fairfax Financial Holdings was 2.87. The lowest was 0.69. And the median was 1.47.


Be Aware

Cyclically Adjusted PB Ratio works better for cyclical companies. It gives you a better idea on the company's real book value.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings Business Description

Address
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2N7
Fairfax Financial Holdings 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 chair and CEO, since its formation in 1985.

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