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Fairfax Financial Holdings (Fairfax Financial Holdings) Cyclically Adjusted Price-to-FCF : (As of May. 24, 2024)


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

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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:

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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 72.31

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data
Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23 Mar24
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 54.94 72.87 91.30 72.31 -

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 FCF per Share for the quarter that ended in Mar. 2024 is calculated as:

For example, Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted Free Cash Flow per Share data for the three months ended in Mar. 2024 was:

Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare=Free Cash Flow per Share/CPI of Mar. 2024 (Change)*Current CPI (Mar. 2024)
=0/126.2576*126.2576
=0.000

Current CPI (Mar. 2024) = 126.2576.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Free Cash Flow per Share CPI Adj_FreeCashFlowPerShare
201406 8.955 99.473 11.366
201409 -8.038 99.394 -10.210
201412 -0.148 98.367 -0.190
201503 -37.564 99.789 -47.528
201506 18.644 100.500 23.422
201509 27.222 100.421 34.226
201512 -11.688 99.947 -14.765
201603 -12.051 101.054 -15.057
201606 -20.944 102.002 -25.924
201609 -3.466 101.765 -4.300
201612 82.060 101.449 102.128
201703 31.449 102.634 38.688
201706 22.866 103.029 28.021
201709 63.947 103.345 78.125
201712 -24.680 103.345 -30.152
201803 -117.095 105.004 -140.796
201806 34.811 105.557 41.638
201809 43.795 105.636 52.344
201812 -37.450 105.399 -44.861
201903 13.829 106.979 16.321
201906 -17.458 107.690 -20.468
201909 21.966 107.611 25.772
201912 19.032 107.769 22.297
202003 16.203 107.927 18.955
202006 -19.862 108.401 -23.134
202009 7.485 108.164 8.737
202012 -7.723 108.559 -8.982
202103 27.834 110.298 31.862
202106 27.946 111.720 31.583
202109 128.556 112.905 143.760
202112 42.956 113.774 47.669
202203 -41.825 117.646 -44.887
202206 -132.604 120.806 -138.588
202209 -39.529 120.648 -41.367
202212 17.926 120.964 18.710
202303 -50.518 122.702 -51.982
202306 -13.945 124.203 -14.176
202309 9.176 125.230 9.251
202312 35.418 125.072 35.754
202403 0.000 126.258 0.000

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.

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