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Fairfax Financial Holdings (TSX:FFH) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio : 1.53 (As of Apr. 27, 2024)


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What is Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio?

As of today (2024-04-27), Fairfax Financial Holdings's current share price is C$1486.20. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was C$974.51. Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is 1.53.

The historical rank and industry rank for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio or its related term are showing as below:

TSX:FFH' s Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: 0.58   Med: 1.17   Max: 1.78
Current: 1.53

During the past years, Fairfax Financial Holdings's highest Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio was 1.78. The lowest was 0.58. And the median was 1.17.

TSX:FFH's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio is ranked worse than
70.05% of 404 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 0.975 vs TSX:FFH: 1.53

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 PS Ratio. The Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share is the average of the inflation adjusted revenue per share of a company over the past 10 years.

Fairfax Financial Holdings's adjusted revenue per share data for the three months ended in Dec. 2023 was C$432.531. Add all the adjusted revenue per share for the past 10 years together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share, which is C$974.51 for the trailing ten years ended in Dec. 2023.

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Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Historical Data

The historical data trend for Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio 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 PS Ratio Chart

Fairfax Financial Holdings Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio
Get a 7-Day Free Trial Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 1.07 0.69 0.85 0.95 1.25

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 PS Ratio 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 0.95 1.03 1.09 1.18 1.25

Competitive Comparison of Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio

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

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio falls into.



Fairfax Financial Holdings Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Calculation

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

Fairfax Financial Holdings's Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio for today is calculated as

Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio=Share Price/ Cyclically Adjusted Revenue per Share
=1486.20/974.51
=1.53

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

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

Adj_RevenuePerShare=Revenue per Share/CPI of Dec. 2023 (Change)*Current CPI (Dec. 2023)
=432.531/125.4675*125.4675
=432.531

Current CPI (Dec. 2023) = 125.4675.

Fairfax Financial Holdings Quarterly Data

Revenue per Share CPI Adj_RevenuePerShare
201403 146.255 98.604 186.100
201406 118.775 99.473 149.813
201409 130.731 99.394 165.024
201412 108.958 98.367 138.976
201503 135.338 99.789 170.164
201506 78.661 100.500 98.203
201509 172.689 100.421 215.759
201512 146.869 99.947 184.370
201603 127.775 101.054 158.645
201606 156.878 102.002 192.968
201609 135.606 101.765 167.191
201612 104.141 101.449 128.797
201703 153.071 102.634 187.126
201706 179.735 103.029 218.880
201709 210.159 103.345 255.147
201712 144.761 103.345 175.750
201803 181.651 105.004 217.052
201806 192.253 105.557 228.516
201809 200.380 105.636 237.998
201812 188.988 105.399 224.972
201903 262.265 106.979 307.590
201906 244.705 107.690 285.100
201909 225.444 107.611 262.852
201912 271.669 107.769 316.283
202003 169.126 107.927 196.612
202006 248.740 108.401 287.900
202009 217.116 108.164 251.848
202012 269.540 108.559 311.521
202103 265.410 110.298 301.913
202106 293.850 111.720 330.010
202109 281.522 112.905 312.846
202112 344.497 113.774 379.904
202203 226.493 117.646 241.552
202206 207.558 120.806 215.567
202209 253.045 120.648 263.154
202212 359.037 120.964 372.404
202303 338.875 122.702 346.512
202306 286.509 124.203 289.425
202309 337.486 125.230 338.125
202312 432.531 125.468 432.531

Add all the adjusted revenue per share together and divide 10 will get our Cyclically Adjusted Revenue 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  (TSX:FFH) Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio Explanation

Compared with the regular PS Ratio, which works poorly for cyclical businesses, the Cyclically Adjusted PS Ratio smoothed out the fluctuations of revenue 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 PS Ratio should give similar results to regular PS Ratio.


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Fairfax Financial Holdings (TSX:FFH) 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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