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Helios Fairfax Partners (TSX:HFPC.U) Risk Assessment


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What is Helios Fairfax Partners Risk Assessment?

Risk Assessment represents the investment risk of a stock derived from our exclusive method. It suggests how risky the investment opportunity is based on the valuation and the fundamental performance of the stock. It is derived from following key aspects:

1. GuruFocus internally developed valuations of the stock, such as GF valuation.
2. Quality Rank, a business quality indicator developed by GuruFocus.
3. Fundamental performance: Piotroski F-Score, Altman Z-Score, Beneish M-Score, etc.
4. Growth opportunities: 5-year revenue growth rate, 5-Year EPS without NRI Growth Rate, etc.

Value investors are always willing to find undervalued stocks. However, not all the undervalued stocks are good deals, we should also be careful of how risky the investment opportunity is. We believe that if the company's financial strength and profitability are strong, and the stock price is within a reasonable range of the GF valuation, or stock has a high return with its price being undervalued, then it might be a good investment opportunity with low risk.

Based on those aspects listed above, GuruFocus believes the risk assessment of Helios Fairfax Partners is: No Data: Cannot be evaluated.


Competitive Comparison of Helios Fairfax Partners's Risk Assessment

For the Asset Management subindustry, Helios Fairfax Partners's Risk Assessment, along with its competitors' market caps and Risk Assessment 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.


Helios Fairfax Partners's Risk Assessment Distribution in the Asset Management Industry

For the Asset Management industry and Financial Services sector, Helios Fairfax Partners's Risk Assessment distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Helios Fairfax Partners's Risk Assessment falls into.



Helios Fairfax Partners  (TSX:HFPC.U) Risk Assessment Explanation

Based on the four aspects listed above, GuruFocus provides the following 7 evaluations:

All-in-One Screener Examples (1)
Low Risk: Strong fundamentals, worth long-term holding
Moderate Risk: Sensitive, better choose undervalued stock
High Risk: High uncertainty with risk-return tradeoff
High Risk: Good fundamentals, beware of shrinking business
High Risk: Sensitive to economic or industry trends
High Risk: High uncertainty
No Data: Cannot be evaluated

(1) These are some simple examples. You can access our Risk Assessment filter under All-in-One Screener’s Fundamental tab and set your own criteria.


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Helios Fairfax Partners (TSX:HFPC.U) Business Description

Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
95 Wellington Street West, Suite 800, Toronto, ON, CAN, M5J 2N7
Helios Fairfax Partners Corp is an investment holding company whose investment objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation while preserving capital, by investing in public and private equity securities and debt instruments in Africa and African businesses. It is also engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance business.

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