Fairfax Financial Ownership

FFH Stock  CAD 2,450  16.50  0.68%   
Fairfax Financial holds a total of 20.58 Million outstanding shares. 30% of Fairfax Financial Holdings outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. Institutional investors are typically referred to investors that purchase positions in a given stock to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to different rules and regulations than regular investors. Please look out for any change in current institutional holding as this could mean something significant has changed at the company or is about to change. Please note that no matter how many assets the company secures, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1993-03-31
Previous Quarter
22.1 M
Current Value
22.1 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
18.5 M
Quarterly Volatility
6.4 M
 
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Some institutional investors establish a significant position in stocks such as Fairfax Financial in order to find ways to drive up its value. Retail investors, on the other hand, need to know that institutional holders can own millions of shares of Fairfax Financial, and when they decide to sell, the stock will often sell-off, which may instantly impact shareholders' value. So, traders who get in early or near the beginning of the institutional investor's buying cycle could potentially generate profits.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Fairfax Financial Holdings. Also, note that the market value of any company could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in state.

Fairfax Stock Ownership Analysis

About 35.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.52. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. Fairfax Financial has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.28. The entity recorded earning per share (EPS) of 286.62. The firm last dividend was issued on the 16th of January 2025. 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. Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited was incorporated in 1951 and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada. FAIRFAX FINANCIAL operates under InsuranceProperty Casualty classification in Canada and is traded on Toronto Stock Exchange. It employs 15891 people. To learn more about Fairfax Financial Holdings call Vivan Watsa at 416 367 4941 or check out https://www.fairfax.ca.

Pair Trading with Fairfax Financial

One of the main advantages of trading using pair correlations is that every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if Fairfax Financial position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Fairfax Financial will appreciate offsetting losses from the drop in the long position's value.

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The ability to find closely correlated positions to Fairfax Financial could be a great tool in your tax-loss harvesting strategies, allowing investors a quick way to find a similar-enough asset to replace Fairfax Financial when you sell it. If you don't do this, your portfolio allocation will be skewed against your target asset allocation. So, investors can't just sell and buy back Fairfax Financial - that would be a violation of the tax code under the "wash sale" rule, and this is why you need to find a similar enough asset and use the proceeds from selling Fairfax Financial Holdings to buy it.
The correlation of Fairfax Financial is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Fairfax Financial moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Fairfax Financial moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.
Correlation analysis and pair trading evaluation for Fairfax Financial can also be used as hedging techniques within a particular sector or industry or even over random equities to generate a better risk-adjusted return on your portfolios.
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Other Information on Investing in Fairfax Stock

Fairfax Financial financial ratios help investors to determine whether Fairfax Stock is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Fairfax with respect to the benefits of owning Fairfax Financial security.