Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) Announces Quarterly Earnings Results

Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) released its earnings results on Tuesday. The company reported C$61.67 earnings per share for the quarter, FiscalAI reports. The business had revenue of C$17.94 billion for the quarter. Fairfax Financial had a return on equity of 16.00% and a net margin of 11.53%.

Fairfax Financial Stock Performance

Shares of FFH opened at C$2,754.57 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$2,319.96 and a two-hundred day moving average price of C$2,315.56. Fairfax Financial has a 52-week low of C$2,066.16 and a 52-week high of C$2,788.03. The company has a market cap of C$61.63 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.52, a PEG ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 0.34.

Trending Headlines about Fairfax Financial

Here are the key news stories impacting Fairfax Financial this week:

• Positive Sentiment: ATB Cormack upgraded Fairfax from “sector perform” to “outperform” and raised its price target to C$2,850 from C$2,500, signaling improved analyst confidence. ATB Cormack recommendation
• Positive Sentiment: Third-quarter net earnings fell year over year but topped forecasts. MarketBeat reported EPS of C$61.67 and revenue of C$17.94 billion, making the earnings beat a potential support for the shares. Fairfax Financial third-quarter results
• Neutral Sentiment: A tranche update was reported under Fairfax’s previously announced share-buyback plan. The supplied headline gives no details on the amount purchased, limiting assessment of its immediate impact. Buyback tranche update
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage of the Q3 earnings call and a separate article questioning whether earnings justify Fairfax’s five-year run may keep attention on management’s outlook and the durability of its performance; the provided headlines do not specify further conclusions. Q3 2026 earnings call transcript Earnings and five-year performance analysis
• Negative Sentiment: The year-over-year drop in net earnings tempers the positive earnings surprise and could raise questions about growth, despite the results beating forecasts.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on FFH shares. Raymond James Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$3,000.00 to C$2,900.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, October 16th. National Bank Financial upped their target price on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$3,450.00 to C$3,600.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 28th. RBC Dominion Securities increased their target price on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$2,223.00 to C$2,318.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, October 23rd. Finally, ATB Cormark Capital Markets upgraded shares of Fairfax Financial from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and increased their target price for the stock from C$2,500.00 to C$2,850.00 in a research report on Wednesday. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$2,728.62.

About Fairfax Financial

Fairfax Financial is a holding company which, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management.