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Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd
XMUN:FFX

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Price: 1 380 EUR 0.15%
Market Cap: €18.8B
Financial profile · Q2 FY2026

A diversified insurer combining underwriting earnings with investment-driven volatility

Fairfax combines a property-and-casualty insurance and reinsurance platform with substantial investments and non-insurance holdings. Its multi-year history shows expanding operating earnings and recurring underwriting income, while reported net income remains more variable because investment gains, associate results, taxes, and share repurchases can materially affect the bottom line and per-share results.

What is developing

The latest comparable quarter confirms profitable underwriting and continued top-line expansion, but total earnings were tempered by lower investment gains and associate contributions. This preserves Fairfax’s established insurance-plus-investment model rather than indicating a change in its underlying economics.

What matters next

Whether underwriting profit continues to offset volatility in investment and associate income.

USD
Metric FY2016 FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022 FY2023 FY2024 FY2025
9.9B 13B 16.5B 18.8B 18.7B 21.7B 29.1B 32.5B 36B 38.4B
9.4B 14B 16.6B 20.2B 19.4B 23.8B 31.3B 35.6B 38.7B 43.3B
(9.6B) (13.8B) (16.5B) (18.8B) (19.2B) (21.7B) (27.1B) (30B) (33B) (36.3B)
— (918.7m) (1.2B) (1.6B) (1.2B) (1.3B) — — — —
— (144m) (168.3m) (377.7m) (488.2m) (639.4m) — — — —
(6.1B) (8.8B) (9.9B) (10.9B) (11.7B) (13.5B) (20.5B) (21.9B) (24.9B) (26.1B)
(3.6B) (4B) (5.3B) (6B) (5.8B) (6.2B) (6.6B) (8.1B) (8.1B) (10.3B)
(206.2m) 164.3m 159.5m 1.4B 212.5m 2.2B 4.2B 5.5B 5.7B 7B
(348.1m) (127.9m) (257.8m) 667.2m (142m) 1.6B (548.1m) (510m) (649m) (821.9m)
242.8m 331.2m 347.1m 472m 475.9m 513.9m 452.8m 510m 649m 821.9m
0 2B 960.4m 155.3m 173.6m 565m 1.3B 871.8m 575.5m 233.8m
(554.3m) 2B 862.1m 2.2B 244.1m 4.4B 4.9B 5.9B 5.6B 6.4B
159.6m (185.9m) (44.2m) (261.5m) (206.7m) (726m) (1.1B) (813.4m) (1.4B) (1.2B)
(394.7m) 1.8B 817.9m 2B 37.4m 3.7B 3.8B 5.1B 4.3B 5.3B
(117.8m) 125.7m (441.9m) 32.9m 181m (265.5m) (437.5m) (713.1m) (388m) (511.4m)
(556.5m) 1.7B 330.9m 2B 174.4m 3.4B 3.3B 4.3B 3.9B 4.9B
(24.18) 64.97 11.65 69.79 6.29 122.25 131.37 173.24 160.56 213.78