Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFH) Shares Cross Below 50 Day Moving Average – Should You Sell?

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (TSE:FFHGet Free Report) passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Monday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of C$2,320.58 and traded as low as C$2,313.63. Fairfax Financial shares last traded at C$2,336.33, with a volume of 66,940 shares trading hands.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities analysts have commented on the company. Raymond James Financial increased their price target on Fairfax Financial from C$3,000.00 to C$3,050.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, May 4th. National Bank Financial raised their price target on Fairfax Financial from C$3,300.00 to C$3,450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce set a C$2,350.00 target price on Fairfax Financial and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Friday, June 26th. Royal Bank Of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$2,234.00 to C$2,261.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 20th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of Fairfax Financial from C$2,550.00 to C$2,400.00 in a research report on Monday, May 4th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of C$2,751.57.

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Fairfax Financial Price Performance

The stock has a market capitalization of C$47.85 billion, a P/E ratio of 11.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.27 and a beta of 0.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 54.38, a quick ratio of 0.93 and a current ratio of 2.03. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of C$2,325.81 and a 200 day simple moving average of C$2,315.30.

Fairfax Financial (TSE:FFHGet Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, July 30th. The company reported C$90.05 earnings per share for the quarter. Fairfax Financial had a return on equity of 16.94% and a net margin of 13.57%.The company had revenue of C$18.46 billion during the quarter. On average, equities analysts forecast that Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited will post 212.3039807 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Fairfax Financial

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

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