FRFHF vs AXS vs RLI Stock Comparison

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Axis Capital Holdings and Rli Prices as of Oct 29, 2026 Peers: Industry group
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd
$102.76 +7.9% 1M +16.4% 1Y
Market cap
$7.56B
P/E
7.7x
Revenue (TTM)
$6.92B
Div. yield
0.02%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
4 wins
RLI Rli Corp
$64.62 +14.4% 1M +10.6% 1Y
Market cap
$6.00B
P/E
15.2x
Revenue (TTM)
$1.94B
Div. yield
0.07%
Property and Casualty Insurance Financial Services
2 wins

Head to Head

11 decided of 12

Fairfax Financial Holdings leads on 5 of the 12 questions below (Fairfax Financial Holdings 5, Axis Capital Holdings 4, Rli 2). Which ones matter depends on what you are buying for; a cheap multiple and slow growth often come together.

QuestionFRFHFAXSRLILeader
Larger companyMarket capitalisation $38.38B $7.56B $6.00B FRFHF
Cheaper on earningsLower P/E, profitable companies only 7.7x 7.7x 15.2x FRFHF
Cheaper on forward earningsLower price / next fiscal year consensus EPS 9.8x 7.9x 20.5x AXS
Faster revenue growthRevenue growth, trailing twelve months +10.0% +9.8% +4.6% FRFHF
More profitableNet margin, trailing twelve months 3.7% 14.2% 20.3% RLI
Better return on capitalReturn on invested capital — 13.5% -10.3% AXS
Less leveragedLower net debt / EBITDA — 0.2x — –
Higher dividend yieldTrailing dividend yield 0.01% 0.02% 0.07% RLI
Better 1-year returnPrice return, last 12 months +10.6% +16.4% +10.6% AXS
Better 5-year returnAnnualised price return, 5 years +34.6%/yr +14.6%/yr +3.6%/yr FRFHF
Less volatileAnnualised volatility, 1 year 22.4% 24.9% 27.0% FRFHF
Higher overall scoreMean of the five percentile scores vs peers 42/100 76/100 47/100 AXS

Percentile Scorecard

FRFHFAXSRLI

Each axis is the mean percentile of its metrics against the company's industry group. 100 is the best in the group, 50 the middle.

Scores by Axis

AxisFRFHFAXSRLI
Valuation 40 #72 of 119 92 #11 of 119 24 #91 of 119
Growth 43 #65 of 114 80 #24 of 114 37 #72 of 114
Profitability 29 #76 of 106 76 #26 of 106 71 #32 of 106
Financial Health 79 #23 of 104 67 #35 of 104 62 #40 of 104
Shareholder Returns 18 #86 of 105 64 #38 of 105 39 #64 of 105
Overall 42 76 47
  • FRFHF ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • AXS ranked among 126 companies in Insurance
  • RLI ranked among 126 companies in Insurance

Price Performance

Price return, split-adjusted, before dividends. Click a name to hide or show it.

Returns

PeriodFRFHFAXSRLISPY
1 month +14.2%+7.9%+14.4% +0.7%
3 months +5.6%-2.2%+5.6% +3.7%
6 months +3.4%+2.3%+24.8% +7.1%
Year to date -6.4%-4.0%+1.0% +12.8%
1 year +10.6%+16.4%+10.6% +11.9%
3 years +115.4%+82.7%-2.8% +85.2%
3 years, per year +29.2%+22.3%-0.9% +22.8%
5 years +340.6%+97.3%+19.3% +67.6%
5 years, per year +34.6%+14.6%+3.6% +10.9%
10 years +243.3%+82.0%+135.3% +262.0%
10 years, per year +13.1%+6.2%+8.9% +13.7%

Risk

MeasureFRFHFAXSRLISPY
Volatility, 1Y 22.4%24.9%27.0% 12.7%
Downside volatility, 1Y 23.4%27.7%27.5% 12.6%
Beta vs S&P 500, 1Y 0.23-0.22-0.52 1.00
Return / volatility, 1Y 0.470.660.39 0.94
Max drawdown, 5Y -20.9%-21.0%-47.2% -25.4%
From 52-week high -6.8%-13.8%-3.6% -1.2%
52-week high $1,916.53$119.25$67.01 $779.14
52-week low $1,529.40$88.25$47.77 $631.97

Valuation History

Weekly multiples on trailing twelve-month fundamentals. Negative or extreme readings (a loss year, a collapsed denominator) are left out so the chart stays readable.

MultipleFRFHFAXSRLI
P/E now vs peer median 7.6xmedian 10.7x 7.6xmedian 10.7x 15.0xmedian 10.7x
P/S now vs peer median 0.4xmedian 1.4x 1.1xmedian 1.4x 3.1xmedian 1.4x
EV/EBITDA now vs peer median 6.0xmedian 7.5x 5.8xmedian 7.5x —median 7.5x
P/FCF now vs peer median -2,084xmedian 8.5x 2.8xmedian 8.5x 11.2xmedian 8.5x
P/B now vs peer median 1.7xmedian 1.5x 1.2xmedian 1.5x 3.5xmedian 1.5x
PEG now vs peer median 5.72median 0.60 0.26median 0.60 1.35median 0.60

Financial History

Reported figures by fiscal period, placed on the calendar year (or quarter) each period ended in, so companies with different fiscal years line up.

Trailing twelve monthsFRFHFAXSRLI
Revenue $134.78B $6.92B $1.94B
Gross profit – – $1.18B
Operating income – – -$259.91M
Net income $5.03B $1.01B $395.10M
Free cash flow -$26.00M $2.60B $531.54M
EPS (diluted) $217.11 $13.37 $4.28
Cash & equivalents – $1.04B $46.21M
Total debt – $1.37B $297.04M
Shares (diluted) 23.08M 73.37M 92.25M
Enterprise value $38.38B $4.03B $2.15B

All Metrics

58 metrics · best in bold

Bold marks the best reading: the lowest positive value for multiples, leverage and payout, the highest for everything else. The bar under each value is its percentile against that company's own peers. Hover a value for its rank and the peer median.

Valuation

12 metrics
MetricFRFHFAXSRLI
P/E 7.6x 7.6x 15.0x
P/FCF -2,084x 2.8x 11.2x
P/Operating cash flow -1,662x 2.8x 11.0x
P/S 0.4x 1.1x 3.1x
P/B 1.7x 1.2x 3.5x
P/Tangible book 1.7x 1.2x 3.5x
EV/EBITDA 6.0x 5.8x –
EV/EBIT 6.3x 6.1x -20.1x
EV/Revenue 0.4x 1.1x 2.7x
EV/FCF -2,084x 3.0x 9.8x
EV/Operating cash flow -1,662x 2.9x 9.7x
PEG (3Y EPS CAGR) 5.72 0.26 1.35

Growth

14 metrics
MetricFRFHFAXSRLI
Revenue growth (1Y) 10.0% 9.8% 4.6%
Revenue CAGR (3Y) 75.1% 7.9% 10.5%
Gross profit growth (1Y) – – 9.3%
Gross profit CAGR (3Y) – – –
Operating income growth (1Y) – – 21.2%
Operating income CAGR (3Y) – – –
Net income growth (1Y) 0.7% -0.1% 11.9%
Net income CAGR (3Y) -1.7% 21.3% 11.1%
EPS growth (1Y) 5.4% 7.0% 12.0%
EPS CAGR (3Y) 1.3% 28.9% 11.1%
Operating cash flow growth (1Y) -100.9% 942.1% -7.9%
Operating cash flow CAGR (3Y) 73.3% 44.2% 20.3%
Free cash flow growth (1Y) -100.8% 833.8% -8.6%
Free cash flow CAGR (3Y) 75.1% 44.7% 20.6%

Profitability

14 metrics
MetricFRFHFAXSRLI
Gross margin – – 60.8%
EBITDA margin 6.7% 19.4% –
Operating margin – – -13.4%
Pretax margin 4.7% 17.5% 25.3%
Net margin 3.7% 14.2% 20.3%
FCF margin 0.0% 37.6% 27.4%
Operating cash flow margin 0.0% 38.4% 27.8%
Return on equity 24.7% 15.6% 22.9%
Return on assets 7.0% 2.7% 6.1%
Return on invested capital – 13.5% -10.3%
Return on capital employed – – –
Asset turnover 1.2x 0.2x 0.3x
Cash conversion (OCF / net income) 0.0x 2.6x 1.4x
Stock comp / revenue – 0.8% –

Financial Health

11 metrics
MetricFRFHFAXSRLI
Debt / assets – 3.7% 4.6%
Debt / equity – 0.2x 0.2x
Net debt / EBITDA – 0.2x –
Debt / FCF – 0.5x 0.6x
Liabilities / assets 71.6% 82.7% 73.7%
Equity / assets 28.4% 17.3% 26.3%
Interest coverage 10.0x 19.1x -21.1x
Current ratio – – –
Quick ratio – – –
Cash ratio – – –
Altman Z-score – – –

Shareholder Returns

7 metrics
MetricFRFHFAXSRLI
Dividend yield 0.8% 1.7% 4.1%
Net buyback yield 0.0% 7.4% 0.0%
Shareholder yield 0.8% 9.1% 4.2%
Payout ratio (earnings) 10.7% 13.3% 108.9%
Payout ratio (FCF) -2,077% 5.2% 80.9%
Dividend growth (1Y) -18.8% -7.7% 79.3%
Dividend CAGR (3Y) 1.9% -4.0% 5.5%

Analyst Estimates

Solid lines are reported fiscal-year results; dashed lines are the consensus for the years ahead. Hover a year for the analysts' high and low, and how each result compared with its estimate.

ConsensusFRFHFAXSRLI
Forward P/E 9.8xFY2026 7.9xFY2026 20.5xFY2026
EPS, next fiscal year $182.77FY2026 $12.94FY2026 $3.15FY2026
EPS growth, next FY -14.5%FY2026 +0.2%FY2026 -9.2%FY2026
EPS growth, the year after +10.4% +5.7% -16.2%
Revenue, next fiscal year $33.74BFY2026 $7.02BFY2026 $2.15BFY2026
Revenue growth, next FY +0.3%FY2026 +7.0%FY2026 +6.1%FY2026
Revenue growth, the year after -5.8% +4.0% +2.4%

Institutional Ownership

13F filings, quarter ended Jun 30, 2026
HoldersFRFHFAXSRLI
Held by institutions – 97.7% 95.4%
Institutions holding – 467 424
Change in shares held, QoQ – +1.8% +8.0%
Institutions buying – 231 233
Institutions selling – 179 131
Buyers to sellers – 1.29 1.78

Return Correlation

Daily returns, last 12 months

1.00 means two stocks move in lockstep, 0 that they move independently. Pairs below about 0.5 diversify each other.

FRFHFAXSRLI
FRFHF 1.00 0.25 0.29
AXS 0.25 1.00 0.46
RLI 0.29 0.46 1.00

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Frequently Asked Questions

Which is bigger, FRFHF, AXS and RLI?

Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) is the largest by market capitalisation: Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) $38.38B, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) $7.56B, Rli (RLI) $6.00B.

Which stock is cheaper, FRFHF, AXS and RLI?

Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) trades on the lowest price-to-earnings ratio (Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) 7.7x, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 7.7x, Rli (RLI) 15.2x). On next year's consensus earnings, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) is cheapest (Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) 9.8x, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 7.9x, Rli (RLI) 20.5x). A lower multiple can reflect slower expected growth, so read it next to the growth figures.

Which company is growing faster?

Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) grew revenue fastest over the trailing twelve months: Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) +10.0%, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) +9.8%, Rli (RLI) +4.6%.

Which company is more profitable?

Rli (RLI) has the highest net margin (Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) 3.7%, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 14.2%, Rli (RLI) 20.3%). On return on invested capital, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) leads (Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 13.5%, Rli (RLI) -10.3%).

Which stock has performed better?

Over the past year Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) returned the most: Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) +10.6%, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) +16.4%, Rli (RLI) +10.6%. Over five years, Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) compounded fastest (Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) +34.6%/yr, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) +14.6%/yr, Rli (RLI) +3.6%/yr). Returns are price only, before dividends.

Which pays a higher dividend?

Rli (RLI) has the highest dividend yield: Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) 0.01%, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 0.02%, Rli (RLI) 0.07%.

Which stock is riskier?

By one-year price volatility, Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) has been the steadiest (Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) 22.4%, Axis Capital Holdings (AXS) 24.9%, Rli (RLI) 27.0%). Volatility measures how widely the price swings, not the risk of the business.

Which is the better stock, FRFHF, AXS and RLI?

There is no single answer; it depends on what you are buying for. On the 12 head-to-head measures on this page, Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) leads on 5. Business Quant does not give investment advice; use the comparison as a starting point for your own research.

Data from SEC filings, exchange prices and consensus estimates, via Business Quant. Percentile scores compare each company with its own peer group, so two companies' scores are each relative to different peers unless you rank against the whole market. Price returns exclude dividends. Nothing on this page is investment advice.