Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026)
Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) recorded Return on Sales [ROS] of 1.07% in Q4 2022, down 0.41 percentage points from 1.49% a year earlier and down 10.89 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Fairfax Financial Holdings (FRFHF) Return on Sales [ROS] (2009 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2022, Fairfax Financial Holdings reported Return on Sales [ROS] of 19.73%, up 10.03 percentage points from FY2021.
- Annual Return on Sales [ROS] has a five-year change of +21.63 percentage points (FY2017 to FY2022).
- Across earlier years, Return on Sales [ROS] came in at 9.70% in FY2021 (+5.28 pp), 4.42% in FY2020 (-5.29 pp), 9.71% in FY2019 (+11.35 pp) and -1.64% in FY2018 (+0.26 pp).
- The Q4 2022 figure is the lowest quarterly Return on Sales [ROS] since Q1 2020.
- On a year-over-year basis, Return on Sales [ROS] has declined for five consecutive quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +3.74 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- Peak year-over-year performance for Return on Sales [ROS] in the last five years was a gain of 75.22 percentage points in Q1 2021, against a drop of 75.94 percentage points in Q1 2020 at the low end.
- Per Business Quant, the preceding three quarters came in at 11.96% (Q3 2022), 2.02% (Q2 2022) and 16.77% (Q1 2022).
Peer Set
Peer Comparison
| # | Company | Market Cap | Enterprise Value | Gross Profit (Qtr) | ROS (Qtr) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Berkshire Hathaway | 1,168.75 Bn | -248.72 Bn | 55.86 Bn | -29.67% |
| 2 | Chubb | 136.94 Bn | 89.00 Bn | 9.13 Bn | -19.39% |
| 3 | Progressive | 132.57 Bn | 108.40 Bn | 9.04 Bn | -43.89% |
| 4 | Marsh & Mclennan Companies | 93.82 Bn | 86.22 Bn | - | 17.70% |
| 5 | Travelers Companies | 83.08 Bn | 59.33 Bn | 6.23 Bn | -25.96% |
| 6 | Manulife Financial | 75.37 Bn | -18.34 Bn | - | 11.89% |
| 7 | Arthur J. Gallagher | 68.71 Bn | 63.14 Bn | - | 14.54% |
| 8 | Aon | 64.39 Bn | 57.63 Bn | - | 21.55% |
| 9 | Allstate | 64.30 Bn | 25.55 Bn | 8.73 Bn | -30.76% |
| 10 | Fairfax Financial Holdings | 53.70 Bn | 58.41 Bn | - | 19.05% |
Historic Data
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Historic Data
| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 19.05% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 9.55% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 4.97% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 9,048,723.90% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 20.29% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 11.78% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 6.24% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 2,684,522.34% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 15.13% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 10.73% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 1.55% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 17.66% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 11.23% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 24.24% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 50.94% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 11.96% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 2.02% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 16.77% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 28.91% |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 18.21% |
API Access
Fairfax Financial Holdings Return on Sales [ROS] API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=FRFHF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-sales-[ros]", "ticker": "FRFHF", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-sales-%5Bros%5D&ticker=FRFHF&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();