Prem Watsa - Fairfax Financial Holdings
As of Q2 2026, Prem Watsa reported 32 long-equity positions worth $2.64B in aggregate.
Copy-investor backtest
- Latest quarter
- +10.45%
- 1-year
- +39.76%
- 3-year
- +72.03%
- 5-year
- +36.37%
- 3-year vs S&P 500
- -1.21%
- 5-year vs S&P 500
- -37.32%
- 5-year top 5
- +22.82%
Return from mechanically copying the disclosed 13F equity portfolio after each filing and rebalancing at the next. The vs S&P 500 figures subtract SPY over that manager's own rebalance dates, so both sides cover the same days; both are price return, excluding dividends. Method & limitations.
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Updated 2026-09-19 from SEC 13F data.
Live quotes available for 29 of 61 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.
| 1 | JNJ | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM | 17.08% | - | 6,884,300 | $406.45M | $59.04 | No quote |
| 2 | WFC | WELLS FARGO & CO. NEW COM | 15.12% | - | 14,074,100 | $359.73M | $25.56 | No quote |
| 3 | KFT | KRAFT FOODS INC CL A | 11.93% | Add +2.0% | 10,149,871 | $283.99M | No quote | No quote |
| 4 | DELL | DELL INC COM | 11.55% | Reduce -1.3% | 22,817,389 | $274.95M | $12.05 | No quote |
| 5 | USB | US BANCORP DEL COM NEW | 10.62% | - | 11,306,800 | $252.71M | $22.35 | No quote |
| 6 | ICO | INTERNATIONAL COAL GRP INC NEW COM | 7.29% | - | 45,155,588 | $173.4M | No quote | No quote |
| 7 | LVLT | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC COM | 6.26% | - | 139,276,421 | $149.03M | No quote | No quote |
| 8 | FTR | FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP COM | 5.55% | - | 18,620,000 | $132.02M | No quote | No quote |
| 9 | USG | USG CORP COM NEW | 3.71% | Add +0.1% | 7,316,500 | $88.24M | No quote | No quote |
| 10 | OSTK | OVERSTOCK.COM INC COM | 2.57% | - | 3,388,774 | $61.07M | No quote | No quote |
| 11 | CPRH | CITIGROUP INC UNIT | 1.89% | - | 400,000 | $44.9M | No quote | No quote |
| 12 | CRESY | CRESUD S A C I F Y A SPONSORED ADR | 1.06% | - | 2,082,341 | $25.28M | No quote | No quote |
| 13 | SD | SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM | 0.96% | Reduce -39.8% | 3,926,600 | $22.89M | $5.83 | No quote |
| 14 | STEI | STEWART ENTERPRISES INC CL A | 0.93% | - | 4,082,546 | $22.09M | No quote | No quote |
| 15 | BWINB | BALDWIN & LYONS INC CL B | 0.86% | - | 969,875 | $20.38M | No quote | No quote |
| 16 | WMT | WAL-MART STORES INC COM | 0.44% | - | 220,000 | $10.57M | $48.05 | No quote |
| 17 | BCE | BCE INC. COM | 0.35% | - | 268,300 | $8.33M | $31.06 | No quote |
| 18 | SPMD | SUPERMEDIA INC COM | 0.28% | - | 362,974 | $6.64M | No quote | No quote |
| 19 | RYAAY | RYANAIR HLDGS PLC SPONSORED ADR | 0.22% | - | 194,100 | $5.25M | $27.03 | No quote |
| 20 | EG | EVEREST RE GROUP LTD COM | 0.19% | New | 65,000 | $4.6M | $70.72 | No quote |
| 21 | PFE | PFIZER INC COM | 0.15% | Add +4.1% | 251,300 | $3.58M | $14.25 | No quote |
| 22 | SO | SOUTHERN CO COM | 0.11% | New | 80,000 | $2.66M | $33.26 | No quote |
| 23 | ED | CONSOLIDATED EDISON INC COM | 0.11% | New | 60,000 | $2.58M | No quote | No quote |
| 24 | DUK | DUKE ENERGY CORP NEW COM | 0.10% | New | 150,000 | $2.4M | No quote | No quote |
| 25 | D | DOMINION RES INC VA NEW COM | 0.10% | New | 60,000 | $2.32M | $38.72 | No quote |
| 26 | PCG | PG&E CORP COM | 0.09% | New | 50,000 | $2.05M | $41.08 | No quote |
| 27 | PEG | PUBLIC SVC ENTERPRISE GROUP COM | 0.08% | New | 60,000 | $1.88M | $31.33 | No quote |
| 28 | PPL | PPL CORP COM | 0.06% | New | 60,000 | $1.5M | $24.95 | No quote |
| 29 | SRE | SEMPRA ENERGY COM | 0.06% | New | 30,000 | $1.4M | No quote | No quote |
| 30 | XEL | XCEL ENERGY INC COM | 0.05% | New | 60,000 | $1.24M | $20.60 | No quote |
| 31 | SY | SYBASE, INC. COM | 0.04% | New | 16,000 | $1.03M | No quote | No quote |
| 32 | BRK-A | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. CL A | 0.03% | - | 6 | $716K | $119333.33 | No quote |
| 33 | BRK-B | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. CL B | 0.02% | - | 6,000 | $478K | $79.67 | No quote |
| 34 | NYCB | NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC COM | 0.02% | Add +20.0% | 30,000 | $458K | No quote | No quote |
| 35 | WSC | WESCO FINANCIAL CORP COM | 0.01% | - | 1,100 | $356K | $323.64 | No quote |
| 36 | NEU | NEWMARKET CORP COM | 0.01% | - | 4,000 | $349K | No quote | No quote |
| 37 | MRK | MERCK & CO. INC. COM | 0.01% | - | 8,000 | $280K | $35.00 | No quote |
| 38 | MHK | MOHAWK INDS INC COM | 0.01% | - | 5,800 | $265K | $45.69 | No quote |
| 39 | FCTY | 1ST CENTURY BANCSHARES INC COM | 0.01% | New | 73,652 | $253K | No quote | No quote |
| 40 | BMY | BRISTOL-MYERS SQB COM | 0.01% | - | 10,000 | $249K | $24.90 | No quote |
| 41 | ORI | OLD REPUBLIC INTL CORPORATION COM | 0.01% | - | 20,000 | $242K | $12.10 | No quote |
| 42 | BRO | BROWN & BROWN INC COM | 0.01% | - | 12,000 | $229K | $19.08 | No quote |
| 43 | C | CITIGROUP INC COM | 0.01% | New | 60,000 | $225K | $3.75 | No quote |
| 44 | PTEN | PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC COM | 0.01% | New | 15,000 | $193K | $12.87 | No quote |
| 45 | SLM | SLM CORP COM | 0.01% | New | 15,000 | $156K | $10.40 | No quote |
| 46 | MBI | MBIA INC COM | 0.00% | New | 20,000 | $112K | $5.60 | No quote |
| 47 | NTE | NAM TAI ELECTRS INC COM | 0.00% | - | 25,000 | $103K | No quote | No quote |
| 48 | CITZ | CFS BANCORP INC. COM | 0.00% | - | 10,000 | $48K | No quote | No quote |
| 49 | FPFCQ | FIRST PLACE FINANCIAL/OHIO COM | 0.00% | - | 10,000 | $30K | No quote | No quote |
| 56 | ZNT | ZENITH NATL INS CORP COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 55 | - | USG Corp NOTE 10.000%CUSIP 903293AT5 | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 54 | MGA | MAGNA INTL INC CL A | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 53 | LUK | LEUCADIA NATL CORP COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 52 | IAX | INTERNATIONAL ABSORBENTS INC COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 51 | GE | GENERAL ELECTRIC CO COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 50 | COMS | 3COM CORPORATION COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
Other instruments
Bonds, warrants, or non-share principal positions reported alongside the equity portfolio.
| 1 | - | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC NOTENOTE | OTHER | 100,062,000 | $111.32M |
| 2 | - | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC NOTENOTE | OTHER | 75,000,000 | $72.66M |
| 3 | - | OVERSTOCK.COM INC NOTENOTE | OTHER | 36,873,000 | $35.77M |
| 4 | INTC | INTEL CORP SDCVSDCV | OTHER | 11,500,000 | $10.93M |
| 5 | - | BOSTON PPTYS LTD PARTNERSHIP NOTENOTE | OTHER | 5,000,000 | $4.93M |