Prem Watsa - Fairfax Financial Holdings

As of Q2 2026, Prem Watsa reported 32 long-equity positions worth $2.64B in aggregate.

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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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Filing period

Updated 2026-09-19 from SEC 13F data.

Live quotes available for 24 of 47 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.


1	DELL	DELL INC COM	13.99%	-	22,693,489	$378.3M	$16.67	No quote
2	ABH	ABITIBIBOWATER INC COM NEW	13.12%	Add +2.9%	17,503,604	$354.8M	No quote	No quote
3	JNJ	JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM	12.74%	-	5,184,300	$344.55M	$66.46	No quote
4	LVLT	LEVEL 3 COM	12.43%	Reduce -0.7%	138,376,421	$336.26M	No quote	No quote
5	RIMM	RESEARCH IN MOTION COM	8.92%	Add +305.5%	8,373,300	$241.34M	No quote	No quote
6	SD	SANDRIDGE ENERGY COM	8.38%	-	21,307,600	$226.71M	$10.64	No quote
7	KFT	KRAFT FOODS INC CL A	6.99%	-	5,365,751	$188.98M	No quote	No quote
8	FTR	FRONTIER COM	5.54%	-	18,620,000	$149.89M	No quote	No quote
9	WFC	WELLS FARGO & CO. COM	4.68%	-	4,511,530	$126.55M	$28.05	No quote
10	USB	US BANCORP DEL COM NEW	4.19%	-	4,448,310	$113.43M	$25.50	No quote
11	USG	USG Corp COM NEW	3.60%	-	6,794,000	$97.29M	No quote	No quote
12	OSTK	OVERSTOCK.COM INC COM	1.91%	-	3,388,774	$51.58M	No quote	No quote
13	BWINB	BALDWIN & LYONS CL B	0.83%	-	969,875	$22.38M	No quote	No quote
14	CRESY	CRESUD S A C I F Y A SPONSORED ADR	0.53%	Reduce -0.8%	886,008	$14.3M	No quote	No quote
15	WMT	WAL-MART STORES COM	0.43%	-	220,000	$11.68M	$53.11	No quote
16	XCO	EXCO RESOURCES INC COM	0.43%	-	659,000	$11.62M	No quote	No quote
17	BCE	BCE INC. COM NEW	0.39%	-	268,300	$10.51M	$39.19	No quote
18	RYAAY	RYANAIR HLDGS PLC SPONSORED ADR	0.21%	-	194,100	$5.69M	$29.32	No quote
19	KW	KENNEDY-WILSON COM	0.18%	New	400,000	$4.89M	$12.23	No quote
20	PFE	PFIZER INC COM	0.18%	-	235,000	$4.84M	$20.59	No quote
21	SPMD	SUPERMEDIA INC COM	0.05%	-	362,974	$1.36M	No quote	No quote
22	BRK-B	BERKSHIRE CL B NEW	0.03%	-	10,500	$812K	$77.33	No quote
23	CISG	CNINSURE INC SPONSORED ADR	0.03%	New	54,700	$803K	No quote	No quote
24	BRK-A	BERKSHIRE CL A	0.03%	-	6	$696K	$116000.00	No quote
25	NEU	NEWMARKET CORP COM	0.03%	-	4,000	$683K	No quote	No quote
26	PTEN	PATTERSON UTI COM	0.02%	-	15,000	$474K	$31.60	No quote
27	NYCB	NEW YORK COM	0.02%	-	30,000	$450K	No quote	No quote
28	SLM	SLM CORP COM	0.02%	-	25,000	$421K	$16.84	No quote
29	C	CITIGROUP INC COM NEW	0.02%	New	10,000	$416K	$41.60	No quote
30	HOLX	HOLOGIC INC COM	0.01%	-	20,000	$403K	$20.15	No quote
31	ORI	OLD REPUBLIC INTL COM	0.01%	-	30,000	$353K	$11.77	No quote
32	MHK	MOHAWK INDS INC COM	0.01%	-	5,800	$348K	$60.00	No quote
33	BRO	BROWN & BROWN INC COM	0.01%	-	12,000	$308K	$25.67	No quote
34	BMY	BRISTOL-MYERS SQB COM	0.01%	-	10,000	$289K	$28.90	No quote
35	MRK	MERCK & CO. INC. COM	0.01%	-	8,000	$282K	$35.25	No quote
36	MBI	MBIA INC COM	0.01%	-	30,000	$260K	$8.67	No quote
37	NYT	NEW YORK TIMES CO CL A	0.01%	New	25,000	$218K	$8.72	No quote
38	NTE	NAM TAI ELECTRS INC COM PAR 0.02	0.01%	-	35,000	$193K	No quote	No quote
39	CITZ	CFS BANCORP INC. COM	0.00%	-	10,000	$54K	No quote	No quote
40	FPFCQ	FIRST PLACE COM	0.00%	-	10,000	$12K	No quote	No quote
43	STEI	STEWART ENTERPRISES INC CL A	-	Sold	0	$0	No quote	No quote
42	ICO	INTERNATIONAL COAL GRP INC NEW COM	-	Sold	0	$0	No quote	No quote
41	C	CITIGROUP INC 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 NOTENOTE	OTHER	100,062,000	$162.6M
2	-	LEVEL 3 NOTENOTE	OTHER	75,000,000	$119.25M
3	-	OVERSTOCK.COM INC NOTENOTE	OTHER	21,653,000	$21.6M
4	INTC	INTEL CORP SDCVSDCV	OTHER	11,500,000	$11.89M