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 25 of 49 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.
| 1 | JNJ | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM | 22.26% | - | 5,947,300 | $401.86M | $67.57 | No quote |
| 2 | LVLT | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC COM NEW | 15.85% | - | 12,931,094 | $286.17M | No quote | No quote |
| 3 | RFP | RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS COM | 11.84% | New | 18,460,790 | $213.78M | No quote | No quote |
| 4 | RIMM | RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD COM | 10.97% | - | 26,848,500 | $198.02M | No quote | No quote |
| 5 | USB | US BANCORP DEL COM NEW | 7.92% | - | 4,448,310 | $143.01M | $32.15 | No quote |
| 6 | USG | USG Corp COM NEW | 7.18% | - | 6,794,000 | $129.56M | No quote | No quote |
| 7 | DELL | DELL INC COM | 6.23% | - | 8,976,589 | $112.39M | $12.52 | No quote |
| 8 | WFC | WELLS FARGO & CO. NEW COM | 5.48% | - | 2,956,660 | $98.84M | $33.43 | No quote |
| 9 | FTR | FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP COM | 3.94% | - | 18,620,000 | $71.13M | No quote | No quote |
| 10 | SD | SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM | 1.61% | Add +0.2% | 4,354,000 | $29.09M | $6.68 | No quote |
| 11 | OSTK | OVERSTOCK.COM INC COM | 1.30% | - | 3,388,774 | $23.42M | No quote | No quote |
| 12 | BWINB | BALDWIN & LYONS INC CL B | 1.24% | - | 969,875 | $22.39M | No quote | No quote |
| 13 | WMT | WAL-MART STORES INC COM | 0.85% | - | 220,000 | $15.34M | $69.71 | No quote |
| 14 | NVDQ | NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC COM | 0.73% | - | 2,000,000 | $13.11M | No quote | No quote |
| 15 | BCE | BCE INC. COM NEW | 0.61% | - | 268,300 | $11.03M | $41.12 | No quote |
| 16 | RYAAY | RYANAIR HLDGS PLC SPONSORED ADR | 0.32% | - | 189,900 | $5.77M | $30.38 | No quote |
| 17 | KW | KENNEDY-WILSON HLDGS INC COM | 0.31% | - | 400,000 | $5.6M | $13.99 | No quote |
| 18 | PFE | PFIZER INC COM | 0.30% | - | 235,000 | $5.4M | $22.98 | No quote |
| 19 | CRESY | CRESUD S A C I F Y A SPONSORED ADR | 0.29% | Reduce -13.5% | 723,012 | $5.18M | No quote | No quote |
| 20 | XCO | EXCO RESOURCES INC COM | 0.28% | - | 659,000 | $5M | No quote | No quote |
| 21 | BRK-B | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. CL B NEW | 0.05% | Add +5.7% | 11,100 | $925K | $83.33 | No quote |
| 22 | SPMD | SUPERMEDIA INC COM | 0.05% | - | 362,974 | $907K | No quote | No quote |
| 23 | BRK-A | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. CL A | 0.04% | - | 6 | $749K | $124833.33 | No quote |
| 24 | C | CITIGROUP INC COM NEW | 0.03% | - | 20,000 | $548K | $27.40 | No quote |
| 25 | NYCB | NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC COM | 0.03% | Add +33.3% | 40,000 | $501K | No quote | No quote |
| 26 | INMD | INTEGRAMED AMERICA, INC. COM NEW | 0.03% | New | 33,000 | $456K | $13.82 | No quote |
| 27 | MHK | MOHAWK INDS INC COM | 0.02% | - | 5,800 | $405K | $69.83 | No quote |
| 28 | SLM | SLM CORP COM | 0.02% | - | 25,000 | $393K | $15.72 | No quote |
| 29 | HOLX | HOLOGIC INC COM | 0.02% | - | 20,000 | $361K | $18.05 | No quote |
| 30 | NYT | NEW YORK TIMES CO CL A | 0.02% | Add +28.6% | 45,000 | $351K | $7.80 | No quote |
| 31 | MRK | MERCK & CO. INC. COM | 0.02% | - | 8,000 | $334K | $41.75 | No quote |
| 32 | BRO | BROWN & BROWN INC COM | 0.02% | - | 12,000 | $327K | $27.25 | No quote |
| 33 | MBI | MBIA INC COM | 0.02% | - | 30,000 | $324K | $10.80 | No quote |
| 34 | CISG | CNINSURE INC SPONSORED ADR | 0.02% | - | 45,000 | $305K | No quote | No quote |
| 35 | ORI | OLD REPUBLIC INTL CORPORATION COM | 0.02% | - | 35,000 | $290K | $8.29 | No quote |
| 36 | BMY | BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM | 0.01% | Reduce -30.0% | 7,000 | $252K | $36.00 | No quote |
| 37 | GIG | GIGOPTIX INC COM | 0.01% | New | 84,748 | $225K | No quote | No quote |
| 38 | PTEN | PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC COM | 0.01% | - | 15,000 | $218K | $14.53 | No quote |
| 39 | NEU | NEWMARKET CORP COM | 0.01% | Reduce -50.0% | 1,000 | $217K | No quote | No quote |
| 40 | NTE | NAM TAI ELECTRS INC COM PAR 0.02 | 0.01% | - | 35,000 | $203K | No quote | No quote |
| 41 | PBNY | PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP COM | 0.01% | New | 25,000 | $190K | No quote | No quote |
| 42 | TWN | TAIWAN FUND INC. COM | 0.01% | New | 11,438 | $172K | No quote | No quote |
| 43 | JAKK | JAKKS PACIFIC INC. COM | 0.01% | New | 10,301 | $165K | No quote | No quote |
| 44 | CITZ | CFS BANCORP INC. COM | 0.00% | - | 10,000 | $47K | No quote | No quote |
| 47 | PPPMF | PRIMERO MINING CORP COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 46 | MMI | HLDGS INC COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 45 | ABH | ABITIBIBOWATER INC COM NEW | - | 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 | 75,000,000 | $89.63M |
| 2 | INTC | INTEL CORP SDCVSDCV | OTHER | 11,500,000 | $13.01M |