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 24 of 49 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.
| 1 | RIMM | RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD COM | 25.54% | - | 51,854,700 | $615.15M | No quote | No quote |
| 2 | JNJ | JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM | 17.29% | Reduce -0.1% | 5,941,600 | $416.51M | $70.10 | No quote |
| 3 | RFP | RESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS COM | 13.61% | Add +30.6% | 24,776,519 | $327.79M | No quote | No quote |
| 4 | LVLT | LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC COM NEW | 12.40% | - | 12,931,094 | $298.71M | No quote | No quote |
| 5 | SD | SANDRIDGE ENERGY INC COM | 8.55% | Add +645.6% | 32,463,200 | $205.82M | $6.34 | No quote |
| 6 | USB | US BANCORP DEL COM NEW | 4.12% | Reduce -0.2% | 3,105,879 | $99.2M | $31.94 | No quote |
| 7 | DELL | DELL INC COM | 3.78% | - | 8,976,589 | $90.93M | $10.13 | No quote |
| 8 | XCO | EXCO RESOURCES INC COM | 3.00% | Add +1519.5% | 10,672,200 | $72.14M | No quote | No quote |
| 9 | FTR | FRONTIER COMMUNICATIONS CORP COM | 2.85% | Reduce -14.0% | 16,020,000 | $68.73M | No quote | No quote |
| 10 | WFC | WELLS FARGO & CO. NEW COM | 2.48% | Reduce -0.4% | 1,747,687 | $59.79M | $34.21 | No quote |
| 11 | OSTK | OVERSTOCK.COM INC COM | 2.01% | - | 3,388,774 | $48.49M | No quote | No quote |
| 12 | BWINB | BALDWIN & LYONS INC CL B | 0.96% | - | 969,875 | $23.03M | No quote | No quote |
| 13 | NVDQ | NOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC COM | 0.72% | - | 2,000,000 | $17.38M | No quote | No quote |
| 14 | WMT | WAL-MART STORES INC COM | 0.62% | - | 220,000 | $15.02M | $68.26 | No quote |
| 15 | BCE | BCE INC. COM NEW | 0.48% | - | 268,300 | $11.48M | $42.78 | No quote |
| 16 | RYAAY | RYANAIR HLDGS PLC SPONSORED ADR | 0.27% | - | 189,900 | $6.51M | $34.27 | No quote |
| 17 | CRESY | CRESUD S A C I F Y A SPONSORED ADR | 0.25% | - | 723,012 | $6.02M | No quote | No quote |
| 18 | PFE | PFIZER INC COM | 0.24% | - | 235,000 | $5.9M | $25.09 | No quote |
| 19 | KW | KENNEDY-WILSON COM | 0.23% | - | 400,000 | $5.59M | $13.98 | No quote |
| 20 | NXY | NEXEN INC COM | 0.09% | Add +34.8% | 77,500 | $2.09M | No quote | No quote |
| 21 | BRK-B | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. CL B NEW | 0.07% | Add +81.1% | 20,100 | $1.81M | $89.80 | No quote |
| 22 | SPMD | SUPERMEDIA INC COM | 0.05% | - | 362,974 | $1.23M | No quote | No quote |
| 23 | USG | USG Corp COM NEW | 0.05% | - | 42,800 | $1.2M | No quote | No quote |
| 24 | TEA | TEAVANA HLDGS INC COM | 0.03% | New | 53,100 | $823K | No quote | No quote |
| 25 | BRK-A | BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC. CL A | 0.03% | - | 6 | $807K | $134500.00 | No quote |
| 26 | C | CITIGROUP INC COM NEW | 0.03% | - | 20,000 | $792K | $39.60 | No quote |
| 27 | NYCB | NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC COM | 0.02% | - | 40,000 | $524K | No quote | No quote |
| 28 | NTE | NAM TAI ELECTRS INC COM PAR 0.02 | 0.02% | - | 35,000 | $484K | No quote | No quote |
| 29 | ORI | OLD REPUBLIC INTL CORPORATION COM | 0.02% | - | 45,000 | $479K | $10.64 | No quote |
| 30 | EDU | NEW ORIENTAL ED & TECH GRP INC SPON ADR | 0.02% | - | 22,200 | $431K | $19.41 | No quote |
| 31 | SLM | SLM CORP COM | 0.02% | - | 25,000 | $429K | $17.16 | No quote |
| 32 | HOLX | HOLOGIC INC COM | 0.02% | - | 20,000 | $401K | $20.05 | No quote |
| 33 | NYT | NEW YORK TIMES CO CL A | 0.02% | - | 45,000 | $383K | $8.51 | No quote |
| 34 | PTEN | PATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC COM | 0.01% | Add +26.7% | 19,000 | $354K | $18.63 | No quote |
| 35 | MRK | MERCK & CO. INC. COM | 0.01% | - | 8,000 | $328K | $41.00 | No quote |
| 36 | CISG | CNINSURE INC SPONSORED ADR | 0.01% | - | 45,000 | $294K | No quote | No quote |
| 37 | HPQ | HEWLETT-PACK CO COM | 0.01% | New | 20,400 | $290K | $14.22 | No quote |
| 38 | UPL | ULTRA PETROLEUM CORP COM | 0.01% | New | 15,900 | $288K | No quote | No quote |
| 39 | MBI | MBIA INC COM | 0.01% | - | 30,000 | $236K | $7.87 | No quote |
| 40 | PBNY | PROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP COM | 0.01% | - | 25,000 | $233K | No quote | No quote |
| 41 | BMY | BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM | 0.01% | - | 7,000 | $228K | $32.57 | No quote |
| 42 | AUQ | AURICO GOLD INC COM | 0.01% | New | 23,600 | $193K | No quote | No quote |
| 43 | CITZ | CFS BANCORP INC. COM | 0.00% | - | 10,000 | $61K | No quote | No quote |
| 47 | MHK | MOHAWK INDS INC COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 46 | FSIN | INC COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 45 | BRO | INC COM | - | Sold | 0 | $0 | No quote | No quote |
| 44 | NEU | CORP 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 | 75,000,000 | $89.2M |
| 2 | INTC | INTEL CORP SDCVSDCV | OTHER | 11,500,000 | $11.92M |