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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 45 rows. Rows without a quote are marked unavailable.

1RIMMRESEARCH IN MOTION LTD.22.71%-51,854,700$541.49MNo quoteNo quote
2JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON21.30%Reduce -0.4%5,915,800$507.93M$85.86No quote
3RFPRESOLUTE FOREST PRODUCTS15.98%Add +16.9%28,957,327$381.08MNo quoteNo quote
4LVLTLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INC10.68%Reduce -6.7%12,071,803$254.59MNo quoteNo quote
5SDSANDRIDGE ENERGY INC6.47%-32,463,200$154.2M$4.75No quote
6DELLDELL INC5.01%-8,976,589$119.57M$13.32No quote
7USBUS BANCORP DEL4.41%-2,909,279$105.14M$36.14No quote
8OSTKOVERSTOCK.COM INC3.76%Reduce -6.0%3,184,677$89.68MNo quoteNo quote
9XCOEXCO RESOURCES INC3.46%-10,812,200$82.61MNo quoteNo quote
10WFCWELLS FARGO & CO. NEW2.29%-1,323,663$54.61M$41.26No quote
11BWINBBALDWIN & LYONS INC0.98%-969,875$23.46MNo quoteNo quote
12WMTWAL-MART STORES INC0.69%-220,000$16.39M$74.49No quote
13BCEBCE INC.0.46%-268,300$10.97M$40.87No quote
14RYAAYRYANAIR HLDGS PLC0.41%-189,900$9.77M$51.45No quote
15KWKENNEDY-WILSON HLDGS INC0.28%-400,000$6.66M$16.64No quote
16PFEPFIZER INC0.28%-235,000$6.59M$28.05No quote
17CRESYCRESUD S A C I F Y A0.23%-723,012$5.37MNo quoteNo quote
18DXMDEX MEDIA INC NEW0.12%New159,198$2.81MNo quoteNo quote
19BRK-BBERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.0.10%Add +5.0%21,100$2.36M$111.85No quote
20BRK-ABERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC.0.04%-6$1.01M$168000.00No quote
21USGU S G CORP0.04%-42,800$987KNo quoteNo quote
22CCITIGROUP INC0.04%-20,000$959K$47.95No quote
23NYTNEW YORK TIMES CO0.03%Add +40.0%70,000$773K$11.04No quote
24ORIOLD REPUBLIC INTL CORPORATION0.02%-45,000$578K$12.84No quote
25NYCBNEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC0.02%-40,000$559KNo quoteNo quote
26MRKMERCK & CO. INC.0.02%Add +50.0%12,000$557K$46.42No quote
27SLMSLM CORP0.02%Reduce -20.0%20,000$457K$22.85No quote
28MBIMBIA INC0.02%-30,000$399K$13.30No quote
29HOLXHOLOGIC INC0.02%-20,000$386K$19.30No quote
30PTENPATTERSON UTI ENERGY INC0.02%-19,000$368K$19.37No quote
31CISGCNINSURE INC0.01%-45,000$270KNo quoteNo quote
32UPLULTRA PETROLEUM CORP0.01%Reduce -59.9%13,400$265KNo quoteNo quote
33EDUNEW ORIENTAL ED & TECH GRP INC0.01%Reduce -50.0%11,100$246K$22.16No quote
35PBNYPROVIDENT NEW YORK BANCORP0.01%-25,000$233KNo quoteNo quote
34HPQHEWLETT-PACK CO0.01%Reduce -53.9%9,400$233K$24.79No quote
36CTBCOOPER TIRE & RUBBER CO.0.01%New7,000$232KNo quoteNo quote
37IBMINTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHS0.01%New1,200$229K$190.83No quote
38NTENAM TAI ELECTRS INC0.01%-35,000$196KNo quoteNo quote
39CITZCFS BANCORP INC.0.00%-10,000$107KNo quoteNo quote
43HOGSZHONGPIN INC COM-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
42SPMDSUPERMEDIA INC COM-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
41NVDQNOVADAQ TECHNOLOGIES INC COM-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
40BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO COM-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote

Other instruments

Bonds, warrants, or non-share principal positions reported alongside the equity portfolio.

1LVLTLEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS INCNOTEOTHER75,000,000$87.28M
2INTCINTEL CORPSDCVOTHER11,500,000$12.51M