Fairfax Financial Hldgs Q3 EPS $43.32 Beats $42.42 Estimate, Sales $8.768B Beat $6.705B Estimate

Fairfax Financial Hldgs (TSX:FFH) reported quarterly earnings of $43.32 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $42.42 by 2.12 percent. This is a 16.76 percent decrease over earnings of $52.04 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $8.768 billion which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $6.705 billion by 30.77 percent. This is a 6.06 percent increase over sales of $8.267 billion the same period last year.