$4.15 Billion is the total value of Markel Corporation's 128 reported holdings in Q4 2014. The portfolio turnover from Q3 2014 to Q4 2014 was 18.3% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMX | Carmax | $330,441,000 | +43.3% | 4,963,070 | 0.0% | 8.32% | +28.0% | |
| BRKA | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | $243,628,000 | +9.2% | 1,078 | 0.0% | 6.14% | -2.5% | |
| BRKB | Berkshire Hathaway Class B | $226,968,000 | +8.7% | 1,511,607 | 0.0% | 5.72% | -3.0% | |
| BAM | Buy | Brookfield Asset Management | $166,108,000 | +12.4% | 3,313,548 | +0.8% | 4.18% | +0.4% |
| WBA | New | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | $162,367,000 | – | 2,135,000 | +100.0% | 4.09% | – |
| FRFHF | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | $146,436,000 | +17.4% | 279,459 | 0.0% | 3.69% | +4.9% | |
| DIS | Buy | Disney | $143,969,000 | +6.8% | 1,528,500 | +0.9% | 3.62% | -4.7% |
| DEO | Buy | Diageo PLC | $141,814,000 | -0.1% | 1,243,000 | +1.1% | 3.57% | -10.8% |
| MAR | Buy | Marriott International | $105,798,000 | +13.7% | 1,355,869 | +1.9% | 2.66% | +1.5% |
| HD | Home Depot | $96,572,000 | +14.4% | 920,000 | 0.0% | 2.43% | +2.2% | |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores | $94,296,000 | +12.3% | 1,098,000 | 0.0% | 2.38% | +0.3% | |
| UPS | Buy | United Parcel Service | $81,321,000 | +13.9% | 731,500 | +0.7% | 2.05% | +1.7% |
| XOM | Exxon Corporation | $80,321,000 | -1.7% | 868,800 | 0.0% | 2.02% | -12.2% | |
| GE | Buy | General Electric | $74,294,000 | +0.9% | 2,940,000 | +2.3% | 1.87% | -9.9% |
| DE | Buy | John Deere | $73,696,000 | +66.5% | 833,000 | +54.3% | 1.86% | +48.6% |
| ADM | Archer Daniels | $71,552,000 | +1.8% | 1,376,000 | 0.0% | 1.80% | -9.1% | |
| FHI | Federated Investors | $70,272,000 | +12.2% | 2,134,000 | 0.0% | 1.77% | +0.2% | |
| WPC | W.P. Carey | $66,609,000 | +9.9% | 950,200 | 0.0% | 1.68% | -1.9% | |
| UNH | Buy | United Health Group Inc | $66,315,000 | +19.4% | 656,000 | +1.9% | 1.67% | +6.6% |
| JNJ | Johnson and Johnson | $60,044,000 | -1.9% | 574,200 | 0.0% | 1.51% | -12.4% | |
| RLI | RLI Corporation | $59,145,000 | +14.1% | 1,197,272 | 0.0% | 1.49% | +1.8% | |
| UL | Buy | Unilever PLC ADR | $56,955,000 | +13.6% | 1,407,000 | +17.5% | 1.43% | +1.4% |
| CFX | Colfax Corporation | $55,957,000 | -9.5% | 1,085,070 | 0.0% | 1.41% | -19.2% | |
| GD | General Dynamics | $53,259,000 | +8.3% | 387,000 | 0.0% | 1.34% | -3.3% | |
| V | Buy | Visa | $49,949,000 | +31.1% | 190,500 | +6.7% | 1.26% | +17.1% |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR | $47,736,000 | +1.3% | 425,000 | 0.0% | 1.20% | -9.6% | |
| NVO | Novo-Nordisk A/S | $45,494,000 | -11.1% | 1,075,000 | 0.0% | 1.15% | -20.6% | |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing | $44,244,000 | +0.3% | 530,700 | 0.0% | 1.11% | -10.4% | |
| BLK | Buy | Blackrock Inc | $41,477,000 | +22.7% | 116,000 | +12.6% | 1.04% | +9.4% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corp | $37,996,000 | +0.2% | 818,000 | 0.0% | 0.96% | -10.5% | |
| LOW | Lowes | $37,152,000 | +30.0% | 540,000 | 0.0% | 0.94% | +16.1% | |
| BFA | Brown Forman Class A | $36,991,000 | -1.6% | 421,500 | 0.0% | 0.93% | -12.1% | |
| INTC | Intel | $35,963,000 | +4.2% | 991,000 | 0.0% | 0.91% | -6.9% | |
| SLB | Buy | Schlumberger | $34,591,000 | +4.0% | 405,000 | +23.9% | 0.87% | -7.1% |
| MMM | 3M Company | $33,522,000 | +16.0% | 204,000 | 0.0% | 0.84% | +3.6% | |
| AXP | American Express | $32,471,000 | +6.3% | 349,000 | 0.0% | 0.82% | -5.1% | |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab | $31,911,000 | +2.7% | 1,057,000 | 0.0% | 0.80% | -8.2% | |
| NOV | Buy | National Oilwell | $31,127,000 | -3.5% | 475,000 | +12.0% | 0.78% | -13.8% |
| CPRT | Buy | Copart Inc | $30,798,000 | +37.9% | 844,000 | +18.4% | 0.78% | +23.2% |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp | $28,691,000 | +17.5% | 638,000 | 0.0% | 0.72% | +4.8% | |
| CB | Buy | Chubb Corp | $27,420,000 | +34.4% | 265,000 | +18.3% | 0.69% | +20.0% |
| ANTM | New | Anthem Inc | $27,270,000 | – | 217,000 | +100.0% | 0.69% | – |
| TRV | Buy | The Travelers Companies Inc | $25,827,000 | +28.5% | 244,000 | +14.0% | 0.65% | +14.6% |
| MCO | Buy | Moody's Corp | $24,336,000 | +6.4% | 254,000 | +5.0% | 0.61% | -5.0% |
| CVS | Buy | CVS Corporation | $22,344,000 | +28.8% | 232,000 | +6.4% | 0.56% | +15.1% |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc | $22,059,000 | -7.6% | 241,000 | 0.0% | 0.56% | -17.5% | |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | $21,781,000 | +12.2% | 230,000 | 0.0% | 0.55% | 0.0% | |
| TROW | T.Rowe Price | $21,465,000 | +9.5% | 250,000 | 0.0% | 0.54% | -2.2% | |
| MMC | Buy | Marsh & McLennan | $19,233,000 | +59.1% | 336,000 | +45.5% | 0.48% | +41.9% |
| LMCK | Liberty Media Corp Class C | $18,075,000 | -25.5% | 516,000 | 0.0% | 0.46% | -33.5% | |
| FDS | Buy | Factset Research | $18,016,000 | +27.8% | 128,000 | +10.3% | 0.45% | +14.1% |
| HAS | Buy | Hasbro, Inc | $17,542,000 | +13.5% | 319,000 | +13.5% | 0.44% | +1.4% |
| MCD | McDonalds | $16,960,000 | -1.2% | 181,000 | 0.0% | 0.43% | -11.8% | |
| ITIC | Investors Title Company | $15,550,000 | -0.4% | 213,300 | 0.0% | 0.39% | -10.9% | |
| NKE | Buy | Nike | $14,903,000 | +16.8% | 155,000 | +8.4% | 0.38% | +4.2% |
| BX | Buy | Blackstone Group | $14,073,000 | +15.8% | 416,000 | +7.8% | 0.35% | +3.2% |
| SYNL | Synalloy Corporation | $13,830,000 | +1.2% | 785,343 | 0.0% | 0.35% | -9.6% | |
| PEP | Pepsico | $12,699,000 | +1.6% | 134,300 | 0.0% | 0.32% | -9.3% | |
| ACN | Buy | Accenture | $12,057,000 | +15.8% | 135,000 | +5.5% | 0.30% | +3.4% |
| LMCA | Buy | Liberty Media | $12,027,000 | -13.0% | 341,000 | +16.4% | 0.30% | -22.3% |
| ECL | Buy | Ecolab | $11,811,000 | +1.8% | 113,000 | +11.9% | 0.30% | -9.2% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | $11,568,000 | +8.8% | 127,000 | 0.0% | 0.29% | -3.0% | |
| MON | Buy | Monsanto Co | $11,350,000 | +94.0% | 95,000 | +82.7% | 0.29% | +73.3% |
| MAT | Buy | Mattel | $10,305,000 | +17.6% | 333,000 | +16.4% | 0.26% | +4.9% |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern | $10,084,000 | -1.8% | 92,000 | 0.0% | 0.25% | -12.4% | |
| KKR | Buy | KKR & Co LLC | $10,096,000 | +13.5% | 435,000 | +9.0% | 0.25% | +1.2% |
| MHFI | Buy | McGraw Hill Financial | $9,877,000 | +18.1% | 111,000 | +12.1% | 0.25% | +5.5% |
| EMR | Emerson Electric | $9,753,000 | -1.4% | 158,000 | 0.0% | 0.25% | -11.8% | |
| SEIC | SEI Investments Co | $9,489,000 | +10.7% | 237,000 | 0.0% | 0.24% | -1.2% | |
| PM | Philip Morris International | $9,326,000 | -2.3% | 114,500 | 0.0% | 0.24% | -12.6% | |
| BFB | Brown-Forman Class B | $9,256,000 | -2.6% | 105,375 | 0.0% | 0.23% | -13.1% | |
| CG | Buy | The Carlyle Group | $8,855,000 | +0.2% | 322,000 | +11.0% | 0.22% | -10.4% |
| AAN | Buy | Aaron's Inc | $8,193,000 | +65.1% | 268,000 | +31.4% | 0.21% | +47.1% |
| MA | Buy | Mastercard, Inc | $8,013,000 | +35.5% | 93,000 | +16.2% | 0.20% | +21.0% |
| OAK | Buy | Oaktree Capital Group LLC | $7,930,000 | +343.5% | 153,000 | +337.1% | 0.20% | +300.0% |
| PDCO | Patterson Companies Inc. | $7,455,000 | +16.1% | 155,000 | 0.0% | 0.19% | +3.9% | |
| CDK | New | CDK Global Inc | $7,210,000 | – | 176,897 | +100.0% | 0.18% | – |
| APO | Buy | Apollo Global Management - A | $7,192,000 | +9.7% | 305,000 | +10.9% | 0.18% | -2.2% |
| RCII | Buy | Rent-A-Center | $6,901,000 | +30.7% | 190,000 | +9.2% | 0.17% | +16.8% |
| PAYX | Paychex | $6,925,000 | +4.4% | 150,000 | 0.0% | 0.17% | -7.0% | |
| GOOGL | Google Class A | $6,633,000 | -9.8% | 12,500 | 0.0% | 0.17% | -19.3% | |
| GOOG | Google Class C | $6,580,000 | -8.8% | 12,500 | 0.0% | 0.17% | -18.6% | |
| LBRDK | New | Liberty Media Class C | $6,427,000 | – | 129,000 | +100.0% | 0.16% | – |
| EXPD | Expeditors Int'l Wash Inc | $6,112,000 | +9.9% | 137,000 | 0.0% | 0.15% | -1.9% | |
| UTX | United Technologies | $6,095,000 | +8.9% | 53,000 | 0.0% | 0.15% | -3.2% | |
| COST | Costco | $5,528,000 | +13.1% | 39,000 | 0.0% | 0.14% | +0.7% | |
| BRO | Sell | Brown & Brown | $5,451,000 | -53.6% | 165,628 | -54.7% | 0.14% | -58.7% |
| CME | Buy | CME Group Inc | $4,964,000 | +38.0% | 56,000 | +24.4% | 0.12% | +23.8% |
| MSCI | Buy | MSCI | $4,791,000 | +18.5% | 101,000 | +17.4% | 0.12% | +6.1% |
| GHC | Graham Holdings Co | $4,491,000 | +23.4% | 5,200 | 0.0% | 0.11% | +9.7% | |
| LBRDA | New | Liberty Broadband A | $4,020,000 | – | 80,250 | +100.0% | 0.10% | – |
| ROL | Buy | Rollins, Inc. | $3,376,000 | +32.5% | 102,000 | +17.2% | 0.08% | +18.1% |
| CLB | Buy | Core Labs NV | $3,008,000 | +105.6% | 25,000 | +150.0% | 0.08% | +85.4% |
| CRRTQ | New | Carbo Ceramics Inc | $2,443,000 | – | 61,000 | +100.0% | 0.06% | – |
| DNOW | Now Inc | $2,406,000 | -15.4% | 93,500 | 0.0% | 0.06% | -23.8% | |
| ROST | Ross Stores, Inc | $2,168,000 | +24.7% | 23,000 | 0.0% | 0.06% | +12.2% | |
| Y | Alleghany Corporation | $2,006,000 | +10.8% | 4,328 | 0.0% | 0.05% | 0.0% | |
| RBA | Buy | Ritchie Bros | $1,855,000 | +65.8% | 69,000 | +38.0% | 0.05% | +46.9% |
| New | Liberty Global PLC | $1,657,000 | – | 33,000 | +100.0% | 0.04% | – | |
| NICK | Buy | Nicholas Financial | $670,000 | +477.6% | 45,000 | +350.0% | 0.02% | +466.7% |
| CSCO | Cisco | $640,000 | +10.5% | 23,000 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | |
| CULP | Culp Inc | $655,000 | +19.3% | 30,227 | 0.0% | 0.02% | +6.7% | |
| HAL | New | Halliburton | $590,000 | – | 15,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| WAIR | New | Wesco Aircraft Holdings | $419,000 | – | 30,000 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| STRZA | Starz Liberty Capital | $356,000 | -10.3% | 12,000 | 0.0% | 0.01% | -18.2% | |
| LGIH | New | LGI Homes, Inc | $254,000 | – | 17,000 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| WSO | New | Watsco Inc | $214,000 | – | 2,000 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| LH | Exit | Laboratory Corp of America | $0 | – | -15,000 | -100.0% | -0.04% | – |
| TGT | Exit | Target | $0 | – | -33,000 | -100.0% | -0.06% | – |
| SIAL | Exit | Sigma Aldrich | $0 | – | -18,000 | -100.0% | -0.07% | – |
| IGT | Exit | International Game Technology | $0 | – | -215,000 | -100.0% | -0.10% | – |
| KO | Exit | Coca Cola Co | $0 | – | -130,000 | -100.0% | -0.16% | – |
| TEVA | Exit | Teva Pharmaceuticals | $0 | – | -444,000 | -100.0% | -0.67% | – |
| V107SC | Exit | Wellpoint Inc | $0 | – | -205,000 | -100.0% | -0.69% | – |
| WAG | Exit | Walgreen | $0 | – | -2,135,000 | -100.0% | -3.57% | – |
Other managers
Other managers that, in addition to the filing manager(s), that filed the EDGAR filing(s):
- Markel Gayner Asset Management Corporation #1
- Markel Gayner Asset Management Corporation #1
Original filings
The following EDGAR filing(s) were analyzed to create this report:
Signatures
The EDGAR filing(s) were signed by:
About Markel Corporation
Markel Corporation is a diversified financial holding company that operates through three segments: insurance, reinsurance, and investments. The company was founded in 1930 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Markel has a market capitalization of over $16 billion and is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol MKL.
The company's insurance segment provides coverage for a wide range of risks, including commercial, personal, and specialty lines. Markel's reinsurance segment offers coverage to insurance companies for catastrophic events and other large losses. The investments segment manages the company's investment portfolio, which includes equities, fixed income securities, and alternative investments.
Markel is led by a team of experienced executives, including Thomas S. Gayner, who serves as the company's Co-CEO and Chief Investment Officer. Gayner has been with Markel since 1990 and is widely respected for his investment acumen. Other key executives include Richard R. Whitt III, who serves as Co-CEO and President, and Anne G. Waleski, who is the company's CFO.
Markel has a strong track record of financial performance, with consistent growth in revenue and earnings over the past decade. The company's diversified business model and disciplined underwriting approach have helped it weather challenging market conditions and maintain a strong balance sheet. While past performance is not indicative of future results, Markel's long-term track record suggests that it is a well-managed company with a bright future ahead.
It's important to note that this information is for educational purposes only and has not been fact-checked. As with any investment, it's important to do your own research and consult with a financial advisor before making any investment decisions.
Top long-term holdings
| Name | Quarters owned | Latest quarter owned | Max weighting |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL | 42 | Q3 2023 | 7.1% |
| BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL | 42 | Q3 2023 | 6.5% |
| DISNEY WALT CO | 42 | Q3 2023 | 5.0% |
| DIAGEO PLC | 42 | Q3 2023 | 5.3% |
| HOME DEPOT INC | 42 | Q3 2023 | 4.4% |
| VISA INC | 42 | Q3 2023 | 3.4% |
| RLI Corporation | 42 | Q3 2023 | 2.2% |
| BLACKROCK INC | 42 | Q3 2023 | 2.4% |
| JOHNSON & JOHNSON | 42 | Q3 2023 | 2.0% |
| ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND CO | 42 | Q3 2023 | 2.0% |
View Markel Corporation's complete holdings history.
Latest significant ownerships (13-D/G)
| Filed | Shares | Percentage | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hagerty, Inc. | June 27, 2023 | 80,130,668 | 49.6% |
| INVESTORS TITLE CO | February 10, 2017 | 213,300 | 11.3% |
| SYNALLOY CORP | February 10, 2017 | 414,804 | 4.8% |
| UNION FIRST MARKET BANKSHARES CORP | August 12, 2013 | 1,189,214 | 4.8% |
| ALTERRA CAPITAL HOLDINGS Ltd | May 06, 2013 | ? | ? |
| Artio Global Investors Inc. | February 14, 2013 | 5,694,000 | 9.5% |
| LANDAMERICA FINANCIAL GROUP INC | November 19, 2008 | 615,099 | 4.0% |
| FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HOLDINGS LTD/ CAN | February 14, 2006 | 832,247 | 4.8% |
| AMWEST INSURANCE GROUP INC | February 07, 2002 | 9 | 11.0% |
View Markel Corporation's complete significant-ownership history.
Latest filings
| Type | Filed |
|---|---|
| 4 | 2024-04-18 |
| 4 | 2024-04-18 |
| 4 | 2024-04-18 |
| PX14A6G | 2024-04-05 |
| DEF 14A | 2024-04-04 |
| DEFA14A | 2024-04-04 |
| 4 | 2024-03-06 |
| 4 | 2024-03-06 |
| ARS | 2024-03-06 |
| 4 | 2024-02-27 |
View Markel Corporation's complete filings history.
All filings
- Holdings (13F-HR)
- Significant ownership (13-D/G)
- Insider transactions (4, 5, 6)
- Annual reports (10-K)
- Quarterly reports (10-Q)
- Events (8-K)
- Shareholder votes (proxy)
View complete filings history.