$3.96 Billion is the total value of Markel Corporation's 125 reported holdings in Q1 2015. The portfolio turnover from Q4 2014 to Q1 2015 was 9.3% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMX | Sell | Carmax | $339,051,000 | +2.6% | 4,913,070 | -1.0% | 8.57% | +3.0% |
| BRKA | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | $234,464,000 | -3.8% | 1,078 | 0.0% | 5.93% | -3.4% | |
| BRKB | Berkshire Hathaway Class B | $218,155,000 | -3.9% | 1,511,607 | 0.0% | 5.52% | -3.5% | |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | $180,792,000 | +11.3% | 2,135,000 | 0.0% | 4.57% | +11.8% | |
| BAM | Buy | Brookfield Asset Management | $177,961,000 | +7.1% | 3,319,548 | +0.2% | 4.50% | +7.6% |
| DIS | Buy | Disney | $161,688,000 | +12.3% | 1,541,500 | +0.9% | 4.09% | +12.7% |
| DEO | Buy | Diageo PLC | $137,991,000 | -2.7% | 1,248,000 | +0.4% | 3.49% | -2.3% |
| MAR | Buy | Marriott International | $109,948,000 | +3.9% | 1,368,869 | +1.0% | 2.78% | +4.3% |
| HD | Home Depot | $104,521,000 | +8.2% | 920,000 | 0.0% | 2.64% | +8.6% | |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores | $90,310,000 | -4.2% | 1,098,000 | 0.0% | 2.28% | -3.9% | |
| DE | Buy | John Deere | $79,447,000 | +7.8% | 906,000 | +8.8% | 2.01% | +8.2% |
| UNH | Buy | United Health Group Inc | $78,426,000 | +18.3% | 663,000 | +1.1% | 1.98% | +18.7% |
| XOM | Exxon Corporation | $73,848,000 | -8.1% | 868,800 | 0.0% | 1.87% | -7.7% | |
| GE | Buy | General Electric | $73,512,000 | -1.1% | 2,963,000 | +0.8% | 1.86% | -0.7% |
| FHI | Federated Investors | $72,321,000 | +2.9% | 2,134,000 | 0.0% | 1.83% | +3.3% | |
| UPS | Buy | United Parcel Service | $72,172,000 | -11.3% | 744,500 | +1.8% | 1.82% | -10.9% |
| ADM | Archer Daniels | $65,222,000 | -8.8% | 1,376,000 | 0.0% | 1.65% | -8.5% | |
| WPC | W.P. Carey | $64,614,000 | -3.0% | 950,200 | 0.0% | 1.63% | -2.6% | |
| RLI | RLI Corporation | $62,749,000 | +6.1% | 1,197,272 | 0.0% | 1.59% | +6.5% | |
| UL | Buy | Unilever PLC ADR | $60,938,000 | +7.0% | 1,461,000 | +3.8% | 1.54% | +7.4% |
| JNJ | Johnson and Johnson | $57,765,000 | -3.8% | 574,200 | 0.0% | 1.46% | -3.4% | |
| NVO | Novo-Nordisk A/S | $57,394,000 | +26.2% | 1,075,000 | 0.0% | 1.45% | +26.6% | |
| V | Buy | Visa | $52,851,000 | +5.8% | 808,000 | +324.1% | 1.34% | +6.2% |
| GD | General Dynamics | $52,528,000 | -1.4% | 387,000 | 0.0% | 1.33% | -1.0% | |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR | $51,812,000 | +8.5% | 425,000 | 0.0% | 1.31% | +9.0% | |
| CFX | Colfax Corporation | $51,790,000 | -7.4% | 1,085,070 | 0.0% | 1.31% | -7.1% | |
| BLK | Buy | Blackrock Inc | $47,193,000 | +13.8% | 129,000 | +11.2% | 1.19% | +14.3% |
| SLB | Buy | Schlumberger | $45,475,000 | +31.5% | 545,000 | +34.6% | 1.15% | +32.0% |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing | $45,449,000 | +2.7% | 530,700 | 0.0% | 1.15% | +3.1% | |
| LOW | Lowes | $40,171,000 | +8.1% | 540,000 | 0.0% | 1.02% | +8.4% | |
| BFA | Brown Forman Class A | $38,264,000 | +3.4% | 421,500 | 0.0% | 0.97% | +3.8% | |
| ANTM | Buy | Anthem Inc | $34,588,000 | +26.8% | 224,000 | +3.2% | 0.87% | +27.2% |
| MMM | 3M Company | $33,649,000 | +0.4% | 204,000 | 0.0% | 0.85% | +0.8% | |
| CPRT | Buy | Copart Inc | $33,475,000 | +8.7% | 891,000 | +5.6% | 0.85% | +9.0% |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab | $32,175,000 | +0.8% | 1,057,000 | 0.0% | 0.81% | +1.1% | |
| INTC | Intel | $30,988,000 | -13.8% | 991,000 | 0.0% | 0.78% | -13.6% | |
| NOV | Buy | National Oilwell | $28,744,000 | -7.7% | 575,000 | +21.1% | 0.73% | -7.3% |
| AXP | Buy | American Express | $28,201,000 | -13.2% | 361,000 | +3.4% | 0.71% | -12.8% |
| CB | Buy | Chubb Corp | $28,106,000 | +2.5% | 278,000 | +4.9% | 0.71% | +2.9% |
| TRV | Buy | The Travelers Companies Inc | $28,006,000 | +8.4% | 259,000 | +6.1% | 0.71% | +8.9% |
| MCO | Buy | Moody's Corp | $27,715,000 | +13.9% | 267,000 | +5.1% | 0.70% | +14.4% |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp | $27,530,000 | -4.0% | 638,000 | 0.0% | 0.70% | -3.6% | |
| CVS | Buy | CVS Corporation | $25,286,000 | +13.2% | 245,000 | +5.6% | 0.64% | +13.5% |
| HAS | Buy | Hasbro, Inc | $22,640,000 | +29.1% | 358,000 | +12.2% | 0.57% | +29.4% |
| MMC | Buy | Marsh & McLennan | $22,492,000 | +16.9% | 401,000 | +19.3% | 0.57% | +17.6% |
| FDS | Buy | Factset Research | $22,447,000 | +24.6% | 141,000 | +10.2% | 0.57% | +24.9% |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | $22,342,000 | +2.6% | 230,000 | 0.0% | 0.56% | +3.1% | |
| TROW | T.Rowe Price | $20,245,000 | -5.7% | 250,000 | 0.0% | 0.51% | -5.4% | |
| LMCK | Liberty Media Corp Class C | $19,711,000 | +9.1% | 516,000 | 0.0% | 0.50% | +9.5% | |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc | $19,287,000 | -12.6% | 241,000 | 0.0% | 0.49% | -12.1% | |
| MCD | McDonalds | $17,637,000 | +4.0% | 181,000 | 0.0% | 0.45% | +4.4% | |
| MON | Buy | Monsanto Co | $17,331,000 | +52.7% | 154,000 | +62.1% | 0.44% | +53.1% |
| BX | Buy | Blackstone Group | $17,073,000 | +21.3% | 439,000 | +5.5% | 0.43% | +22.0% |
| NKE | Buy | Nike | $16,053,000 | +7.7% | 160,000 | +3.2% | 0.41% | +8.3% |
| ITIC | Investors Title Company | $15,793,000 | +1.6% | 213,300 | 0.0% | 0.40% | +1.8% | |
| LMCA | Buy | Liberty Media | $14,649,000 | +21.8% | 380,000 | +11.4% | 0.37% | +22.1% |
| ECL | Buy | Ecolab | $14,412,000 | +22.0% | 126,000 | +11.5% | 0.36% | +22.6% |
| MSFT | Sell | Microsoft Corp | $12,928,000 | -66.0% | 318,000 | -61.1% | 0.33% | -65.8% |
| OAK | Buy | Oaktree Capital Group LLC | $12,889,000 | +62.5% | 249,500 | +63.1% | 0.33% | +63.0% |
| PEP | Pepsico | $12,842,000 | +1.1% | 134,300 | 0.0% | 0.32% | +1.6% | |
| MHFI | Buy | McGraw Hill Financial | $12,822,000 | +29.8% | 124,000 | +11.7% | 0.32% | +30.1% |
| ACN | Accenture | $12,648,000 | +4.9% | 135,000 | 0.0% | 0.32% | +5.3% | |
| SYNL | Synalloy Corporation | $11,317,000 | -18.2% | 785,343 | 0.0% | 0.29% | -17.8% | |
| KKR | Buy | KKR & Co LLC | $10,675,000 | +5.7% | 468,000 | +7.6% | 0.27% | +6.3% |
| CLB | Buy | Core Labs NV | $10,658,000 | +254.3% | 102,000 | +308.0% | 0.27% | +253.9% |
| SEIC | SEI Investments Co | $10,449,000 | +10.1% | 237,000 | 0.0% | 0.26% | +10.5% | |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | $10,406,000 | -10.0% | 127,000 | 0.0% | 0.26% | -9.6% | |
| LBRDK | Buy | Liberty Media Class C | $9,742,000 | +51.6% | 172,113 | +33.4% | 0.25% | +51.9% |
| MAT | Buy | Mattel | $9,643,000 | -6.4% | 422,000 | +26.7% | 0.24% | -5.8% |
| CME | Buy | CME Group Inc | $9,566,000 | +92.7% | 101,000 | +80.4% | 0.24% | +93.6% |
| BFB | Brown-Forman Class B | $9,521,000 | +2.9% | 105,375 | 0.0% | 0.24% | +3.4% | |
| CG | Buy | The Carlyle Group | $9,512,000 | +7.4% | 351,000 | +9.0% | 0.24% | +7.6% |
| NSC | Norfolk Southern | $9,469,000 | -6.1% | 92,000 | 0.0% | 0.24% | -5.9% | |
| MA | Buy | Mastercard, Inc | $9,157,000 | +14.3% | 106,000 | +14.0% | 0.23% | +14.4% |
| EMR | Emerson Electric | $8,946,000 | -8.3% | 158,000 | 0.0% | 0.23% | -8.1% | |
| PM | Philip Morris International | $8,625,000 | -7.5% | 114,500 | 0.0% | 0.22% | -7.2% | |
| AAN | Buy | Aaron's Inc | $8,521,000 | +4.0% | 301,000 | +12.3% | 0.22% | +4.4% |
| CDK | CDK Global Inc | $8,272,000 | +14.7% | 176,897 | 0.0% | 0.21% | +14.8% | |
| PDCO | Patterson Companies Inc. | $7,562,000 | +1.4% | 155,000 | 0.0% | 0.19% | +1.6% | |
| PAYX | Paychex | $7,442,000 | +7.5% | 150,000 | 0.0% | 0.19% | +8.0% | |
| WSO | Buy | Watsco Inc | $7,291,000 | +3307.0% | 58,000 | +2800.0% | 0.18% | +3580.0% |
| APO | Buy | Apollo Global Management - A | $7,258,000 | +0.9% | 336,000 | +10.2% | 0.18% | +1.1% |
| MSCI | Buy | MSCI | $6,989,000 | +45.9% | 114,000 | +12.9% | 0.18% | +46.3% |
| GOOGL | Google Class A | $6,934,000 | +4.5% | 12,500 | 0.0% | 0.18% | +4.8% | |
| GOOG | Google Class C | $6,850,000 | +4.1% | 12,500 | 0.0% | 0.17% | +4.2% | |
| HAL | Buy | Halliburton | $6,801,000 | +1052.7% | 155,000 | +933.3% | 0.17% | +1046.7% |
| UTX | United Technologies | $6,212,000 | +1.9% | 53,000 | 0.0% | 0.16% | +2.6% | |
| CRRTQ | Buy | Carbo Ceramics Inc | $6,102,000 | +149.8% | 200,000 | +227.9% | 0.15% | +148.4% |
| COST | Costco | $5,908,000 | +6.9% | 39,000 | 0.0% | 0.15% | +7.2% | |
| RCII | Buy | Rent-A-Center | $5,900,000 | -14.5% | 215,000 | +13.2% | 0.15% | -14.4% |
| GHC | Graham Holdings Co | $5,458,000 | +21.5% | 5,200 | 0.0% | 0.14% | +22.1% | |
| ROL | Buy | Rollins, Inc. | $5,119,000 | +51.6% | 207,000 | +102.9% | 0.13% | +51.8% |
| LBRDA | Liberty Broadband A | $4,533,000 | +12.8% | 80,250 | 0.0% | 0.12% | +13.9% | |
| LBTYA | New | Liberty Global PLC | $3,706,000 | – | 72,000 | +100.0% | 0.09% | – |
| DISCK | New | Discovery Communications | $2,653,000 | – | 90,000 | +100.0% | 0.07% | – |
| WAIR | Buy | Wesco Aircraft Holdings | $2,451,000 | +485.0% | 160,000 | +433.3% | 0.06% | +463.6% |
| RBA | Buy | Ritchie Bros | $2,394,000 | +29.1% | 96,000 | +39.1% | 0.06% | +29.8% |
| ROST | Ross Stores, Inc | $2,423,000 | +11.8% | 23,000 | 0.0% | 0.06% | +10.9% | |
| Y | Alleghany Corporation | $2,108,000 | +5.1% | 4,328 | 0.0% | 0.05% | +3.9% | |
| DNOW | Now Inc | $2,023,000 | -15.9% | 93,500 | 0.0% | 0.05% | -16.4% | |
| CULP | Culp Inc | $809,000 | +23.5% | 30,227 | 0.0% | 0.02% | +25.0% | |
| COH | New | Coach Inc | $746,000 | – | 18,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| CSCO | Cisco | $633,000 | -1.1% | 23,000 | 0.0% | 0.02% | 0.0% | |
| VRSK | New | Verisk Analytics Inc | $643,000 | – | 9,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| STRZA | Starz Liberty Capital | $413,000 | +16.0% | 12,000 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +11.1% | |
| LGIH | LGI Homes, Inc | $283,000 | +11.4% | 17,000 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +16.7% | |
| RUSHA | New | Rush Enterprises Inc | $246,000 | – | 9,000 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| NICK | Exit | Nicholas Financial | $0 | – | -45,000 | -100.0% | -0.02% | – |
| Exit | Liberty Global PLC | $0 | – | -33,000 | -100.0% | -0.04% | – | |
| BRO | Exit | Brown & Brown | $0 | – | -165,628 | -100.0% | -0.14% | – |
| EXPD | Exit | Expeditors Int'l Wash Inc | $0 | – | -137,000 | -100.0% | -0.15% | – |
| FRFHF | Exit | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | $0 | – | -279,459 | -100.0% | -3.69% | – |
Other managers
Other managers that, in addition to the filing manager(s), that filed the EDGAR filing(s):
- Markel Gayner Asset Management Corporation #1
Original filings
The following EDGAR filing(s) were analyzed to create this report:
- View 13F-HR filed 2015-05-07
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.