$4 Billion is the total value of Markel Corporation's 131 reported holdings in Q2 2015. The portfolio turnover from Q1 2015 to Q2 2015 was 10.3% .
| Value | Shares | ↓ Weighting | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMX | Carmax | $325,294,000 | -4.1% | 4,913,070 | 0.0% | 8.12% | -5.2% | |
| BRKA | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | $220,829,000 | -5.8% | 1,078 | 0.0% | 5.51% | -7.0% | |
| BRKB | Berkshire Hathaway Class B | $205,745,000 | -5.7% | 1,511,607 | 0.0% | 5.14% | -6.8% | |
| WBA | Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc | $180,279,000 | -0.3% | 2,135,000 | 0.0% | 4.50% | -1.5% | |
| DIS | Buy | Disney | $177,202,000 | +9.6% | 1,552,500 | +0.7% | 4.42% | +8.3% |
| BAM | Buy | Brookfield Asset Management | $174,679,000 | -1.8% | 5,000,821 | +50.6% | 4.36% | -3.0% |
| DEO | Buy | Diageo PLC | $145,166,000 | +5.2% | 1,251,000 | +0.2% | 3.62% | +3.9% |
| MAR | Buy | Marriott International | $102,946,000 | -6.4% | 1,383,869 | +1.1% | 2.57% | -7.5% |
| HD | Home Depot | $102,240,000 | -2.2% | 920,000 | 0.0% | 2.55% | -3.4% | |
| DE | Buy | John Deere | $95,594,000 | +20.3% | 985,000 | +8.7% | 2.39% | +18.9% |
| UNH | United Health Group Inc | $80,886,000 | +3.1% | 663,000 | 0.0% | 2.02% | +1.9% | |
| GE | General Electric | $78,727,000 | +7.1% | 2,963,000 | 0.0% | 1.97% | +5.8% | |
| WMT | Wal-Mart Stores | $77,881,000 | -13.8% | 1,098,000 | 0.0% | 1.94% | -14.8% | |
| XOM | Buy | Exxon Corporation | $73,865,000 | +0.0% | 887,800 | +2.2% | 1.84% | -1.2% |
| UPS | Buy | United Parcel Service | $73,216,000 | +1.4% | 755,500 | +1.5% | 1.83% | +0.2% |
| FHI | Federated Investors | $71,468,000 | -1.2% | 2,134,000 | 0.0% | 1.78% | -2.4% | |
| ADM | Archer Daniels | $66,351,000 | +1.7% | 1,376,000 | 0.0% | 1.66% | +0.5% | |
| UL | Buy | Unilever PLC ADR | $63,237,000 | +3.8% | 1,472,000 | +0.8% | 1.58% | +2.5% |
| RLI | RLI Corporation | $61,528,000 | -1.9% | 1,197,272 | 0.0% | 1.54% | -3.2% | |
| NVO | Novo-Nordisk A/S | $58,867,000 | +2.6% | 1,075,000 | 0.0% | 1.47% | +1.3% | |
| WPC | W.P. Carey | $56,004,000 | -13.3% | 950,200 | 0.0% | 1.40% | -14.3% | |
| JNJ | Johnson and Johnson | $55,961,000 | -3.1% | 574,200 | 0.0% | 1.40% | -4.3% | |
| V | Buy | Visa | $54,996,000 | +4.1% | 819,000 | +1.4% | 1.37% | +2.8% |
| GD | General Dynamics | $54,834,000 | +4.4% | 387,000 | 0.0% | 1.37% | +3.1% | |
| SLB | Buy | Schlumberger | $53,610,000 | +17.9% | 622,000 | +14.1% | 1.34% | +16.4% |
| BUD | Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR | $51,285,000 | -1.0% | 425,000 | 0.0% | 1.28% | -2.2% | |
| CFX | Colfax Corporation | $50,076,000 | -3.3% | 1,085,070 | 0.0% | 1.25% | -4.5% | |
| BLK | Buy | Blackrock Inc | $48,437,000 | +2.6% | 140,000 | +8.5% | 1.21% | +1.4% |
| BFA | Brown Forman Class A | $46,964,000 | +22.7% | 421,500 | 0.0% | 1.17% | +21.3% | |
| ADP | Automatic Data Processing | $42,578,000 | -6.3% | 530,700 | 0.0% | 1.06% | -7.5% | |
| ANTM | Anthem Inc | $36,767,000 | +6.3% | 224,000 | 0.0% | 0.92% | +5.0% | |
| LOW | Lowes | $36,164,000 | -10.0% | 540,000 | 0.0% | 0.90% | -11.0% | |
| SCHW | Charles Schwab | $34,511,000 | +7.3% | 1,057,000 | 0.0% | 0.86% | +6.0% | |
| CPRT | Buy | Copart Inc | $33,564,000 | +0.3% | 946,000 | +6.2% | 0.84% | -0.9% |
| MMM | 3M Company | $31,477,000 | -6.5% | 204,000 | 0.0% | 0.79% | -7.6% | |
| INTC | Intel | $30,141,000 | -2.7% | 991,000 | 0.0% | 0.75% | -3.8% | |
| MCO | Buy | Moody's Corp | $30,013,000 | +8.3% | 278,000 | +4.1% | 0.75% | +6.8% |
| CB | Buy | Chubb Corp | $29,874,000 | +6.3% | 314,000 | +12.9% | 0.75% | +5.1% |
| NOV | Buy | National Oilwell | $29,451,000 | +2.5% | 610,000 | +6.1% | 0.74% | +1.1% |
| AXP | Buy | American Express | $28,523,000 | +1.1% | 367,000 | +1.7% | 0.71% | -0.1% |
| HAS | Buy | Hasbro, Inc | $27,224,000 | +20.2% | 364,000 | +1.7% | 0.68% | +18.9% |
| TRV | Buy | The Travelers Companies Inc | $26,098,000 | -6.8% | 270,000 | +4.2% | 0.65% | -7.9% |
| CVS | Buy | CVS Corporation | $25,905,000 | +2.4% | 247,000 | +0.8% | 0.65% | +1.3% |
| MMC | Buy | Marsh & McLennan | $25,855,000 | +15.0% | 456,000 | +13.7% | 0.65% | +13.5% |
| ORCL | Oracle Corp | $25,711,000 | -6.6% | 638,000 | 0.0% | 0.64% | -7.8% | |
| FDS | Buy | Factset Research | $24,702,000 | +10.0% | 152,000 | +7.8% | 0.62% | +8.8% |
| ITW | Illinois Tool Works | $21,112,000 | -5.5% | 230,000 | 0.0% | 0.53% | -6.7% | |
| CAT | Caterpillar Inc | $20,442,000 | +6.0% | 241,000 | 0.0% | 0.51% | +4.5% | |
| MON | Buy | Monsanto Co | $20,359,000 | +17.5% | 191,000 | +24.0% | 0.51% | +16.0% |
| TROW | Buy | T.Rowe Price | $19,743,000 | -2.5% | 254,000 | +1.6% | 0.49% | -3.7% |
| BX | Buy | Blackstone Group | $18,841,000 | +10.4% | 461,000 | +5.0% | 0.47% | +8.8% |
| LMCK | Liberty Media Corp Class C | $18,524,000 | -6.0% | 516,000 | 0.0% | 0.46% | -7.0% | |
| NKE | Nike | $17,283,000 | +7.7% | 160,000 | 0.0% | 0.43% | +6.4% | |
| OAK | Buy | Oaktree Capital Group LLC | $17,257,000 | +33.9% | 324,500 | +30.1% | 0.43% | +32.2% |
| MCD | McDonalds | $17,208,000 | -2.4% | 181,000 | 0.0% | 0.43% | -3.6% | |
| ECL | Buy | Ecolab | $15,491,000 | +7.5% | 137,000 | +8.7% | 0.39% | +6.3% |
| ITIC | Investors Title Company | $15,121,000 | -4.3% | 213,300 | 0.0% | 0.38% | -5.3% | |
| LMCA | Buy | Liberty Media | $14,704,000 | +0.4% | 408,000 | +7.4% | 0.37% | -0.8% |
| MHFI | Buy | McGraw Hill Financial | $13,561,000 | +5.8% | 135,000 | +8.9% | 0.34% | +4.6% |
| ACN | Accenture | $13,065,000 | +3.3% | 135,000 | 0.0% | 0.33% | +1.9% | |
| MAT | Buy | Mattel | $12,665,000 | +31.3% | 493,000 | +16.8% | 0.32% | +29.5% |
| PEP | Pepsico | $12,536,000 | -2.4% | 134,300 | 0.0% | 0.31% | -3.7% | |
| CLB | Buy | Core Labs NV | $12,430,000 | +16.6% | 109,000 | +6.9% | 0.31% | +15.2% |
| AAN | Buy | Aaron's Inc | $11,732,000 | +37.7% | 324,000 | +7.6% | 0.29% | +36.3% |
| SEIC | SEI Investments Co | $11,620,000 | +11.2% | 237,000 | 0.0% | 0.29% | +9.8% | |
| WSO | Buy | Watsco Inc | $11,508,000 | +57.8% | 93,000 | +60.3% | 0.29% | +56.0% |
| KKR | Buy | KKR & Co LLC | $11,379,000 | +6.6% | 498,000 | +6.4% | 0.28% | +5.2% |
| MA | Buy | Mastercard, Inc | $10,937,000 | +19.4% | 117,000 | +10.4% | 0.27% | +18.2% |
| SYNL | Synalloy Corporation | $10,759,000 | -4.9% | 785,343 | 0.0% | 0.27% | -5.9% | |
| CME | Buy | CME Group Inc | $10,609,000 | +10.9% | 114,000 | +12.9% | 0.26% | +9.5% |
| BFB | Brown-Forman Class B | $10,556,000 | +10.9% | 105,375 | 0.0% | 0.26% | +9.5% | |
| CG | Buy | The Carlyle Group | $10,556,000 | +11.0% | 375,000 | +6.8% | 0.26% | +10.0% |
| PG | Procter & Gamble | $9,936,000 | -4.5% | 127,000 | 0.0% | 0.25% | -5.7% | |
| CDK | CDK Global Inc | $9,549,000 | +15.4% | 176,897 | 0.0% | 0.24% | +13.9% | |
| HAL | Buy | Halliburton | $9,432,000 | +38.7% | 219,000 | +41.3% | 0.24% | +37.2% |
| PM | Philip Morris International | $9,179,000 | +6.4% | 114,500 | 0.0% | 0.23% | +5.0% | |
| CRRTQ | Buy | Carbo Ceramics Inc | $8,950,000 | +46.7% | 215,000 | +7.5% | 0.22% | +44.8% |
| LBRDK | Liberty Broadband C | $8,805,000 | -9.6% | 172,113 | 0.0% | 0.22% | -10.6% | |
| EMR | Emerson Electric | $8,758,000 | -2.1% | 158,000 | 0.0% | 0.22% | -3.1% | |
| NSC | Buy | Norfolk Southern | $8,561,000 | -9.6% | 98,000 | +6.5% | 0.21% | -10.5% |
| PDCO | Buy | Patterson Companies Inc. | $8,125,000 | +7.4% | 167,000 | +7.7% | 0.20% | +6.3% |
| APO | Buy | Apollo Global Management - A | $8,040,000 | +10.8% | 363,000 | +8.0% | 0.20% | +9.8% |
| MSCI | Buy | MSCI | $7,694,000 | +10.1% | 125,000 | +9.6% | 0.19% | +8.5% |
| DISCK | Buy | Discovery Communications | $7,179,000 | +170.6% | 231,000 | +156.7% | 0.18% | +167.2% |
| PAYX | Paychex | $7,032,000 | -5.5% | 150,000 | 0.0% | 0.18% | -6.4% | |
| ROL | Buy | Rollins, Inc. | $6,847,000 | +33.8% | 240,000 | +15.9% | 0.17% | +32.6% |
| GOOGL | Google Class A | $6,750,000 | -2.7% | 12,500 | 0.0% | 0.17% | -3.4% | |
| RCII | Buy | Rent-A-Center | $6,691,000 | +13.4% | 236,000 | +9.8% | 0.17% | +12.1% |
| GOOG | Buy | Google Class C | $6,522,000 | -4.8% | 12,531 | +0.2% | 0.16% | -5.8% |
| UTX | United Technologies | $5,879,000 | -5.4% | 53,000 | 0.0% | 0.15% | -6.4% | |
| JPM | New | JP Morgan | $5,760,000 | – | 85,000 | +100.0% | 0.14% | – |
| GHC | Graham Holdings Co | $5,590,000 | +2.4% | 5,200 | 0.0% | 0.14% | +1.4% | |
| LBTYA | Buy | Liberty Global PLC | $5,407,000 | +45.9% | 100,000 | +38.9% | 0.14% | +43.6% |
| COST | Costco | $5,267,000 | -10.8% | 39,000 | 0.0% | 0.13% | -11.4% | |
| LBRDA | Liberty Broadband A | $4,090,000 | -9.8% | 80,250 | 0.0% | 0.10% | -11.3% | |
| WAIR | Buy | Wesco Aircraft Holdings | $3,712,000 | +51.4% | 245,000 | +53.1% | 0.09% | +50.0% |
| RBA | Buy | Ritchie Bros | $2,987,000 | +24.8% | 107,000 | +11.5% | 0.08% | +23.0% |
| HOG | New | Harley Davidson | $2,536,000 | – | 45,000 | +100.0% | 0.06% | – |
| DNOW | Buy | Now Inc | $2,359,000 | +16.6% | 118,500 | +26.7% | 0.06% | +15.7% |
| VRSK | Buy | Verisk Analytics Inc | $2,328,000 | +262.1% | 32,000 | +255.6% | 0.06% | +262.5% |
| ROK | New | Rockwell Automation Inc | $2,244,000 | – | 18,000 | +100.0% | 0.06% | – |
| ROST | Buy | Ross Stores, Inc | $2,236,000 | -7.7% | 46,000 | +100.0% | 0.06% | -8.2% |
| Y | Alleghany Corporation | $2,029,000 | -3.7% | 4,328 | 0.0% | 0.05% | -3.8% | |
| COH | Buy | Coach Inc | $1,696,000 | +127.3% | 49,000 | +172.2% | 0.04% | +121.1% |
| DAR | New | Darling Ingredients Inc | $953,000 | – | 65,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| PH | New | Parker-Hannifin Corp | $931,000 | – | 8,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| CULP | Culp Inc | $937,000 | +15.8% | 30,227 | 0.0% | 0.02% | +15.0% | |
| AMT | New | American Tower | $746,000 | – | 8,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| AAPL | New | Apple Inc | $753,000 | – | 6,000 | +100.0% | 0.02% | – |
| STRZA | Starz Liberty Capital | $537,000 | +30.0% | 12,000 | 0.0% | 0.01% | +30.0% | |
| AON | New | Aon Corporation | $399,000 | – | 4,000 | +100.0% | 0.01% | – |
| RUSHA | Buy | Rush Enterprises Inc | $393,000 | +59.8% | 15,000 | +66.7% | 0.01% | +66.7% |
| LGIH | Exit | LGI Homes, Inc | $0 | – | -17,000 | -100.0% | -0.01% | – |
| CSCO | Exit | Cisco | $0 | – | -23,000 | -100.0% | -0.02% | – |
| MSFT | Exit | Microsoft Corp | $0 | – | -318,000 | -100.0% | -0.33% | – |
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 2015-08-14
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.