MARKEL GROUP INC MKL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 570535104 · ISIN US5705351048
US financial services company
- SectorFinancials
- IndustryFire, Marine & Casualty Insurance
- HeadquartersGlen Allen, VA
- Founded1920
- Websitemarkelcorp.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($30.7m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 13.4m as of 2023-02-01, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $1317.59. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($139.9m notional), 8 hold puts ($88.9m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 636 |
| Q4 2022 | 674 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $140.5m | $115.5m | 0.82 |
| Q4 2022 | $139.9m | $88.9m | 0.64 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +445.2k |
| Davis Selected Advisers | Added | +42.1k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | New | +36.1k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | New | +36.0k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +23.4k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +23.3k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC | Added | +21.3k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC | New | +18.5k |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI | Added | +11.0k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC | Added | +10.0k |
Biggest sellers
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -27.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -25.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -22.4k |
| STRS OHIO | Reduced | -18.6k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -14.4k |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | -14.1k |
| Hosking Partners LLP | Sold out | -13.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Sold out | -12.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -10.1k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Reduced | -9.6k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $67.3m51.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $43.0m32.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $15.2m11.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $13.2m10.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $1.3m1.0k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $31.9m24.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $26.7m20.3k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $22.9m17.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.3m3.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.0m1.5k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $658.7k500 shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Unchanged | $395.2k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $31.3k | 2 | $6.2m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | $4.4m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 3 | $272.6k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 2 | $261.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $61.5k | 1 | $137.8k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-10 | MARKEL ANTHONY F Director · As Trustee | Sold | $137.8k110 shares |
| 2022-11-08 | GAYNER THOMAS SINNICKSON Co-Chief Executive Officer, director | Bought | $61.5k50 shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q4 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.6bn | Added +5.8k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 657.2k $865.8m | Added +23.4k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.59% of their portfolio | 596.7k $786.2m | Reduced -10.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.08% of their portfolio | 530.6k $699.1m | Added +445.2k |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.21% of their portfolio | 467.6k $616.1m | Unchanged |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.48% of their portfolio | 350.1k $461.2m | Reduced -14.4k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 3.55% of their portfolio | 327.8k $432.3m | Reduced -2.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 308.9k $407.0m | Added +2.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 298.3k $393.0m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 2.24% of their portfolio | 250.4k $329.8m | Added +42.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 173.9k $228.9m | Added +2.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.34% of their portfolio | 153.3k $202.0m | Reduced -440 |
| NORGES BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 138.5k $182.4m | Reduced -3.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 131.9k $173.7m | Added +9.5k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 1.34% of their portfolio | 127.5k $168.0m | Unchanged |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 5.43% of their portfolio | 126.0k $166.0m | Reduced -229 |
| DF DENT & CO INC 2.22% of their portfolio | 112.7k $148.5m | Reduced -3.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 95.2k $125.5m | Reduced -6.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 93.1k $122.7m | Added +789 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.10% of their portfolio | 92.7k $122.1m | Reduced -5.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 92.4k $121.8m | Added +46 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.31% of their portfolio | 90.6k $119.4m | Added +6.4k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 3.20% of their portfolio | 90.2k $118.9m | Reduced -4 |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 3.21% of their portfolio | 88.8k $117.0m | Added +2.1k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.12% of their portfolio | 87.8k $115.7m | Added +21.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 86.1k $113.4m | Added +2.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 84.4k $111.3m | Added +23.3k |
| MAR VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC 4.97% of their portfolio | 84.1k $110.7m | Reduced -5.8k |
| AVENIR CORP 11.02% of their portfolio | 83.4k $109.9m | Added +701 |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 6.63% of their portfolio | 81.4k $107.2m | Reduced -793 |
| BARR E S & CO 8.42% of their portfolio | 77.0k $101.5m | Reduced -429 |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.77% of their portfolio | 75.5k $99.5m | Added +289 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 70.6k $93.1m | Added +204 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 68.2k $89.8m | Reduced -1.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.24% of their portfolio | 68.0k $89.9m | Reduced -546 |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.16% of their portfolio | 64.0k $84.3m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 61.2k $80.6m | Reduced -372 |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 9.49% of their portfolio | 59.8k $78.8m | Reduced -27.6k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 2.09% of their portfolio | 58.8k $77.5m | Added +2.0k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.90% of their portfolio | 56.1k $73.9m | Reduced -504 |
| Graham Holdings Co 11.97% of their portfolio | 55.4k $73.0m | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank 0.05% of their portfolio | 55.0k $72.4m | Reduced -3.8k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.14% of their portfolio | 53.6k $70.6m | Added +1.2k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 7.16% of their portfolio | 53.6k $70.6m | Added +9.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.2k $64.8m | Added +1.4k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.94% of their portfolio | 47.6k $62.8m | Reduced -1.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 47.4k $62.4m | Added +4.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 47.1k $62.1m | Added +7.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 46.4k $61.1m | Reduced -4.6k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.41% of their portfolio | 45.1k $59.4m | Added +996 |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI 0.81% of their portfolio | 43.0k $56.7m | Added +11.0k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 1.67% of their portfolio | 43.0k $56.6m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 40.2k $53.0m | Reduced -673 |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.81% of their portfolio | 39.4k $51.8m | Added +57 |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 19.01% of their portfolio | 39.1k $51.5m | Added +1.1k |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 2.79% of their portfolio | 37.4k $49.3m | Reduced -1.9k |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 1.42% of their portfolio | 36.3k $47.9m | Reduced -428 |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.28% of their portfolio | 36.1k $47.6m | New |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 36.0k $47.4m | New |
| Boston Partners 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.8k $47.2m | Reduced -2.3k |
| ALTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/ 3.40% of their portfolio | 33.7k $44.4m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 11.56% of their portfolio | 31.0k $40.9m | Added +2.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.0k $38.2m | Reduced -5.8k |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 5.46% of their portfolio | 28.7k $37.9m | Reduced -2.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.8k $36.7m | Added +3.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.07% of their portfolio | 25.7k $33.9m | Reduced -602 |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 1.84% of their portfolio | 25.0k $32.9m | Unchanged |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.0k $32.9m | Added +7.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 24.6k $32.4m | Added +3.4k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 2.66% of their portfolio | 24.6k $32.4m | Added +152 |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.50% of their portfolio | 23.5k $31.0m | Reduced -151 |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.60% of their portfolio | 23.2k $30.6m | Reduced -1.7k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 22.8k $30.1m | Added +5.0k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 22.7k $29.9m | Added +698 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 22.6k $29.8m | Added +265 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 20.9k $27.6m | Reduced -518 |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 7.49% of their portfolio | 20.2k $26.6m | Added +66 |
| National Pension Service 0.05% of their portfolio | 20.0k $26.3m | Reduced -883 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.6k $25.8m | Reduced -6.0k |
| COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC /NY/ 1.90% of their portfolio | 18.9k $24.8m | Reduced -280 |
| Heritage Wealth Advisors 1.42% of their portfolio | 18.6k $24.5m | Reduced -643 |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.35% of their portfolio | 18.5k $24.3m | New |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 18.4k $24.2m | Reduced -3.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.1k $23.9m | Reduced -433 |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 17.9k $23.5m | Reduced -672 |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.73% of their portfolio | 17.7k $23.3m | Reduced -207 |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 17.0k $22.3m | Added +1.1k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 16.7k $22.1m | Added +874 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.7k $22.0m | Added +568 |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 5.19% of their portfolio | 16.7k $22.0m | Reduced -75 |
| HUTCHINSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT/CA 5.59% of their portfolio | 16.4k $21.7m | Added +79 |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 14.46% of their portfolio | 16.1k $21.1m | Reduced -106 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 16.0k $21.1m | Reduced -22.4k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 15.6k $20.5m | Reduced -1.4k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.4k $20.3m | Added +649 |
| STRS OHIO 0.09% of their portfolio | 14.9k $19.7m | Reduced -18.6k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 1.08% of their portfolio | 14.8k $19.6m | Reduced -5.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.2k $18.7m | Reduced -2.6k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.8k $18.2m | Added +263 |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.7k $19.1m | Reduced -6.4k |