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 ($28.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 13.3m as of 2023-04-19, 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 ≈ $1276.43. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($100.1m notional), 10 hold puts ($70.0m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 636 |
| Q4 2022 | 674 |
| Q1 2023 | 675 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 288 | 257 |
| Q1 2023 | 268 | 290 |
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 |
| Q1 2023 | $100.1m | $70.0m | 0.70 |
Biggest buyers
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | New | +67.2k |
| STRS OHIO | Added | +56.4k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP | New | +46.8k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | New | +37.8k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. | New | +35.8k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +19.6k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA | Added | +14.9k |
| Quilter Plc | New | +13.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +11.6k |
| Rheos Capital Works Inc. | New | +7.5k |
Biggest sellers
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC | Sold out | -36.0k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -32.6k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -17.4k |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI | Reduced | -14.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -14.1k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | Reduced | -13.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -13.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -13.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -11.3k |
| Prana Capital Management, LP | Sold out | -10.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $31.2m24.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $30.3m23.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $11.1m8.7k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | New | $10.1m7.9k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $6.9m5.4k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $4.0m3.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.1m2.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $2.9m2.3k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $640.0k500 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $23.9m18.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $14.1m11.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $11.6m9.1k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $9.2m7.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.0m3.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $3.3m2.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.3m1.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.4m1.1k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $255.5k200 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 Q1 2023
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q1 2023 | 3 | $765.0k | 1 | $2.7k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-17 | Harris Greta J Director | Bought | $531.2k400 shares |
| 2023-02-16 | Leopold Diane Director | Bought | $200.8k150 shares |
| 2023-02-03 | GAYNER THOMAS SINNICKSON Chief Executive Officer, director | Bought | $32.9k25 shares |
| 2023-02-03 | MARKEL ANTHONY F Director | Sold | $2.7k2 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, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.6bn | Added +11.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 662.2k $845.9m | Added +5.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.53% of their portfolio | 585.4k $747.9m | Reduced -11.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.07% of their portfolio | 522.1k $666.9m | Reduced -8.5k |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.19% of their portfolio | 471.7k $602.5m | Added +4.0k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 3.27% of their portfolio | 325.5k $414.4m | Reduced -2.3k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.37% of their portfolio | 317.4k $405.5m | Reduced -32.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 299.3k $382.3m | Added +1.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 291.6k $372.5m | Reduced -17.4k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 2.07% of their portfolio | 245.7k $313.8m | Reduced -4.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 178.8k $228.0m | Added +4.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.30% of their portfolio | 151.9k $194.0m | Reduced -1.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 141.0k $180.1m | Added +2.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 131.8k $168.4m | Reduced -45 |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 5.04% of their portfolio | 124.9k $159.6m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 1.07% of their portfolio | 113.8k $145.3m | Reduced -13.8k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 1.96% of their portfolio | 108.7k $138.9m | Reduced -4.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 95.3k $121.7m | Added +2.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 94.7k $121.0m | Reduced -537 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 93.1k $119.0m | Added +16 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 90.0k $114.9m | Added +3.9k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 2.98% of their portfolio | 89.4k $114.2m | Reduced -874 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.28% of their portfolio | 89.1k $113.8m | Reduced -1.5k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.10% of their portfolio | 88.7k $113.3m | Reduced -4.0k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 2.93% of their portfolio | 88.5k $113.1m | Reduced -321 |
| AVENIR CORP 10.61% of their portfolio | 87.8k $112.2m | Added +4.4k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 86.0k $109.8m | Reduced -1.8k |
| MAR VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC 4.68% of their portfolio | 82.5k $105.4m | Reduced -1.6k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 80.5k $102.9m | Reduced -3.9k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 6.12% of their portfolio | 79.6k $101.7m | Reduced -1.8k |
| BARR E S & CO 8.13% of their portfolio | 76.8k $98.2m | Reduced -187 |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.73% of their portfolio | 75.5k $96.5m | Reduced -15 |
| STRS OHIO 0.14% of their portfolio | 71.3k $91.1m | Added +56.4k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.23% of their portfolio | 71.3k $91.3m | Added +3.3k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 8.02% of their portfolio | 68.5k $87.5m | Added +14.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 68.4k $87.4m | Added +209 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 67.4k $86.2m | Reduced -3.2k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 67.2k $85.8m | New |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.21% of their portfolio | 58.5k $74.7m | Added +4.9k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.14% of their portfolio | 57.8k $67.9m | Reduced -6.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 57.4k $73.3m | Reduced -3.8k |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 8.60% of their portfolio | 56.5k $72.1m | Reduced -3.4k |
| Graham Holdings Co 11.73% of their portfolio | 55.4k $70.8m | Unchanged |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.84% of their portfolio | 54.5k $69.7m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.05% of their portfolio | 53.4k $68.2m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 1.88% of their portfolio | 52.8k $67.4m | Reduced -6.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 50.1k $63.9m | Added +897 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 49.7k $63.5m | Added +2.3k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.4k $60.5m | Added +19.6k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.58% of their portfolio | 46.8k $59.8m | New |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.37% of their portfolio | 45.8k $58.4m | Added +632 |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 44.9k $57.3m | Reduced -2.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.0k $53.6m | Reduced -4.4k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.31% of their portfolio | 41.0k $52.3m | Added +4.8k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 39.0k $49.9m | Reduced -319 |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 37.8k $48.3m | New |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 17.04% of their portfolio | 37.4k $47.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 37.0k $47.3m | Reduced -3.2k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.87% of their portfolio | 35.8k $45.7m | New |
| Boston Partners 0.06% of their portfolio | 35.2k $45.0m | Reduced -589 |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 1.30% of their portfolio | 35.1k $44.9m | Reduced -7.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.2k $43.6m | Reduced -13.0k |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 2.43% of their portfolio | 33.0k $42.1m | Reduced -4.4k |
| ALTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/ 2.99% of their portfolio | 31.9k $40.7m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 9.86% of their portfolio | 29.5k $37.7m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.4k $37.6m | Added +401 |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI 0.46% of their portfolio | 28.9k $36.9m | Reduced -14.1k |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 4.52% of their portfolio | 28.7k $36.7m | Unchanged |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 0.98% of their portfolio | 27.1k $34.6m | Reduced -9.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 25.4k $32.4m | Added +360 |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 2.05% of their portfolio | 25.0k $31.9m | Unchanged |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 24.9k $31.8m | Added +341 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 24.8k $31.7m | Reduced -868 |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 2.71% of their portfolio | 24.4k $31.2m | Reduced -160 |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.06% of their portfolio | 23.7k $30.3m | Added +1.1k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.50% of their portfolio | 23.3k $29.8m | Reduced -200 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 22.4k $28.6m | Reduced -440 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 22.2k $28.4m | Reduced -361 |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 7.12% of their portfolio | 20.1k $25.7m | Reduced -80 |
| National Pension Service 0.05% of their portfolio | 20.0k $25.2m | Unchanged |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.7k $25.2m | Added +3.0k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.48% of their portfolio | 19.7k $25.1m | Reduced -3.6k |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.6k $25.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.06% of their portfolio | 18.8k $24.0m | Added +3.2k |
| COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC /NY/ 1.78% of their portfolio | 18.7k $23.9m | Reduced -182 |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.19% of their portfolio | 17.6k $22.5m | Reduced -66 |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 5.48% of their portfolio | 17.4k $22.3m | Added +716 |
| Heritage Wealth Advisors 1.22% of their portfolio | 17.2k $21.9m | Reduced -1.5k |
| HUTCHINSON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT/CA 5.68% of their portfolio | 17.1k $21.9m | Added +714 |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.5k $21.1m | Added +3.9k |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 13.96% of their portfolio | 16.1k $20.5m | Unchanged |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 15.9k $20.4m | Reduced -2.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.9k $20.3m | Reduced -2.3k |
| SEIZERT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC 1.11% of their portfolio | 15.7k $20.1m | Reduced -2.1k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.6k $19.9m | Reduced -1.1k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.2k $19.5m | Reduced -207 |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 14.5k $18.5m | Added +5.5k |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 1.00% of their portfolio | 14.5k $18.5m | Reduced -390 |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.4k $18.7m | Added +685 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.4k $18.4m | Added +2.1k |