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 ($31.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 13.2m as of 2023-10-25, 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 ≈ $1472.06. Options: 10 managers hold calls ($87.6m notional), 7 hold puts ($45.2m).
Trends to Q3 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 636 |
| Q4 2022 | 674 |
| Q1 2023 | 675 |
| Q2 2023 | 701 |
| Q3 2023 | 740 |
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 |
| Q2 2023 | 254 | 293 |
| Q3 2023 | 323 | 281 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | $139.9m | $88.9m | 0.64 |
| Q1 2023 | $100.1m | $70.0m | 0.70 |
| Q2 2023 | $69.1m | $65.0m | 0.94 |
| Q3 2023 | $87.6m | $45.2m | 0.52 |
Biggest buyers
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. | Added | +53.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +36.2k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC | Added | +26.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +25.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +16.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | +14.7k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. | Added | +13.0k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Added | +11.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +10.3k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Added | +10.1k |
Biggest sellers
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc | Reduced | -312.9k |
| MAR VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC | Reduced | -29.6k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP | Reduced | -16.6k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -15.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -15.5k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC | Reduced | -14.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -11.1k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc | Reduced | -7.0k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -6.6k |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY | Sold out | -6.0k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $24.6m16.7k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $23.6m16.0k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $16.8m11.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $12.2m8.3k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $8.0m5.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.0m700 shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $589.0k400 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $588.0k400 shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $294.5k200 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $23.3m15.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $11.5m7.8k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.9m3.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.8m2.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.5m1.0k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $294.5k200 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 Q3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2023 | 4 | $260.6k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 2 | $213.6k | 2 | $2.2m | $2.1m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-09-07 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $510.9k348 shares |
| 2023-09-06 | Cunningham Lawrence A Director | Bought | $14.6k10 shares |
| 2023-09-05 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $514.9k350 shares |
| 2023-09-05 | Cunningham Lawrence A Director | Bought | $14.6k10 shares |
| 2023-08-31 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $518.9k350 shares |
| 2023-08-29 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $515.2k350 shares |
| 2023-08-29 | Cunningham Lawrence A Director | Bought | $36.5k25 shares |
| 2023-08-18 | Harris Greta J Director | Sold | $153.7k103 shares |
| 2023-08-04 | GAYNER THOMAS SINNICKSON Chief Executive Officer, director | Bought | $147.9k100 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, Q3 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.7bn | Reduced -15.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 633.6k $933.0m | Reduced -782 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.60% of their portfolio | 569.4k $838.4m | Reduced -2.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.08% of their portfolio | 539.2k $794.0m | Added +16.6k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 3.52% of their portfolio | 308.4k $456.5m | Reduced -14.2k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.41% of their portfolio | 302.7k $445.7m | Reduced -6.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 288.3k $424.5m | Reduced -336 |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 275.5k $405.6m | Reduced -11.1k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 2.42% of their portfolio | 262.1k $386.0m | Reduced -3.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 183.3k $269.6m | Added +2.4k |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc 0.07% of their portfolio | 158.7k $233.7m | Reduced -312.9k |
| NORGES BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 145.0k $213.6m | Added +2.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 128.1k $188.7m | Added +1.8k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.31% of their portfolio | 126.1k $182.4m | Reduced -16.6k |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 5.37% of their portfolio | 122.0k $179.6m | Reduced -3.7k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 2.17% of their portfolio | 100.8k $148.4m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.05% of their portfolio | 94.8k $139.6m | Added +2.7k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 1.03% of their portfolio | 94.2k $138.7m | Reduced -7.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.04% of their portfolio | 93.7k $137.9m | Reduced -1.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 93.6k $137.9m | Added +1.2k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 3.39% of their portfolio | 88.7k $130.7m | Reduced -386 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 88.5k $130.3m | Added +1.9k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 3.22% of their portfolio | 88.3k $130.1m | Reduced -323 |
| AVENIR CORP 12.04% of their portfolio | 87.4k $128.7m | Reduced -258 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.11% of their portfolio | 86.0k $126.6m | Reduced -438 |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 6.76% of their portfolio | 84.5k $124.5m | Added +719 |
| BARR E S & CO 8.68% of their portfolio | 81.4k $119.9m | Added +4.1k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.30% of their portfolio | 81.3k $119.7m | Reduced -3.2k |
| Echo Street Capital Management LLC 1.09% of their portfolio | 79.5k $117.0m | Reduced -2.5k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 77.5k $114.2m | Reduced -1.8k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.83% of their portfolio | 75.0k $110.4m | Added +8 |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 8.98% of their portfolio | 72.4k $106.6m | Added +382 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.20% of their portfolio | 71.3k $104.5m | Added +2.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.25% of their portfolio | 70.6k $103.8m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 69.3k $102.0m | Added +36.2k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 68.2k $100.4m | Reduced -186 |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 66.8k $98.4m | Reduced -216 |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 1.72% of their portfolio | 63.0k $92.8m | Added +13.0k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.48% of their portfolio | 60.5k $89.1m | Added +2.6k |
| Graham Holdings Co Master Retirement Trust 16.24% of their portfolio | 58.0k $85.4m | Unchanged |
| Graham Holdings Co 12.26% of their portfolio | 55.4k $81.6m | Unchanged |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 54.9k $80.9m | Added +367 |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.30% of their portfolio | 54.4k $80.1m | Added +53.2k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.77% of their portfolio | 53.8k $79.2m | Added +7.7k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 52.2k $76.8m | Added +3.5k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 51.7k $76.1m | Added +26.4k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.15% of their portfolio | 51.4k $75.8m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.44% of their portfolio | 51.4k $75.7m | Added +5.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 50.7k $74.7m | Added +104 |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 2.05% of their portfolio | 49.9k $73.5m | Reduced -3.0k |
| MAR VISTA INVESTMENT PARTNERS LLC 3.32% of their portfolio | 47.1k $69.4m | Reduced -29.6k |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 9.00% of their portfolio | 46.2k $68.1m | Reduced -5.5k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 2.08% of their portfolio | 45.5k $67.1m | Reduced -2.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 42.3k $62.3m | Added +2.6k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.96% of their portfolio | 41.9k $61.8m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.05% of their portfolio | 40.8k $60.0m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 39.3k $57.9m | Added +333 |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 36.9k $54.3m | Reduced -15.8k |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 16.46% of their portfolio | 36.4k $53.6m | Reduced -311 |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.33% of their portfolio | 35.6k $52.5m | Reduced -4.0k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 1.28% of their portfolio | 33.3k $49.1m | Reduced -467 |
| GREENLEA LANE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 17.10% of their portfolio | 32.4k $47.7m | Added +8.3k |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI 0.50% of their portfolio | 32.1k $47.2m | Reduced -65 |
| Boston Partners 0.06% of their portfolio | 31.4k $46.2m | Reduced -1.2k |
| ALTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/ 3.24% of their portfolio | 30.6k $45.0m | Reduced -563 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 30.2k $44.5m | Reduced -623 |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 2.58% of their portfolio | 30.0k $44.2m | Added +5.0k |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 11.20% of their portfolio | 29.3k $43.2m | Added +38 |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 2.36% of their portfolio | 29.2k $43.0m | Reduced -3.7k |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 4.78% of their portfolio | 28.7k $42.3m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 28.3k $41.7m | Reduced -382 |
| STRS OHIO 0.18% of their portfolio | 26.8k $39.4m | Reduced -2.1k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.12% of their portfolio | 26.3k $38.8m | Added +25.2k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 3.15% of their portfolio | 25.7k $37.9m | Added +336 |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.07% of their portfolio | 25.0k $36.8m | Added +1.1k |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 1.08% of their portfolio | 25.0k $36.8m | Reduced -1.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 23.6k $34.7m | Reduced -184 |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.9k $32.2m | Reduced -1.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.4k $31.5m | Added +1.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 20.8k $30.8m | Reduced -3.9k |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.63% of their portfolio | 20.2k $29.7m | Added +1.8k |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 8.04% of their portfolio | 20.0k $29.5m | Reduced -56 |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.2k $28.3m | Added +85 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.0k $28.0m | Reduced -1.7k |
| National Pension Service 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.5k $27.9m | Reduced -954 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 18.5k $27.2m | Reduced -315 |
| COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC /NY/ 2.01% of their portfolio | 18.4k $27.1m | Reduced -129 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.3k $26.9m | Reduced -487 |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.96% of their portfolio | 18.0k $26.5m | Added +287 |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.17% of their portfolio | 17.6k $25.9m | Added +8.0k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 5.80% of their portfolio | 17.5k $25.7m | Added +25 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.9k $24.8m | Added +1.0k |
| Quilter Plc 0.07% of their portfolio | 16.6k $16.5m | Added +1.4k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.45% of their portfolio | 16.5k $24.3m | Added +50 |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 16.3k $24.0m | Added +100 |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 16.1k $23.7m | Added +6.7k |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 15.27% of their portfolio | 15.8k $23.3m | Reduced -6 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.8k $23.2m | Reduced -2.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 15.4k $22.7m | Added +8.6k |
| Heritage Wealth Advisors 1.24% of their portfolio | 15.4k $22.7m | Reduced -765 |