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 ($20.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 13.0m as of 2024-04-24, 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 ≈ $1508.73. Options: 9 managers hold calls ($53.1m notional), 8 hold puts ($67.1m).
Trends to Q1 2024
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 735 |
| Q1 2024 | 747 |
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 |
| Q4 2023 | 311 | 311 |
| Q1 2024 | 356 | 311 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $69.1m | $65.0m | 0.94 |
| Q3 2023 | $87.6m | $45.2m | 0.52 |
| Q4 2023 | $69.6m | $49.4m | 0.71 |
| Q1 2024 | $53.1m | $67.1m | 1.26 |
Biggest buyers
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +529.1k |
| Global Assets Advisory, LLC | New | +87.5k |
| Boston Partners | Added | +57.5k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | New | +52.8k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. | Added | +34.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +20.1k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +17.6k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Added | +8.5k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +7.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +7.3k |
Biggest sellers
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -52.7k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC | Reduced | -46.7k |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. | Reduced | -35.0k |
| WEITZ INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. | Sold out | -25.2k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -20.6k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -17.3k |
| Zurich Insurance Group Ltd/FI | Sold out | -17.3k |
| Davis Selected Advisers | Reduced | -14.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -13.8k |
| JAG CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -11.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Unchanged | $16.0m10.5k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Unchanged | $14.9m9.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $14.1m9.3k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | $4.6m3.0k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $2.0m1.3k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $760.7k500 shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Unchanged | $608.6k400 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $152.0k100 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $32.7m21.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $18.7m12.3k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | New | $8.8m5.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.3m2.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.4m1.6k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $760.7k500 shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Unchanged | $304.3k200 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 2024
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 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 |
| Q4 2023 | 4 | $325.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 3 | $285.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-02 | GAYNER THOMAS SINNICKSON Chief Executive Officer, director | Bought | $141.5k100 shares |
| 2024-02-02 | Puckett A. Lynne Director · By Trust | Bought | $101.5k72 shares |
| 2024-02-02 | Cunningham Lawrence A Director | Bought | $42.2k30 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 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $2.4bn | Added +529.1k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $1.8bn | Reduced -20.6k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 749.2k $1.1bn | Reduced -13.8k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.50% of their portfolio | 561.5k $854.3m | Reduced -3.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 307.3k $467.5m | Added +2.9k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 2.44% of their portfolio | 286.1k $435.3m | Reduced -14.5k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.32% of their portfolio | 272.7k $414.9m | Reduced -17.3k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 246.7k $375.3m | Reduced -9.4k |
| Boston Partners 0.39% of their portfolio | 214.4k $326.1m | Added +57.5k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 1.93% of their portfolio | 203.9k $310.3m | Reduced -46.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 197.5k $300.0m | Added +6.7k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.14% of their portfolio | 153.7k $233.9m | Added +1.5k |
| NORGES BANK 0.04% of their portfolio | 150.6k $229.2m | Reduced -229 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 139.8k $212.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.29% of their portfolio | 131.3k $199.8m | Added +1.8k |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 5.07% of their portfolio | 123.0k $187.1m | Reduced -3.9k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 2.15% of their portfolio | 115.9k $176.3m | Added +4.0k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.54% of their portfolio | 110.1k $167.5m | Added +34.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 108.2k $164.7m | Added +7.9k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 2.86% of their portfolio | 91.4k $139.1m | Added +1.5k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 2.84% of their portfolio | 88.4k $134.5m | Added +211 |
| Global Assets Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.5k $58 | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.04% of their portfolio | 87.1k $132.6m | Reduced -495 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.30% of their portfolio | 85.5k $129.4m | Added +3.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 85.4k $130.0m | Reduced -4.8k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.09% of their portfolio | 81.5k $124.0m | Reduced -2.7k |
| AVENIR CORP 10.53% of their portfolio | 80.8k $123.0m | Reduced -5.1k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 4.98% of their portfolio | 80.5k $122.6m | Added +1.4k |
| BARR E S & CO 7.89% of their portfolio | 79.6k $121.1m | Reduced -698 |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.64% of their portfolio | 79.5k $121.0m | Reduced -5.5k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.77% of their portfolio | 78.1k $118.9m | Added +3.2k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 8.61% of their portfolio | 77.2k $117.5m | Added +1.1k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 76.3k $116.0m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.44% of their portfolio | 75.3k $114.8m | Added +961 |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 1.40% of their portfolio | 73.9k $112.4m | Unchanged |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 69.8k $106.2m | Added +269 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 69.0k $105.6m | Added +5.3k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.21% of their portfolio | 67.8k $103.2m | Reduced -3.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.03% of their portfolio | 67.6k $102.9m | Reduced -8.8k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.41% of their portfolio | 61.3k $93.3m | Added +4.8k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.40% of their portfolio | 59.6k $90.7m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Graham Holdings Co Master Retirement Trust 14.37% of their portfolio | 58.0k $88.3m | Unchanged |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.81% of their portfolio | 57.5k $87.5m | Reduced -4.2k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.14% of their portfolio | 55.5k $78.2m | Added +736 |
| Graham Holdings Co 10.62% of their portfolio | 55.4k $84.3m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.3k $82.7m | Added +20.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 54.1k $82.2m | Reduced -209 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 53.4k $81.2m | Added +1.1k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 0.29% of their portfolio | 52.8k $80.3m | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 48.3k $73.4m | Reduced -4.4k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.80% of their portfolio | 45.1k $68.6m | Reduced -2.0k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.06% of their portfolio | 43.3k $65.9m | Added +3.0k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 1.73% of their portfolio | 42.5k $64.7m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 7.77% of their portfolio | 41.6k $63.2m | Reduced -1.2k |
| CONFLUENCE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.82% of their portfolio | 40.1k $60.9m | Reduced -457 |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 39.6k $60.2m | Added +190 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.6k $60.2m | Reduced -2.9k |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 14.07% of their portfolio | 38.4k $58.4m | Added +1.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 37.9k $57.6m | Added +2.2k |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 2.33% of their portfolio | 35.0k $53.3m | Reduced -35.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 34.7k $52.8m | Added +17.6k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 31.8k $48.4m | Added +888 |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 0.97% of their portfolio | 31.4k $47.7m | Reduced -36 |
| ALTA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC/ 2.84% of their portfolio | 30.3k $46.1m | Added +356 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.7k $45.1m | Reduced -7.3k |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 10.34% of their portfolio | 28.3k $43.1m | Reduced -571 |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 27.8k $42.2m | Reduced -239 |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 3.86% of their portfolio | 27.5k $41.8m | Reduced -147 |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 27.3k $41.6m | Added +2.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 26.2k $39.9m | Added +3.0k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 2.86% of their portfolio | 26.2k $39.9m | Added +269 |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.04% of their portfolio | 25.2k $38.4m | Reduced -2.7k |
| Quilter Plc 0.89% of their portfolio | 24.8k $37.7m | Added +4.0k |
| Raymond James Financial Services Advisors, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 22.3k $33.9m | Added +329 |
| GREENLEA LANE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 9.54% of their portfolio | 22.1k $33.7m | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 22.0k $33.5m | Added +7.3k |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 0.84% of their portfolio | 21.2k $32.3m | Reduced -1.8k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 21.1k $32.1m | Added +6.0k |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 6.98% of their portfolio | 20.4k $31.1m | Added +34 |
| National Pension Service 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.6k $29.8m | Added +1.0k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.46% of their portfolio | 19.3k $29.4m | Added +1.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.0k $28.9m | Added +5.5k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.06% of their portfolio | 18.8k $24.0m | Added +2.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.8k $28.5m | Added +315 |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.6k $28.3m | Added +337 |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P 0.56% of their portfolio | 18.4k $28.0m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 5.25% of their portfolio | 18.3k $27.8m | Added +195 |
| COBBLESTONE CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC /NY/ 1.75% of their portfolio | 18.2k $27.7m | Reduced -171 |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.15% of their portfolio | 18.2k $27.7m | Added +155 |
| TRUIST FINANCIAL CORP 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.1k $27.5m | Added +181 |
| SPRUCEGROVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD 1.11% of their portfolio | 18.0k $27.4m | Added +6.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.7k $27.0m | Reduced -52.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 17.4k $26.5m | Added +2.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 17.3k $26.4m | Reduced -244 |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.1k $24.5m | Added +815 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 16.1k $24.4m | Added +1.5k |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 13.49% of their portfolio | 15.7k $23.9m | Reduced -125 |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 15.7k $23.9m | Reduced -6.8k |
| Heritage Wealth Advisors 0.98% of their portfolio | 14.1k $21.4m | Reduced -380 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.0k $21.2m | Added +98 |