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 ($34.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.6m as of 2026-02-04, 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 ≈ $2148.95. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($154.6m notional), 7 hold puts ($127.3m).
Trends to Q4 2025
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 |
| Q2 2024 | 814 |
| Q3 2024 | 796 |
| Q4 2024 | 832 |
| Q1 2025 | 853 |
| Q2 2025 | 854 |
| Q3 2025 | 855 |
| Q4 2025 | 925 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 356 | 311 |
| Q2 2024 | 342 | 320 |
| Q3 2024 | 362 | 318 |
| Q4 2024 | 323 | 336 |
| Q1 2025 | 352 | 367 |
| Q2 2025 | 353 | 353 |
| Q3 2025 | 363 | 331 |
| Q4 2025 | 364 | 350 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $100.9m | $68.0m | 0.67 |
| Q2 2025 | $104.8m | $102.4m | 0.98 |
| Q3 2025 | $116.3m | $141.4m | 1.22 |
| Q4 2025 | $154.6m | $127.3m | 0.82 |
Biggest buyers
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Added | +101.6k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Added | +45.1k |
| Davis Selected Advisers | Added | +41.6k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. | Added | +23.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC | Added | +23.6k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS | Added | +16.9k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich | Added | +11.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +9.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC | Added | +6.2k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | Added | +5.7k |
Biggest sellers
| JANA Partners Management, LP | Reduced | -66.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -56.3k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -27.6k |
| Rakuten Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -23.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -18.6k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -14.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -11.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Reduced | -11.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Reduced | -10.9k |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -10.8k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $54.6m25.4k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $35.3m16.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $31.4m14.6k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $14.2m6.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $14.0m6.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $1.9m900 shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $1.7m800 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.5m700 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $92.6m43.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $18.7m8.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $13.1m6.1k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $1.3m600 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.1m500 shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $215.0k100 shares |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | New | $214.0k100 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 2025
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 2024 | 3 | $285.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $5.1m | $4.9m |
| Q3 2024 | 1 | $45.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 1 | $155.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 1 | $200.8k | 1 | $5.6m | $5.6m |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $46.3k | 2 | $1.7m | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $148.8k | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $3.3m | $3.2m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-11 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $2.8m1.3k shares |
| 2025-11-28 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $210.0k100 shares |
| 2025-11-26 | MARKEL STEVEN A Director | Sold plan | $147.0k70 shares |
| 2025-11-25 | Wilson Simon CEO, Markel Insurance | Sold | $155.5k75 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 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.2m $2.5bn | Reduced -1.1k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 711.3k $1.5bn | Reduced -8.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.59% of their portfolio | 533.1k $1.1bn | Reduced -14.1k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 4.27% of their portfolio | 427.9k $919.8m | Added +45.1k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 4.01% of their portfolio | 415.2k $892.5m | Added +41.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.05% of their portfolio | 392.2k $843.0m | Reduced -56.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 304.9k $655.5m | Added +513 |
| Boston Partners 0.58% of their portfolio | 262.2k $563.5m | Reduced -7.1k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.22% of their portfolio | 257.1k $552.7m | Added +101.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 225.0k $482.2m | Reduced -351 |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 2.45% of their portfolio | 210.0k $452.4m | Added +5.0k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 3.77% of their portfolio | 204.9k $440.4m | Added +23.6k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.34% of their portfolio | 188.4k $405.1m | Reduced -8.4k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 147.7k $317.6m | Not comparable |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 147.3k $316.6m | Reduced -5.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 130.6k $280.7m | Added +902 |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 111.9k $240.5m | Reduced -10.9k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.58% of their portfolio | 97.9k $211.2m | Added +11.4k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 3.95% of their portfolio | 88.3k $189.7m | Reduced -122 |
| Madison Avenue Partners, LP 8.12% of their portfolio | 87.9k $188.9m | Added +3.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.6k $181.9m | Reduced -10.8k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 3.08% of their portfolio | 81.9k $176.1m | Reduced -2.3k |
| JANA Partners Management, LP 9.08% of their portfolio | 81.2k $174.6m | Reduced -66.2k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.91% of their portfolio | 79.7k $171.4m | Reduced -292 |
| BARR E S & CO 8.72% of their portfolio | 78.0k $167.6m | Reduced -291 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 77.7k $166.9m | Reduced -11.0k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 9.94% of their portfolio | 77.3k $166.2m | Reduced -232 |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.76% of their portfolio | 77.0k $165.5m | Reduced -1.5k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 73.2k $157.4m | Added +5.3k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.86% of their portfolio | 70.4k $151.4m | Reduced -6.6k |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 4.00% of their portfolio | 69.2k $148.8m | Reduced -6.1k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 69.0k $148.2m | Reduced -4.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 67.7k $145.6m | Added +6.2k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 67.4k $144.9m | Added +2.1k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 65.7k $141.2m | Reduced -2.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 58.1k $125.0m | Added +134 |
| Graham Holdings Co Master Retirement Trust 16.62% of their portfolio | 58.0k $124.7m | Unchanged |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.10% of their portfolio | 56.1k $120.5m | Reduced -7.1k |
| Graham Holdings Co 11.01% of their portfolio | 55.4k $119.2m | Unchanged |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 3.85% of their portfolio | 50.0k $107.5m | Unchanged |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.4k $101.9m | Added +132 |
| AVENIR CORP 10.82% of their portfolio | 46.4k $99.7m | Reduced -370 |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 3.15% of their portfolio | 44.0k $94.5m | Added +149 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 42.1k $90.4m | Reduced -7.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 41.7k $89.6m | Reduced -4.7k |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 14.85% of their portfolio | 41.0k $88.1m | Added +900 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.1k $84.0m | Reduced -1.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.1k $79.8m | Added +23.6k |
| Quilter Plc 1.31% of their portfolio | 36.3k $78.1m | Reduced -66 |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.28% of their portfolio | 35.4k $76.0m | Reduced -2.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 34.7k $74.5m | Reduced -1.9k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 1.06% of their portfolio | 34.3k $73.8m | Reduced -5.4k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 33.5k $72.0m | Reduced -6.5k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 2.05% of their portfolio | 32.9k $70.8m | Reduced -927 |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.72% of their portfolio | 32.0k $68.9m | Reduced -20 |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 31.7k $68.1m | Reduced -27.6k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 30.2k $64.8m | Reduced -642 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 29.0k $62.3m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 3.18% of their portfolio | 27.5k $59.1m | Reduced -276 |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 3.83% of their portfolio | 26.6k $57.1m | Reduced -842 |
| Amundi 0.02% of their portfolio | 26.2k $56.3m | Added +3.8k |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 13.72% of their portfolio | 26.1k $56.1m | Reduced -458 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 26.0k $56.0m | Added +4.2k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.10% of their portfolio | 24.7k $53.2m | Added +16.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 23.5k $50.5m | Added +4.6k |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 1.90% of their portfolio | 23.0k $49.4m | Reduced -1.9k |
| GREENLEA LANE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 14.37% of their portfolio | 22.9k $49.2m | Added +450 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.11% of their portfolio | 21.9k $47.0m | Reduced -9.2k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 21.6k $46.4m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 20.7k $44.6m | Reduced -361 |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 8.19% of their portfolio | 20.5k $44.1m | Reduced -22 |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 8.29% of their portfolio | 20.4k $43.8m | Added +218 |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 0.79% of their portfolio | 20.3k $43.6m | Added +2.4k |
| National Pension Service 0.03% of their portfolio | 20.0k $43.0m | Added +337 |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.2k $41.2m | Added +392 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.0k $40.8m | Added +9.4k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 6.05% of their portfolio | 18.9k $40.7m | Added +261 |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 18.6k $40.1m | Reduced -1.4k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 18.4k $39.6m | Reduced -11.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.3k $39.4m | Reduced -4.2k |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.50% of their portfolio | 18.2k $39.2m | Reduced -171 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.2k $39.2m | Added +1.2k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 17.9k $38.5m | Reduced -3.4k |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.78% of their portfolio | 17.4k $37.4m | Reduced -147 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.0k $34.4m | Reduced -3.1k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.06% of their portfolio | 15.6k $33.6m | Added +5.7k |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 14.51% of their portfolio | 15.6k $33.6m | Added +100 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.6k $33.5m | Reduced -83 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.03% of their portfolio | 15.4k $33.0m | Reduced -244 |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 15.3k $33.0m | Reduced -3.4k |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.9k $32.1m | Reduced -1.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.9k $31.9m | Reduced -18.6k |
| Poehling Capital Management, INC. 5.82% of their portfolio | 13.2k $28.4m | Added +47 |
| STANSBERRY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.72% of their portfolio | 12.5k $26.9m | Added +153 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.5k $26.6m | Added +732 |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.3k $26.5m | Reduced -10.8k |
| DANSKE BANK A/S 0.06% of their portfolio | 12.3k $26.3m | Reduced -1.0k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.05% of their portfolio | 12.2k $26.3m | Reduced -527 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.2k $26.1m | Reduced -4.5k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 11.7k $25.1m | Added +4.9k |