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 ($35.6m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.5m as of 2026-04-21, 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 ≈ $1913.41. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($100.3m notional), 4 hold puts ($23.5m).
Trends to Q1 2026
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 |
| Q1 2026 | 932 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q1 2026 | 395 | 391 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2025 | $104.8m | $102.4m | 0.98 |
| Q3 2025 | $116.3m | $141.4m | 1.22 |
| Q4 2025 | $154.6m | $127.3m | 0.82 |
| Q1 2026 | $100.3m | $23.5m | 0.23 |
Biggest buyers
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +53.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +34.9k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. | Added | +21.3k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +21.0k |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. | Added | +20.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +16.5k |
| Global Frontier Investments LLC | New | +14.3k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | Added | +14.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +9.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +8.6k |
Biggest sellers
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -131.3k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Reduced | -101.7k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Reduced | -50.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -35.1k |
| Davis Selected Advisers | Reduced | -31.7k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO | Reduced | -13.4k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | Reduced | -12.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -11.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -11.2k |
| Boston Partners | Reduced | -11.2k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $38.1m19.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $20.3m10.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $18.2m9.5k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $12.6m6.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $9.8m5.1k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $1.3m700 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $12.4m6.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $7.3m3.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $2.1m1.1k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $1.7m900 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 2026
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 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 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $207.9k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-26 | Wilson Simon EVP and CEO, Markel Insurance | Sold | $207.9k100 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, Q1 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 710.6k $1.4bn | Reduced -685 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 544.5k $1.0bn | First filing |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 524.2k $1.0bn | First filing |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.41% of their portfolio | 401.9k $769.3m | Reduced -131.3k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 3.37% of their portfolio | 383.4k $734.0m | Reduced -31.7k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 3.85% of their portfolio | 377.6k $722.8m | Reduced -50.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.04% of their portfolio | 357.1k $683.5m | Reduced -35.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 307.0k $587.6m | Added +2.1k |
| Boston Partners 0.50% of their portfolio | 251.0k $480.4m | Reduced -11.2k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 3.80% of their portfolio | 226.1k $432.9m | Added +21.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 221.7k $423.1m | Reduced -3.3k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 2.19% of their portfolio | 207.2k $395.5m | Reduced -2.8k |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.34% of their portfolio | 175.1k $335.1m | Reduced -13.4k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.20% of their portfolio | 155.4k $297.4m | Reduced -101.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 137.0k $262.2m | Added +6.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 136.1k $260.5m | Reduced -11.2k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 106.7k $204.2m | Reduced -5.2k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.56% of their portfolio | 97.4k $185.6m | Reduced -540 |
| Madison Avenue Partners, LP 7.32% of their portfolio | 87.9k $168.2m | Unchanged |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 3.70% of their portfolio | 86.6k $165.8m | Reduced -1.7k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 85.7k $164.0m | Added +1.0k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 2.82% of their portfolio | 80.5k $154.1m | Reduced -1.4k |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.67% of their portfolio | 80.0k $153.1m | Added +3.0k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.84% of their portfolio | 79.8k $152.7m | Added +87 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.04% of their portfolio | 78.0k $149.3m | First filing |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 77.8k $148.9m | Added +135 |
| BARR E S & CO 8.60% of their portfolio | 77.2k $147.8m | Reduced -752 |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 9.07% of their portfolio | 76.9k $147.2m | Reduced -427 |
| JANA Partners Management, LP 8.64% of their portfolio | 75.3k $144.1m | Reduced -5.9k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.19% of their portfolio | 71.7k $137.3m | Added +53.1k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 71.4k $136.7m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 70.7k $135.3m | Added +1.7k |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 3.91% of their portfolio | 70.6k $135.2m | Added +20.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.6k $135.1m | Added +3.2k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 67.9k $129.9m | Added +169 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 62.7k $119.9m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 3.61% of their portfolio | 61.1k $117.1m | Reduced -8.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 59.1k $113.2m | Added +994 |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.68% of their portfolio | 58.3k $111.6m | Reduced -12.2k |
| Graham Holdings Co Master Retirement Trust 15.72% of their portfolio | 58.0k $111.0m | Unchanged |
| Graham Holdings Co 10.97% of their portfolio | 55.4k $106.1m | Unchanged |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.11% of their portfolio | 53.9k $103.2m | Added +34.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 52.7k $100.9m | Added +21.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.3k $94.3m | Added +1.9k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.08% of their portfolio | 49.1k $94.0m | Reduced -7.0k |
| AVENIR CORP 10.69% of their portfolio | 45.8k $87.7m | Reduced -540 |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 3.01% of their portfolio | 42.9k $82.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 13.56% of their portfolio | 42.9k $82.0m | Added +1.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.02% of their portfolio | 42.7k $81.8m | Added +678 |
| Quilter Plc 1.30% of their portfolio | 38.7k $74.0m | Added +2.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 37.7k $72.1m | Reduced -4.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 37.0k $70.8m | Added +2.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.5k $69.8m | Reduced -2.6k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.18% of their portfolio | 34.9k $66.9m | Reduced -423 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 34.9k $66.8m | Added +16.5k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 34.6k $66.3m | Added +8.6k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.77% of their portfolio | 32.4k $62.1m | Reduced -487 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.04% of their portfolio | 30.9k $59.2m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.09% of their portfolio | 29.7k $56.8m | Added +14.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 28.7k $54.9m | Reduced -8.4k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 3.24% of their portfolio | 27.5k $52.7m | Added +59 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 27.5k $52.7m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.7k $51.1m | Added +527 |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.97% of their portfolio | 26.5k $50.8m | Reduced -7.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 26.1k $49.9m | Reduced -4.1k |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 13.49% of their portfolio | 25.8k $49.5m | Reduced -255 |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.09% of their portfolio | 25.8k $49.3m | Added +1.0k |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 3.78% of their portfolio | 25.6k $49.0m | Reduced -962 |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 1.83% of their portfolio | 24.9k $47.7m | Added +1.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $44.3m | Added +4.0k |
| GREENLEA LANE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 12.54% of their portfolio | 22.6k $43.2m | Reduced -350 |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.47% of their portfolio | 21.7k $41.5m | Reduced -10.3k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 20.9k $40.1m | First filing |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 6.98% of their portfolio | 20.7k $39.6m | Added +184 |
| National Pension Service 0.03% of their portfolio | 20.6k $39.5m | Added +624 |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 0.75% of their portfolio | 20.6k $39.4m | Added +277 |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 7.71% of their portfolio | 19.9k $38.1m | Reduced -492 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 19.8k $37.8m | Reduced -952 |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 0.77% of their portfolio | 19.6k $37.5m | Reduced -2.0k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 5.40% of their portfolio | 19.1k $36.6m | Added +199 |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.59% of their portfolio | 18.2k $34.8m | Added +779 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.09% of their portfolio | 18.1k $34.7m | Reduced -3.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.04% of their portfolio | 18.1k $34.6m | Reduced -134 |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.0k $34.5m | Added +88 |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.44% of their portfolio | 17.9k $34.4m | Reduced -288 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.8k $33.5m | Added +2.9k |
| Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS 5.04% of their portfolio | 16.9k $32.4m | First filing |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.2k $31.0m | Added +5.4k |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 13.92% of their portfolio | 15.2k $29.2m | Reduced -377 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.1k $28.8m | Added +2.9k |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 15.0k $28.7m | Reduced -352 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 15.0k $28.7m | Reduced -392 |
| Global Frontier Investments LLC 2.34% of their portfolio | 14.3k $27.4m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.2k $27.2m | Reduced -1.8k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 14.0k $26.8m | Added +4.9k |
| Poehling Capital Management, INC. 5.41% of their portfolio | 13.4k $25.7m | Added +211 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.1k $24.8m | Reduced -2.5k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 13.1k $25.0m | Added +601 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.4k $23.7m | Reduced -6.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 12.1k $23.2m | Reduced -11.4k |