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 ($45.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.4m as of 2026-07-22, 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 ≈ $1950.97. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($127.1m notional), 6 hold puts ($40.9m).
Trends to Q2 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 |
| Q2 2026 | 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q2 2026 | 414 | 405 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $116.3m | $141.4m | 1.22 |
| Q4 2025 | $154.6m | $127.3m | 0.82 |
| Q1 2026 | $100.3m | $23.5m | 0.23 |
| Q2 2026 | $127.1m | $40.9m | 0.32 |
Biggest buyers
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA | Added | +160.7k |
| Troy Asset Management Ltd | New | +61.5k |
| Boston Partners | Added | +56.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +39.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC | Added | +34.7k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +30.4k |
| PFA Pension, Forsikringsaktieselskab | New | +29.3k |
| Woodline Partners LP | Added | +26.5k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Added | +25.4k |
| Madison Avenue Partners, LP | Added | +24.4k |
Biggest sellers
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. | Sold out | -155.4k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC | Reduced | -94.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -48.0k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. | Reduced | -46.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Reduced | -38.3k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. | Reduced | -36.0k |
| TD Asset Management Inc | Reduced | -30.1k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | Reduced | -25.2k |
| National Pension Service | Reduced | -18.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | -17.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $43.7m22.4k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $32.4m16.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $21.3m10.9k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Reduced | $14.8m7.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $7.0m3.6k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $4.7m2.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $2.7m1.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $390.6k200 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $15.0m7.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $11.3m5.8k shares |
| Chapman Investment Management, LLC | New | $9.1m4.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $4.7m2.4k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $585.9k300 shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $195.3k100 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 since 1 Apr 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — |
| Q2 2026 | 2 | $371.1k | 1 | $140.4k | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-22 | Harris Greta J Director | Sold | $140.4k76 shares |
| 2026-05-07 | Leopold Diane Director | Bought | $89.5k50 shares |
| 2026-05-06 | Leopold Diane Director | Bought | $179.3k100 shares |
| 2026-05-01 | Puckett A. Lynne Director · By Trust | Bought | $102.3k57 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, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 697.8k $1.4bn | Reduced -12.8k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 545.6k $1.1bn | Added +1.1k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 522.0k $1.0bn | Reduced -2.2k |
| Davis Selected Advisers 3.41% of their portfolio | 406.8k $794.4m | Added +23.3k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.04% of their portfolio | 350.7k $684.8m | Reduced -6.4k |
| Select Equity Group, L.P. 3.43% of their portfolio | 331.7k $647.8m | Reduced -46.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 312.2k $609.7m | Added +5.2k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.30% of their portfolio | 307.8k $601.2m | Reduced -94.1k |
| Boston Partners 0.53% of their portfolio | 307.5k $600.5m | Added +56.5k |
| CHECK CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC/CA 9.05% of their portfolio | 237.6k $464.1m | Added +160.7k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 3.44% of their portfolio | 230.6k $450.4m | Added +4.5k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 214.8k $418.2m | Reduced -6.9k |
| DAVENPORT & Co LLC 2.06% of their portfolio | 206.4k $403.2m | Reduced -773 |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.28% of their portfolio | 157.9k $308.4m | Reduced -17.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.03% of their portfolio | 145.5k $284.2m | Not comparable |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 139.1k $271.6m | Added +2.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.6k $231.6m | Reduced -17.5k |
| Madison Avenue Partners, LP 9.44% of their portfolio | 112.3k $219.4m | Added +24.4k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 102.4k $200.0m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd, Zurich 0.47% of their portfolio | 92.6k $181.0m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Davis Asset Management, L.P. 4.56% of their portfolio | 92.1k $179.9m | Added +21.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.2k $172.3m | Added +39.0k |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc 3.53% of their portfolio | 87.3k $170.4m | Added +654 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 84.0k $164.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| FORT WASHINGTON INVESTMENT ADVISORS INC /OH/ 0.80% of their portfolio | 81.9k $160.0m | Added +2.1k |
| Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC 2.71% of their portfolio | 80.4k $157.0m | Reduced -125 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 78.6k $153.4m | Added +594 |
| Polar Capital Holdings Plc 0.43% of their portfolio | 78.2k $152.8m | Reduced -1.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 78.0k $152.2m | Added +167 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 77.6k $151.5m | Added +7.0k |
| BARR E S & CO 8.44% of their portfolio | 77.1k $150.5m | Reduced -171 |
| JANA Partners Management, LP 7.88% of their portfolio | 76.7k $149.9m | Added +1.4k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 74.7k $146.0m | Added +3.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 65.3k $127.5m | Added +30.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 65.0k $126.9m | Reduced -2.9k |
| Graham Holdings Co 11.50% of their portfolio | 63.8k $124.6m | Added +8.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.03% of their portfolio | 62.6k $122.2m | Reduced -8.1k |
| Troy Asset Management Ltd 3.35% of their portfolio | 61.5k $120.1m | New |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 61.2k $119.4m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Scharf Investments, LLC 3.91% of their portfolio | 60.6k $118.3m | Reduced -578 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.02% of their portfolio | 59.0k $115.3m | Reduced -105 |
| Graham Holdings Co Master Retirement Trust 15.43% of their portfolio | 58.0k $113.3m | Unchanged |
| Quilter Plc 1.35% of their portfolio | 45.9k $89.6m | Added +7.2k |
| STEGINSKY CAPITAL LLC 13.31% of their portfolio | 45.4k $88.7m | Added +2.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.3k $86.5m | Reduced -8.5k |
| AVENIR CORP 10.52% of their portfolio | 44.2k $86.4m | Reduced -1.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.01% of their portfolio | 38.7k $75.5m | Reduced -4.1k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.03% of their portfolio | 36.9k $72.0m | Added +25.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 36.3k $70.9m | Added +23.2k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.04% of their portfolio | 35.4k $69.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 35.2k $68.7m | Added +34.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 34.8k $68.1m | Reduced -1.6k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 34.0k $66.4m | Added +5.3k |
| THOMPSON SIEGEL & WALMSLEY LLC 1.19% of their portfolio | 33.7k $65.8m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 33.4k $65.2m | Reduced -38.3k |
| Giverny Capital Inc. 2.03% of their portfolio | 30.9k $60.3m | Reduced -12.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 29.8k $58.2m | Reduced -7.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 29.7k $58.1m | Added +14.7k |
| PFA Pension, Forsikringsaktieselskab 0.15% of their portfolio | 29.3k $57.2m | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.02% of their portfolio | 28.9k $56.4m | Added +2.8k |
| COOKE & BIELER LP 0.65% of their portfolio | 28.7k $56.0m | Added +7.0k |
| Sather Financial Group Inc 3.13% of their portfolio | 27.9k $54.5m | Added +377 |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 27.0k $52.7m | Added +26.5k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.08% of their portfolio | 26.5k $51.8m | Added +769 |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 26.2k $51.2m | Reduced -482 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 25.7k $50.1m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC 3.74% of their portfolio | 25.5k $49.9m | Reduced -85 |
| Capco Asset Management, LLC 13.52% of their portfolio | 25.3k $49.5m | Reduced -517 |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 25.3k $49.4m | Reduced -9.3k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 0.89% of their portfolio | 24.0k $46.9m | Reduced -2.5k |
| ANCHOR CAPITAL ADVISORS LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 22.8k $44.6m | Reduced -9.6k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 22.6k $44.2m | Added +1.7k |
| Epoch Investment Partners, Inc. 0.25% of their portfolio | 22.3k $43.5m | Reduced -36.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 21.5k $41.9m | Added +1.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.0k $40.9m | Reduced -2.2k |
| COUNTRY TRUST BANK 0.72% of their portfolio | 20.9k $40.9m | Added +365 |
| Broad Run Investment Management, LLC 6.19% of their portfolio | 20.6k $40.2m | Reduced -131 |
| Marathon Asset Management Ltd 1.62% of their portfolio | 20.4k $39.9m | Reduced -4.5k |
| GREENLEA LANE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 10.89% of their portfolio | 20.3k $39.7m | Reduced -2.2k |
| Lafayette Investments, Inc. 7.17% of their portfolio | 19.9k $38.9m | Added +23 |
| Oslo Pensjonsforsikring AS 4.47% of their portfolio | 19.9k $38.9m | Added +3.0k |
| BECK MACK & OLIVER LLC 0.76% of their portfolio | 19.9k $38.8m | Added +280 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 19.6k $38.3m | Added +11.6k |
| Mraz, Amerine & Associates, Inc. 5.49% of their portfolio | 19.6k $38.3m | Added +473 |
| Tidal Investments LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 19.6k $38.2m | Added +4.6k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 0.03% of their portfolio | 19.0k $37.1m | Reduced -30.1k |
| Jupiter Topco LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.7k $36.4m | First filing |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.4k $35.9m | Added +361 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 18.3k $35.7m | Reduced -12.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.03% of their portfolio | 18.0k $35.2m | Reduced -64 |
| Lincoln Capital LLC 6.21% of their portfolio | 17.9k $34.9m | Reduced -319 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 16.6k $32.4m | Added +7.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 16.6k $32.3m | Added +4.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.9k $31.1m | Reduced -241 |
| PINNACLE ASSOCIATES LTD 0.33% of their portfolio | 15.5k $30.2m | Reduced -2.5k |
| Citadel Investment Advisory, Inc. 13.52% of their portfolio | 15.2k $29.8m | Unchanged |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 15.2k $29.6m | Added +6.0k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.6k $28.4m | Added +1.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.5k $28.3m | Reduced -463 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.3k $28.0m | Reduced -3.4k |