Markel Group Inc 13F annual report
Markel Group Inc is an investment fund managing more than $10.2 trillion ran by Thomas Gayner. There are currently 130 companies in Mr. Gayner’s portfolio. The largest investments include Berkshire Hathaway and Alphabet Inc, together worth $1.91 trillion.
$10.2 trillion Assets Under Management (AUM)
As of 26th July 2024, Markel Group Inc’s top holding is 1,533,085 shares of Berkshire Hathaway currently worth over $1.31 trillion and making up 12.8% of the portfolio value.
Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Berkshire Hathaway, Markel Group Inc owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company.
In addition, the fund holds 3,304,860 shares of Alphabet Inc worth $605 billion, whose value grew 19.9% in the past six months.
The third-largest holding is Amazon.com worth $392 billion and the next is Brookfield Corp worth $362 billion, with 8,715,741 shares owned.
Currently, Markel Group Inc's portfolio is worth at least $10.2 trillion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash
assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.
Careers at Markel Group Inc
The Markel Group Inc office and employees reside in Glen Allen, Virginia. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Thomas Gayner serves as the Chief Executive Officer at Markel Group Inc.
Recent trades
In the most recent 13F filing, Markel Group Inc revealed that it had opened a new position in
Franco Nev Corp and bought 245,000 shares worth $29 billion.
The investment fund also strengthened its position in Deere & Co by buying
21,550 additional shares.
This makes their stake in Deere & Co total 845,350 shares worth $316 billion.
Deere & Co dropped 16.9% in the past year.
On the other hand, there are companies that Markel Group Inc is getting rid of from its portfolio.
Markel Group Inc closed its position in Stericycle on 2nd August 2024.
It sold the previously owned 38,000 shares for $2 billion.
Thomas Gayner also disclosed a decreased stake in Electronic Arts by 0.4%.
This leaves the value of the investment at $6.94 billion and 49,800 shares.
One of the largest hedge funds
The two most similar investment funds to Markel Group Inc are Ariel Investments and Findlay Park Partners LL.P.. They manage $10.2 trillion and $10.2 trillion respectively.
Thomas Gayner investment strategy
Markel Group Inc’s portfolio is diversified across 10 sectors.
Currently, their heaviest sector is Finance — making up 31.3% of
the total portfolio value.
The fund focuses on investments in the United States as
60.0% of the portfolio companies
are based in the United States.
The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks.
Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up
57% of the total holdings value.
On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 0.8% of the portfolio.
The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $149 billion.
The complete list of Markel Group Inc trades based on 13F SEC filings
These positions were updated on August 2nd based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.
| Security | Shares Owned | Value | Allocation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. |
No change
1,533,085
|
$1,305,242,277,000 | 12.84% |
| Alphabet Inc |
No change
3,304,860
|
$605,472,572,000 | 5.96% |
| Amazon.com Inc. |
No change
2,030,760
|
$392,444,370,000 | 3.86% |
| Brookfield Corp |
No change
8,715,741
|
$362,051,882,000 | 3.56% |
| Home Depot, Inc. |
No change
920,000
|
$316,700,799,000 | 3.12% |
| Deere & Co. |
2.62%
845,350
|
$315,848,121,000 | 3.11% |
| Novo-nordisk A S |
No change
2,150,000
|
$306,891,000,000 | 3.02% |
| Analog Devices Inc. |
0.02%
1,167,671
|
$266,532,582,000 | 2.62% |
| Watsco, Inc. |
0.88%
571,250
|
$264,625,850,000 | 2.60% |
| Visa Inc |
No change
999,285
|
$262,282,334,000 | 2.58% |
| Apple Inc |
0.01%
1,227,290
|
$258,491,820,000 | 2.54% |
| Microsoft Corporation |
0.92%
507,480
|
$226,818,187,000 | 2.23% |
| Disney Walt Co |
No change
2,031,665
|
$201,724,019,000 | 1.98% |
| Blackrock Inc. |
No change
220,200
|
$173,367,864,000 | 1.71% |
| Diageo plc |
0.46%
1,366,708
|
$172,314,544,000 | 1.70% |
| RLI Corp. |
No change
1,197,272
|
$168,444,198,000 | 1.66% |
| Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. |
No change
359,360
|
$162,545,714,000 | 1.60% |
| Progressive Corp. |
No change
753,750
|
$156,561,413,000 | 1.54% |
| KKR & Co. Inc |
No change
1,451,800
|
$152,787,432,000 | 1.50% |
| Blackstone Inc |
No change
1,229,000
|
$152,150,200,000 | 1.50% |
| Lowes Cos Inc |
1.88%
675,980
|
$149,026,551,000 | 1.47% |
| Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. |
1.80%
706,500
|
$148,873,680,000 | 1.46% |
| Texas Instrs Inc |
No change
724,000
|
$140,839,721,000 | 1.39% |
| Meta Platforms Inc |
1.23%
270,981
|
$136,634,039,000 | 1.34% |
| Lpl Finl Hldgs Inc |
6.05%
481,791
|
$134,564,227,000 | 1.32% |
| Apollo Global Mgmt Inc |
No change
1,012,500
|
$119,545,875,000 | 1.18% |
| General Dynamics Corp. |
No change
391,000
|
$113,444,740,000 | 1.12% |
| American Express Co. |
No change
484,250
|
$112,128,089,000 | 1.10% |
| Caterpillar Inc. |
1.27%
311,500
|
$103,760,650,000 | 1.02% |
| Schwab Charles Corp |
0.96%
1,366,766
|
$100,716,987,000 | 0.99% |
| Dollar Gen Corp New |
3.26%
697,250
|
$92,197,367,000 | 0.91% |
| Mastercard Incorporated |
No change
207,540
|
$91,558,345,000 | 0.90% |
| Moodys Corp |
No change
213,890
|
$90,032,719,000 | 0.89% |
| Johnson & Johnson |
No change
610,800
|
$89,274,527,000 | 0.88% |
| Archer Daniels Midland Co. |
No change
1,463,300
|
$88,456,484,000 | 0.87% |
| NVR Inc. |
1.59%
11,529
|
$87,488,508,000 | 0.86% |
| Brookfield Asset Managmt Ltd |
No change
2,193,953
|
$83,479,911,000 | 0.82% |
| Illinois Tool Wks Inc |
No change
327,500
|
$77,604,400,000 | 0.76% |
| Rollins, Inc. |
0.91%
1,439,275
|
$70,222,229,000 | 0.69% |
| MSCI Inc |
No change
142,850
|
$68,817,988,000 | 0.68% |
| Heico Corp. |
No change
379,644
|
$67,394,402,000 | 0.66% |
| S&P Global Inc |
No change
150,690
|
$67,207,740,000 | 0.66% |
| Ecolab, Inc. |
No change
274,300
|
$65,283,400,000 | 0.64% |
| Linde Plc. |
9.13%
143,500
|
$62,969,235,000 | 0.62% |
| Fedex Corp |
7.74%
181,000
|
$54,271,040,000 | 0.53% |
| Carlyle Group Inc (The) |
No change
1,327,000
|
$53,279,050,000 | 0.52% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. |
No change
252,550
|
$51,080,763,000 | 0.50% |
| Old Dominion Freight Line In |
43.33%
279,500
|
$49,359,700,000 | 0.49% |
| Norfolk Southn Corp |
No change
229,500
|
$49,271,355,000 | 0.48% |
| Accenture Plc Ireland |
No change
159,400
|
$48,363,554,000 | 0.48% |
| Factset Resh Sys Inc |
No change
116,720
|
$47,653,275,000 | 0.47% |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. |
1.03%
785,500
|
$44,883,470,000 | 0.44% |
| Starbucks Corp. |
4.99%
568,318
|
$44,243,556,000 | 0.44% |
| Rockwell Automation Inc |
No change
154,900
|
$42,640,872,000 | 0.42% |
| Comcast Corp New |
0.84%
1,081,241
|
$42,341,397,000 | 0.42% |
| Investors Title Co Nc |
No change
213,300
|
$38,421,729,000 | 0.38% |
| Brown-Forman Corporation |
No change
1,317,187
|
$57,681,728,000 | 0.57% |
| Price T Rowe Group Inc |
No change
314,000
|
$36,207,340,000 | 0.36% |
| Verisk Analytics Inc |
5.11%
133,700
|
$36,038,835,000 | 0.35% |
| Aon plc. |
3.54%
113,950
|
$33,453,441,000 | 0.33% |
| Costco Whsl Corp New |
No change
39,150
|
$33,277,109,000 | 0.33% |
| Hagerty Inc |
No change
3,540,000
|
$32,307,000,000 | 0.32% |
| Hanover Ins Group Inc |
5.73%
240,000
|
$30,105,600,000 | 0.30% |
| 3M Co. |
No change
293,750
|
$30,018,313,000 | 0.30% |
| Nike, Inc. |
3.46%
388,900
|
$29,311,393,000 | 0.29% |
| Franco Nev Corp |
Opened
245,000
|
$29,037,400,000 | 0.29% |
| Whirlpool Corp. |
No change
282,049
|
$28,825,408,000 | 0.28% |
| Sherwin-Williams Co. |
No change
94,172
|
$28,103,749,000 | 0.28% |
| Lockheed Martin Corp. |
No change
56,363
|
$26,327,157,000 | 0.26% |
| Allstate Corp (The) |
No change
154,550
|
$24,675,453,000 | 0.24% |
| Equifax, Inc. |
No change
97,850
|
$23,724,711,000 | 0.23% |
| RTX Corp |
No change
224,000
|
$22,487,360,000 | 0.22% |
| Target Corp |
No change
133,000
|
$19,689,320,000 | 0.19% |
| Union Pac Corp |
No change
85,778
|
$19,408,130,000 | 0.19% |
| Cable One Inc |
11.85%
53,800
|
$19,045,200,000 | 0.19% |
| Paychex Inc. |
No change
150,000
|
$17,784,000,000 | 0.17% |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. |
19.03%
29,400
|
$16,258,200,000 | 0.16% |
| Cisco Sys Inc |
No change
342,000
|
$16,248,420,000 | 0.16% |
| Pepsico Inc |
No change
96,210
|
$15,867,916,000 | 0.16% |
| Renaissancere Hldgs Ltd |
No change
70,000
|
$15,645,700,000 | 0.15% |
| Carrier Global Corporation |
No change
235,000
|
$14,823,800,000 | 0.15% |
| United Rentals, Inc. |
41.94%
22,000
|
$14,228,060,000 | 0.14% |
| Crown Holdings, Inc. |
No change
189,500
|
$14,096,905,000 | 0.14% |
| Ferguson Plc New |
22.61%
70,500
|
$13,652,325,000 | 0.13% |
| Choice Hotels International, Inc. |
30.77%
110,500
|
$13,149,500,000 | 0.13% |
| Capital One Finl Corp |
No change
91,000
|
$12,598,950,000 | 0.12% |
| IQVIA Holdings Inc |
5.38%
58,726
|
$12,417,025,000 | 0.12% |
| Wells Fargo Co New |
No change
204,450
|
$12,142,286,000 | 0.12% |
| Hexcel Corp. |
No change
189,000
|
$11,803,050,000 | 0.12% |
| Philip Morris International Inc |
No change
114,500
|
$11,602,285,000 | 0.11% |
| Yum Brands Inc. |
435.55%
86,502
|
$11,458,055,000 | 0.11% |
| HCA Healthcare Inc |
63.80%
35,105
|
$11,278,534,000 | 0.11% |
| Lamar Advertising Co |
22.08%
94,000
|
$11,235,820,000 | 0.11% |
| Sei Invts Co |
No change
173,200
|
$11,204,308,000 | 0.11% |
| Otis Worldwide Corporation |
No change
114,620
|
$11,033,322,000 | 0.11% |
| Scotts Miracle-Gro Company |
No change
168,000
|
$10,930,080,000 | 0.11% |
| Unitedhealth Group Inc |
29.28%
20,814
|
$10,599,738,000 | 0.10% |
| Celanese Corp |
No change
77,800
|
$10,494,442,000 | 0.10% |
| American Tower Corp. |
No change
51,910
|
$10,090,265,000 | 0.10% |
| Carmax Inc |
10.53%
136,500
|
$10,010,910,000 | 0.10% |
| Air Prods & Chems Inc |
153.33%
38,000
|
$9,805,900,000 | 0.10% |
| Graphic Packaging Hldg Co |
38.99%
334,725
|
$8,773,142,000 | 0.09% |
| Spotify Technology S.A. |
No change
25,900
|
$8,127,161,000 | 0.08% |
| O-I Glass Inc |
25.04%
674,100
|
$7,502,733,000 | 0.07% |
| TransUnion |
No change
101,050
|
$7,493,868,000 | 0.07% |
| Eastman Chem Co |
No change
74,950
|
$7,342,852,000 | 0.07% |
| Bank New York Mellon Corp |
No change
121,500
|
$7,276,635,000 | 0.07% |
| Electronic Arts, Inc. |
38.37%
49,800
|
$6,938,634,000 | 0.07% |
| Shopify Inc |
No change
102,750
|
$6,786,638,000 | 0.07% |
| Sony Group Corp |
No change
67,000
|
$5,691,650,000 | 0.06% |
| Marriott Intl Inc New |
144.44%
22,000
|
$5,318,940,000 | 0.05% |
| Uber Technologies Inc |
22.41%
71,000
|
$5,160,280,000 | 0.05% |
| Insperity Inc |
213.50%
52,906
|
$4,825,557,000 | 0.05% |
| Cracker Barrel Old Ctry Stor |
No change
111,000
|
$4,679,760,000 | 0.05% |
| Comfort Sys Usa Inc |
No change
13,000
|
$3,953,560,000 | 0.04% |
| Hershey Company |
126.32%
21,500
|
$3,952,345,000 | 0.04% |
| Solventum Corp |
Opened
73,437
|
$3,883,349,000 | 0.04% |
| Graham Hldgs Co |
No change
5,200
|
$3,637,660,000 | 0.04% |
| Berkley W R Corp |
No change
40,500
|
$3,182,490,000 | 0.03% |
| Ball Corp. |
No change
51,000
|
$3,061,020,000 | 0.03% |
| CVS Health Corp |
85.84%
47,000
|
$2,775,820,000 | 0.03% |
| Gartner, Inc. |
No change
5,700
|
$2,559,642,000 | 0.03% |
| Brookfield Reins Ltd |
No change
60,101
|
$2,499,601,000 | 0.02% |
| Willis Towers Watson Plc Ltd |
No change
8,627
|
$2,261,481,000 | 0.02% |
| Stericycle Inc. |
Closed
38,000
|
$2,004,500,000 | |
| Intuit Inc |
No change
2,720
|
$1,787,611,000 | 0.02% |
| Ul Solutions Inc |
Opened
36,000
|
$1,518,840,000 | 0.01% |
| Costar Group, Inc. |
No change
18,600
|
$1,379,004,000 | 0.01% |
| Dun & Bradstreet Holdings, Inc. |
No change
115,000
|
$1,064,900,000 | 0.01% |
| Intercontinental Exchange In |
No change
5,120
|
$700,877,000 | 0.01% |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV |
No change
11,000
|
$639,650,000 | 0.01% |
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