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.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$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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