Markel Group 13F holdings, Q4 2007
Holdings as of December 31, 2007 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 72 US equity positions worth $747.9m in its Q4 2007 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 12.2% of the reported book, followed by Forest City Enterprises Class and RLI.
What did Markel Group own in Q4 2007? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 12.2% | $91.4m | 319,459 | – | ||
| 2 | Forest City Enterprises Class | 4.8% | $36.1m | 813,133 | – | ||
| 3 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 4.8% | $35.9m | 631,475 | – | |
| 4 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 4.7% | $35.1m | 394,287 | – | |
| 5 | Exxon Corporation | 4.6% | $34.3m | 366,493 | – | ||
| 6 | W.P. Carey | 4.2% | $31.7m | 956,000 | – | ||
| 7 | LandAmerica Financial Group | 4.2% | $31.1m | 930,500 | – | ||
| 8 | XL Capital | 3.9% | $29.0m | 576,608 | – | ||
| 9 | BAC Bank of America | Financial Services | 2.9% | $21.7m | 525,000 | – | |
| 10 | CINF Cincinnati Financial | Financial Services | 2.9% | $21.4m | 540,799 | – | |
| 11 | BF/A Brown Forman | 2.8% | $21.3m | 284,660 | – | ||
| 12 | McGraw-Hill Companies | 2.8% | $21.1m | 482,600 | – | ||
| 13 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 2.6% | $19.8m | 280,000 | – | |
| 14 | White Mountains | 2.5% | $19.0m | 36,975 | – | ||
| 15 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 2.3% | $16.9m | 455,000 | – | |
| 16 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 2.2% | $16.5m | 359,200 | – | ||
| 17 | Berkshire Hathaway | 2.2% | $16.2m | 3,425 | – | ||
| 18 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 2.0% | $14.9m | 105 | – | ||
| 19 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 2.0% | $14.6m | 1,000,000 | – | |
| 20 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 1.8% | $13.7m | 307,200 | – | |
| 21 | ELME Washington Real Estate Investm | Real Estate | 1.7% | $12.9m | 411,775 | – | |
| 22 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.5% | $11.2m | 210,000 | – | |
| 23 | MBI MBIA Inc | Financial Services | 1.5% | $11.0m | 589,767 | – | |
| 24 | International Game Technology | 1.5% | $11.0m | 250,000 | – | ||
| 25 | CMCSA Comcast | Communication Services | 1.4% | $10.2m | 557,500 | – | |
| 26 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 1.3% | $9.8m | 135,000 | – | |
| 27 | Allied Capital | 1.3% | $9.4m | 438,540 | – | ||
| 28 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 1.2% | $8.8m | 230,150 | – | |
| 29 | MO Altria | Consumer Defensive | 1.2% | $8.8m | 116,700 | – | |
| 30 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 1.1% | $8.6m | 365,628 | – | |
| 31 | International Speedway | 0.9% | $6.9m | 168,650 | – | ||
| 32 | Brookfield Asset Management | 0.9% | $6.5m | 182,205 | – | ||
| 33 | News Corporation | 0.9% | $6.4m | 301,850 | – | ||
| 34 | Citigroup | 0.8% | $6.0m | 205,000 | – | ||
| 35 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $5.3m | 155,000 | – | |
| 36 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 0.7% | $5.0m | 75,000 | – | |
| 37 | Washington Post Co | 0.6% | $4.3m | 5,425 | – | ||
| 38 | Tiffany | 0.5% | $3.7m | 80,600 | – | ||
| 39 | Corus Bankshares | 0.5% | $3.6m | 334,000 | – | ||
| 40 | Leucadia National Corp | 0.5% | $3.5m | 75,000 | – | ||
| 41 | Meadowbrook Insurance Company | 0.4% | $3.3m | 353,600 | – | ||
| 42 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $3.3m | 70,000 | – | |
| 43 | STT State Street Corp | Financial Services | 0.4% | $3.3m | 40,400 | – | |
| 44 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.4% | $3.2m | 160,000 | – | |
| 45 | SYY Sysco Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.7m | 85,000 | – | |
| 46 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 0.3% | $2.6m | 30,000 | – | |
| 47 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.3% | $2.5m | 33,500 | – | |
| 48 | AFL Aflac | Financial Services | 0.3% | $2.5m | 40,000 | – | |
| 49 | VLY Valley National Bank | Financial Services | 0.3% | $2.4m | 128,483 | – | |
| 50 | NuStar GP Holdings | 0.3% | $2.3m | 80,000 | – |
Weights are shares of the reported long US equity book (options excluded). Values are as filed, normalised to whole dollars. Share changes compare against the immediately preceding filing only.