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Markel Group 13F holdings, Q4 2007

Investment holding companySEC filingsCompare with another fundHoldings as of 2007-12-31, filed 2008-02-13

Markel Group disclosed 72 US equity positions worth $747.9m in its Q4 2007 13F filing. Its largest position is Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 12.2% of the reported book, followed by FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES INC and RLI.

$748m
Reported equity book
Sum of the long US equity positions in the filing, at the values filed. Options are excluded.
72
Positions
Distinct securities in the equity book with a reported value above zero. Options are excluded.
12.2%
Largest position
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
49.2%
Top 10 weight
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
26
Effective positions
1 / HHI of portfolio weights: the number of equal-weight positions the book behaves like.
75
Quarters on file since Q4 2007
Quarters for which this manager's 13F holdings are on record.

Holdings

50 of 72
Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd no ticker–12.2%$91.4m319,459–
FOREST CITY ENTERPRISES INC no ticker–4.8%$36.1m813,133–
RLI RLI CORPFinancial Services4.8%$35.9m631,475–
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPIndustrials4.7%$35.1m394,287–
Exxon Corporation no ticker–4.6%$34.3m366,493–
W.P. Carey no ticker–4.2%$31.7m956,000–
LandAmerica Financial Group no ticker–4.2%$31.1m930,500–
XL Capital no ticker–3.9%$29.0m576,608–
BAC BANK OF AMER CORPFinancial Services2.9%$21.7m525,000–
CINF CINCINNATI FINL CORPFinancial Services2.9%$21.4m540,799–
BF/A BROWN FORMAN CORP–2.8%$21.3m284,660–
MCGRAW HILL FINL INC no ticker–2.8%$21.1m482,600–
UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE INCIndustrials2.6%$19.8m280,000–
WHITE MTNS INS GROUP LTD no ticker–2.5%$19.0m36,975–
GE GENERAL ELECTRIC COIndustrials2.3%$16.9m455,000–
PLUM CREEK TIMBER CO INC no ticker–2.2%$16.5m359,200–
Berkshire Hathaway no ticker–2.2%$16.2m3,425–
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DEL–2.0%$14.9m105–
FNF FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIALFinancial Services2.0%$14.6m1.00m–
ADP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING INTechnology1.8%$13.7m307,200–
ELME ELME COMMUNITIESReal Estate1.7%$12.9m411,775–
ITW ILLINOIS TOOL WKS INCIndustrials1.5%$11.2m210,000–
MBI MBIA INCFinancial Services1.5%$11.0m589,767–
INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOG no ticker–1.5%$11.0m250,000–
CMCSA COMCAST CORP NEWCommunication Services1.4%$10.2m557,500–
CAT CATERPILLAR INCIndustrials1.3%$9.8m135,000–
Allied Capital no ticker–1.3%$9.4m438,540–
ITIC INVESTORS TITLE COFinancial Services1.2%$8.8m230,150–
MO ALTRIA GROUP INCConsumer Defensive1.2%$8.8m116,700–
BRO BROWN & BROWN INCFinancial Services1.1%$8.6m365,628–
ISCAUSD INTERNATIONAL SPEEDWAY CORP–0.9%$6.9m168,650–
BROOKFIELD ASSET MGMT INC no ticker–0.9%$6.5m182,205–
News Corporation no ticker–0.9%$6.4m301,850–
Citigroup no ticker–0.8%$6.0m205,000–
MAR MARRIOTT INTL INC NEWConsumer Cyclical0.7%$5.3m155,000–
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSONHealthcare0.7%$5.0m75,000–
Washington Post Co no ticker–0.6%$4.3m5,425–
TIFEUR TIFFANY & CO NEW–0.5%$3.7m80,600–
Corus Bankshares no ticker–0.5%$3.6m334,000–
LEUCADIA NATL CORP no ticker–0.5%$3.5m75,000–
MEADOWBROOK INS GROUP INC no ticker–0.4%$3.3m353,600–
WMT WALMART INCConsumer Defensive0.4%$3.3m70,000–
STT STATE STR CORPFinancial Services0.4%$3.3m40,400–
KMX CARMAX INCConsumer Cyclical0.4%$3.2m160,000–
SYY SYSCO CORPConsumer Defensive0.4%$2.7m85,000–
DEO DIAGEO PLCConsumer Defensive0.3%$2.6m30,000–
PEP PEPSICO INCConsumer Defensive0.3%$2.5m33,500–
AFL AFLAC INCFinancial Services0.3%$2.5m40,000–
VLY VALLEY NATL BANCORPFinancial Services0.3%$2.4m128,483–
NUSTAR GP HOLDINGS LLC no ticker–0.3%$2.3m80,000–

Sector mix

  • Unclassified58.4%
  • Financial Services18.8%
  • Industrials12.6%
  • Consumer Defensive2.7%
  • Technology2.3%
  • Real Estate1.7%
  • Consumer Cyclical1.5%
  • Communication Services1.4%
  • Healthcare0.7%

Book over time

Every quarter on file (75)
QuarterPositionsEquity book
Q2 2026130$13.1bn
Q1 2026129$11.9bn
Q4 2025128$12.5bn
Q3 2025129$12.3bn
Q2 2025137$11.8bn
Q1 2025135$11.3bn
Q4 2024132$11.3bn
Q3 2024132$11.1bn
Q2 2024134$10.2bn
Q1 2024132$10.1bn
Q4 2023128$9.2bn
Q3 2023133$8.3bn
Q2 2023131$8.4bn
Q1 2023131$7.9bn
Q4 2022134$7.5bn
Q3 2022131$6.8bn
Q2 2022131$7.0bn
Q1 2022126$8.4bn
Q4 2021120$8.7bn
Q3 2021125$7.9bn
Q2 2021125$7.9bn
Q1 2021118$7.2bn
Q4 2020115$6.7bn
Q3 2020113$5.9bn
Q2 2020113$5.4bn
Q1 2020130$5.3bn
Q4 2019134$7.2bn
Q3 2019132$6.6bn
Q2 2019137$6.5bn
Q1 2019133$6.0bn
Q4 2018132$5.2bn
Q3 2018131$5.9bn
Q2 2018133$5.4bn
Q1 2018137$5.3bn
Q4 2017138$5.3bn
Q3 2017139$5.0bn
Q2 2017138$4.7bn
Q1 2017133$4.4bn
Q4 2016133$4.1bn
Q3 2016129$3.9bn
Q2 2016130$3.8bn
Q1 2016129$3.7bn
Q4 2015130$3.7bn
Q3 2015121$3.8bn
Q2 2015112$4.0bn
Q1 2015107$4.0bn
Q4 2014107$3.7bn
Q3 2014104$3.5bn
Q2 2014105$3.5bn
Q1 2014105$3.3bn
Q4 2013109$3.2bn
Q3 2013107$2.9bn
Q2 2013107$2.8bn
Q1 201395$1.3bn
Q4 201296$1.2bn
Q3 201290$1.1bn
Q2 201293$1.0bn
Q1 201293$1.0bn
Q4 201189$885m
Q3 201186$763m
Q2 201181$855m
Q1 201180$831m
Q4 201081$828m
Q3 201079$726m
Q2 201077$682m
Q1 201076$750m
Q4 200976$631m
Q3 200975$598m
Q2 200973$494m
Q1 200973$443m
Q4 200874$527m
Q3 200879$646m
Q2 200880$612m
Q1 200877$675m
Q4 200772$748m

Where Markel Group was early

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EMR Emerson ElectricQ1 20081 of 1490.7%1.3%35Exited by Q4 2016+5.9%
DIS DISNEY WALT COQ1 20086 of 2530.6%5.0%74Held at last filing, Q2 2026+207%
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTL INCQ1 200812 of 1690.9%1.0%74Held at last filing, Q2 2026+258%
SLB SchlumbergerQ3 200812 of 2110.2%1.4%37Exited by Q4 2017−11%
MCD McDonaldsQ2 20094 of 1920.3%2.2%26Exited by Q4 2015+71%
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORPQ3 20096 of 1932.3%2.8%37Held at last filing, Q2 2026+99%
NVO NOVO-NORDISK A SQ4 20092 of 1511.7%3.5%67Held at last filing, Q2 2026+651%
BUD ANHEUSER BUSCH INBEV SA/NVQ1 20101 of 1290.5%3.1%35Exited by Q3 2025+36%
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELQ1 20103 of 1804.2%7.2%66Held at last filing, Q2 2026+516%
TEVA Teva PharmaceuticalsQ2 201014 of 1820.5%2.4%18Exited by Q4 2014+3.4%
V VISA INCQ4 201022 of 2840.04%3.4%63Held at last filing, Q2 2026+1850%
WSO WATSCO INCQ1 20113 of 1140.04%2.7%53Held at last filing, Q2 2026+498%
LII Lennox InternationalQ3 20112 of 1190.4%1.2%6Exited by Q1 2013+104%
ECL ECOLAB INCQ3 201112 of 1380.2%1.1%60Held at last filing, Q2 2026+470%
ADM ARCHER DANIELS MIDLAND COQ1 20122 of 1361.2%3.4%58Held at last filing, Q2 2026+141%
WPC W.P. CareyQ4 20121 of 960.2%2.3%23Exited by Q3 2018+27%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCQ1 201312 of 2991.7%3.0%39Exited by Q2 2026+373%
BLK BLACKROCK INCQ2 20134 of 1550.08%2.4%53Held at last filing, Q2 2026+274%
CPRT Copart IncQ3 201311 of 1780.01%1.2%12Exited by Q3 2016+54%
DE DEERE & COQ3 20142 of 1851.2%4.3%48Held at last filing, Q2 2026+674%
WBA Walgreens Boots Alliance IncQ4 20149 of 2064.4%4.9%22Exited by Q2 2020−40%
ADI ANALOG DEVICES INCQ1 20169 of 2020.09%3.0%42Held at last filing, Q2 2026+571%
TXN TEXAS INSTRS INCQ1 201612 of 2020.09%1.9%42Held at last filing, Q2 2026+419%
BX BLACKSTONE INCQ3 201913 of 2060.9%1.9%28Held at last filing, Q2 2026+141%
BAM BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGMT LTDQ4 20225 of 970.8%1.0%15Held at last filing, Q2 2026+56%
BN BROOKFIELD CORPQ4 20226 of 1153.7%4.9%15Held at last filing, Q2 2026+103%

Concentration and tenure

7.0%
Median largest position, all quarters
The largest single position as a share of the reported equity book.
42.9%
Median top 10 weight, all quarters
The ten largest positions together, as a share of the reported equity book.
Concentrated
Style, by median largest position
8
Median completed holding, quarters