Markel Group 13F holdings, Q1 2008
Holdings as of March 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 77 US equity positions worth $675.5m in its Q1 2008 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 11.9% of the reported book, followed by LandAmerica Financial Group and GD. Against the Q4 2007 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 2 and reduced 13 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q1 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q4 2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 11.9% | $80.2m | 279,459 | -13% | reduced | |
| 2 | LandAmerica Financial Group | 5.4% | $36.7m | 930,500 | 0% | held | |
| 3 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 4.9% | $32.9m | 394,407 | 0% | held |
| 4 | Exxon Corporation | 4.6% | $31.4m | 371,193 | 1% | added | |
| 5 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 4.6% | $31.2m | 629,913 | -0% | held |
| 6 | Forest City Enterprises Class | 4.4% | $29.9m | 812,467 | -0% | held | |
| 7 | W.P. Carey | 4.2% | $28.5m | 949,400 | -1% | reduced | |
| 8 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 3.0% | $20.4m | 280,000 | 0% | held |
| 9 | BAC Bank of America | Financial Services | 2.9% | $19.9m | 525,000 | 0% | held |
| 10 | BF/A Brown Forman | 2.9% | $19.7m | 283,860 | -0% | held | |
| 11 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 2.7% | $18.3m | 1,000,000 | 0% | held |
| 12 | White Mountains | 2.6% | $17.7m | 36,975 | 0% | held | |
| 13 | McGraw-Hill Companies | 2.5% | $17.0m | 460,800 | -5% | reduced | |
| 14 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 2.5% | $16.8m | 455,000 | 0% | held |
| 15 | CINF Cincinnati Financial | Financial Services | 2.5% | $16.6m | 436,236 | -19% | reduced |
| 16 | Berkshire Hathaway | 2.3% | $15.3m | 3,425 | 0% | held | |
| 17 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 2.1% | $14.5m | 355,700 | -1% | reduced | |
| 18 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 2.1% | $14.0m | 105 | 0% | held | |
| 19 | XL Capital | 2.1% | $13.9m | 469,796 | -19% | reduced | |
| 20 | ELME Washington Real Estate Investm | Real Estate | 2.0% | $13.5m | 404,475 | -2% | reduced |
| 21 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 1.9% | $13.0m | 306,600 | -0% | held |
| 22 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 1.7% | $11.3m | 229,950 | -0% | held |
| 23 | CMCSA Comcast | Communication Services | 1.6% | $10.8m | 557,500 | 0% | held |
| 24 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 1.6% | $10.6m | 135,000 | 0% | held |
| 25 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.5% | $10.1m | 210,000 | 0% | held |
| 26 | International Game Technology | 1.5% | $10.1m | 250,000 | 0% | held | |
| 27 | Allied Capital | 1.0% | $7.0m | 380,315 | -13% | reduced | |
| 28 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 0.9% | $6.4m | 365,628 | 0% | held |
| 29 | PM Philip Morris International | Consumer Defensive | 0.9% | $5.9m | 116,700 | – | new |
| 30 | Brookfield Asset Management | 0.8% | $5.6m | 207,205 | 14% | added | |
| 31 | News Corporation | 0.8% | $5.5m | 290,650 | -4% | reduced | |
| 32 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $5.3m | 155,000 | 0% | held |
| 33 | EMR Emerson Electric | Industrials | 0.7% | $5.1m | 98,300 | – | new |
| 34 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 0.7% | $4.9m | 75,000 | 0% | held |
| 35 | Citigroup | 0.7% | $4.4m | 205,000 | 0% | held | |
| 36 | DIS Disney | Communication Services | 0.6% | $3.9m | 124,175 | – | new |
| 37 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 0.5% | $3.7m | 70,000 | 0% | held |
| 38 | Washington Post Co | 0.5% | $3.6m | 5,425 | 0% | held | |
| 39 | Leucadia National Corp | 0.5% | $3.4m | 75,000 | 0% | held | |
| 40 | STT State Street Corp | Financial Services | 0.5% | $3.2m | 40,400 | 0% | held |
| 41 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $3.1m | 160,000 | 0% | held |
| 42 | Corus Bankshares | 0.5% | $3.1m | 317,000 | -5% | reduced | |
| 43 | MO Altria | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.6m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 44 | SYY Sysco Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.5m | 85,000 | 0% | held |
| 45 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.4m | 30,000 | 0% | held |
| 46 | VLY Valley National Bank | Financial Services | 0.4% | $2.4m | 126,607 | -1% | reduced |
| 47 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.4m | 33,500 | 0% | held |
| 48 | International Speedway | 0.4% | $2.4m | 58,650 | -65% | reduced | |
| 49 | Meadowbrook Insurance Company | 0.3% | $2.3m | 291,300 | -18% | reduced | |
| 50 | LOW Lowes | Consumer Cyclical | 0.3% | $2.2m | 95,000 | 0% | held |
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.