Markel Group 13F holdings, Q4 2008
Holdings as of December 31, 2008 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 74 US equity positions worth $527.1m in its Q4 2008 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 16.6% of the reported book, followed by RLI and Exxon Corporation. Against the Q3 2008 filing, it opened 1 new position, added to 20 and reduced 6 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q4 2008? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2008 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 16.6% | $87.6m | 279,459 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 7.2% | $37.9m | 620,266 | -0% | held |
| 3 | Exxon Corporation | 5.8% | $30.4m | 381,293 | 0% | held | |
| 4 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 5.0% | $26.6m | 275 | 162% | added | |
| 5 | Berkshire Hathaway | 4.7% | $24.8m | 7,702 | 33% | added | |
| 6 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 4.3% | $22.7m | 393,813 | -0% | held |
| 7 | W.P. Carey | 3.8% | $20.1m | 860,000 | 0% | held | |
| 8 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 3.5% | $18.6m | 328,500 | 995% | added |
| 9 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 3.2% | $16.8m | 280,000 | 273% | added |
| 10 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 2.7% | $14.3m | 806,500 | -19% | reduced |
| 11 | BF/A Brown Forman | 2.7% | $14.2m | 283,860 | 0% | held | |
| 12 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 2.4% | $12.7m | 229,820 | -18% | reduced |
| 13 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 2.3% | $12.0m | 306,100 | -0% | held |
| 14 | ELME Washington Real Estate Investm | Real Estate | 2.2% | $11.4m | 403,075 | -0% | held |
| 15 | NuStar GP Holdings | 2.0% | $10.3m | 585,000 | 485% | added | |
| 16 | White Mountains | 1.9% | $10.0m | 37,600 | 25% | added | |
| 17 | BAC Bank of America | Financial Services | 1.9% | $10.0m | 709,887 | 35% | added |
| 18 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 1.7% | $9.2m | 205,500 | 47% | added |
| 19 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 1.6% | $8.5m | 228,850 | -0% | held |
| 20 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.6% | $8.5m | 243,110 | 16% | added |
| 21 | SCHW Charles Schwab | Financial Services | 1.6% | $8.2m | 505,300 | 819% | added |
| 22 | NTRS Northern Trust Corp | Financial Services | 1.4% | $7.3m | 140,000 | 600% | added |
| 23 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 1.2% | $6.5m | 116,425 | 66% | added |
| 24 | EMR Emerson Electric | Industrials | 1.1% | $5.9m | 162,200 | 2% | added |
| 25 | Forest City Enterprises Class | 1.1% | $5.7m | 844,967 | 4% | added | |
| 26 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 1.0% | $5.2m | 150,000 | -58% | reduced | |
| 27 | McGraw-Hill Companies | 1.0% | $5.1m | 220,000 | 0% | held | |
| 28 | PM Philip Morris International | Consumer Defensive | 1.0% | $5.1m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 29 | AFL Aflac | Financial Services | 0.9% | $4.8m | 105,000 | 0% | held |
| 30 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 0.9% | $4.8m | 295,000 | -35% | reduced |
| 31 | Brookfield Asset Management | 0.9% | $4.6m | 300,000 | 21% | added | |
| 32 | DIS Disney | Communication Services | 0.9% | $4.5m | 200,000 | 471% | added |
| 33 | Leucadia National Corp | 0.8% | $4.2m | 212,900 | 184% | added | |
| 34 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 0.7% | $3.8m | 180,000 | -51% | reduced |
| 35 | BF/B Brown-Forman | 0.7% | $3.7m | 70,965 | – | new | |
| 36 | SAP SAP Aktiengesellschaft | Technology | 0.7% | $3.5m | 97,500 | 0% | held |
| 37 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.6% | $3.4m | 175,000 | 0% | held |
| 38 | International Game Technology | 0.6% | $3.0m | 250,000 | 0% | held | |
| 39 | NKE Nike | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $2.6m | 50,200 | 0% | held |
| 40 | Washington Post Co | 0.4% | $2.1m | 5,425 | 0% | held | |
| 41 | LOW Lowes | Consumer Cyclical | 0.4% | $2.0m | 95,000 | 0% | held |
| 42 | SYY Sysco Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $1.9m | 85,000 | 0% | held |
| 43 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $1.9m | 34,000 | 1% | added |
| 44 | MO Altria | Consumer Defensive | 0.3% | $1.8m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 45 | CTAS Cintas Corp | Industrials | 0.3% | $1.6m | 70,000 | 75% | added |
| 46 | Walgreen | 0.3% | $1.6m | 65,660 | 88% | added | |
| 47 | STT State Street Corp | Financial Services | 0.3% | $1.6m | 40,400 | 0% | held |
| 48 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.2% | $1.3m | 160,000 | 0% | held |
| 49 | Alleghany Corporation | 0.2% | $1.2m | 4,080 | 0% | held | |
| 50 | CMCSA Comcast | Communication Services | 0.2% | $1.1m | 66,850 | -88% | reduced |
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.