Markel Group 13F holdings, Q4 2009
Holdings as of December 31, 2009 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 76 US equity positions worth $631.4m in its Q4 2009 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 17.3% of the reported book, followed by RLI and Level 3 Communications CONV. Against the Q3 2009 filing, it opened 1 new position, added to 8 and reduced 1 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q4 2009? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 17.3% | $109.0m | 279,459 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 5.2% | $33.0m | 619,016 | 0% | held |
| 3 | Level 3 Communications CONV | 4.9% | $30.8m | 25,000,000 | 0% | held | |
| 4 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 4.3% | $27.3m | 275 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 4.2% | $26.8m | 392,723 | -0% | held |
| 6 | Berkshire Hathaway | 4.0% | $25.3m | 7,702 | 0% | held | |
| 7 | W.P. Carey | 3.8% | $24.0m | 865,500 | 1% | added | |
| 8 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 3.6% | $22.8m | 328,500 | 0% | held |
| 9 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 2.9% | $18.0m | 280,000 | 0% | held |
| 10 | BF/A Brown Forman | 2.5% | $16.0m | 283,860 | 0% | held | |
| 11 | NuStar GP Holdings | 2.5% | $15.8m | 586,300 | 0% | held | |
| 12 | EXMOC Exxon Corporation | 2.2% | $13.6m | 199,800 | 0% | held | |
| 13 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 2.1% | $13.5m | 316,200 | 2% | added |
| 14 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 2.1% | $13.5m | 236,300 | 0% | held |
| 15 | White Mountains | 2.0% | $12.5m | 37,600 | 0% | held | |
| 16 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.8% | $11.7m | 243,034 | 0% | held |
| 17 | ELME Washington Real Estate Investm | Real Estate | 1.8% | $11.2m | 407,475 | 0% | held |
| 18 | NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S | Healthcare | 1.7% | $10.6m | 166,500 | – | new |
| 19 | SCHW Charles Schwab | Financial Services | 1.6% | $10.0m | 530,900 | 5% | added |
| 20 | Leucadia National Corp | 1.6% | $10.0m | 418,400 | 18% | added | |
| 21 | Forest City Enterprises Class | 1.6% | $9.9m | 843,767 | -0% | held | |
| 22 | MCD McDonalds | Consumer Cyclical | 1.2% | $7.7m | 122,601 | 297% | added |
| 23 | EMR Emerson Electric | Industrials | 1.2% | $7.5m | 175,400 | 0% | held |
| 24 | NTRS Northern Trust Corp | Financial Services | 1.2% | $7.3m | 140,000 | 0% | held |
| 25 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 1.1% | $7.1m | 228,850 | 0% | held |
| 26 | Brookfield Asset Management | 1.1% | $6.7m | 300,000 | 0% | held | |
| 27 | DIS Disney | Communication Services | 1.0% | $6.5m | 200,000 | 0% | held |
| 28 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 1.0% | $6.3m | 468,850 | 0% | held |
| 29 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 1.0% | $6.2m | 116,425 | 0% | held |
| 30 | McGraw-Hill Companies | 0.9% | $5.7m | 170,000 | -13% | reduced | |
| 31 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 0.9% | $5.7m | 150,000 | 0% | held | |
| 32 | PM Philip Morris International | Consumer Defensive | 0.9% | $5.6m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 33 | ITC Holdings Corp | 0.9% | $5.4m | 103,200 | 140% | added | |
| 34 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $5.0m | 181,965 | 0% | held |
| 35 | AFL Aflac | Financial Services | 0.8% | $4.9m | 105,000 | 0% | held |
| 36 | International Game Technology | 0.7% | $4.7m | 250,000 | 0% | held | |
| 37 | Walgreen | 0.7% | $4.7m | 127,260 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | SAP SAP Aktiengesellschaft | Technology | 0.7% | $4.6m | 97,500 | 0% | held |
| 39 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 0.7% | $4.5m | 295,000 | 0% | held |
| 40 | SLB Schlumberger | Energy | 0.7% | $4.3m | 66,000 | 16% | added |
| 41 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 0.6% | $4.0m | 69,520 | 0% | held |
| 42 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.6% | $3.9m | 160,000 | 0% | held |
| 43 | BF/B Brown-Forman | 0.6% | $3.8m | 70,915 | -0% | held | |
| 44 | NKE Nike | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $3.3m | 50,200 | 0% | held |
| 45 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 0.5% | $3.2m | 180,000 | 0% | held |
| 46 | Patterson Companies Inc | 0.4% | $2.5m | 89,800 | 125% | added | |
| 47 | SYY Sysco Corp | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.4m | 85,000 | 0% | held |
| 48 | Washington Post Co | 0.4% | $2.4m | 5,400 | 0% | held | |
| 49 | MO Altria | Consumer Defensive | 0.4% | $2.3m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 50 | LOW Lowes | Consumer Cyclical | 0.4% | $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.