Markel Group 13F holdings, Q4 2011
Holdings as of December 31, 2011 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 89 US equity positions worth $884.9m in its Q4 2011 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 13.0% of the reported book, followed by Union First Market Bankshares and RLI. Against the Q3 2011 filing, it opened 0 new positions, added to 9 and reduced 5 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q4 2011? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q3 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 13.0% | $115.2m | 267,104 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | Union First Market Bankshares | 5.3% | $46.6m | 3,504,920 | 0% | held | |
| 3 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 5.1% | $44.8m | 615,096 | 0% | held |
| 4 | BRK/B Berkshire Hathaway | 4.2% | $37.0m | 485,100 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 3.6% | $31.6m | 275 | 0% | held | |
| 6 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 3.2% | $28.7m | 328,500 | 0% | held |
| 7 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 3.1% | $27.1m | 501,800 | 3% | added |
| 8 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 3.0% | $26.9m | 1,690,800 | -1% | reduced |
| 9 | NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S | Healthcare | 3.0% | $26.4m | 229,200 | -0% | held |
| 10 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 2.9% | $25.8m | 388,188 | -0% | held |
| 11 | BUD Anheuser-Busch Inbev | Consumer Defensive | 2.8% | $24.7m | 404,801 | -0% | held |
| 12 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 2.8% | $24.4m | 1,362,450 | 0% | held |
| 13 | BF/A Brown Forman | 2.5% | $22.5m | 283,760 | 0% | held | |
| 14 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 2.5% | $22.4m | 246,734 | -0% | held |
| 15 | MCD McDonalds | Consumer Cyclical | 2.2% | $19.3m | 191,907 | 0% | held |
| 16 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | Technology | 2.2% | $19.1m | 734,690 | 63% | added |
| 17 | TEVA Teva Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | 2.1% | $18.9m | 468,100 | 38% | added |
| 18 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 2.1% | $18.4m | 280,000 | 0% | held |
| 19 | EXMOC Exxon Corporation | 1.9% | $16.9m | 199,800 | 0% | held | |
| 20 | Leucadia National Corp | 1.6% | $14.3m | 627,766 | 7% | added | |
| 21 | ITC Holdings Corp | 1.5% | $13.1m | 173,200 | 0% | held | |
| 22 | Brookfield Asset Management | 1.3% | $11.8m | 430,000 | 0% | held | |
| 23 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.3% | $11.7m | 249,641 | -0% | held |
| 24 | SCHW Charles Schwab | Financial Services | 1.2% | $10.7m | 949,700 | -1% | reduced |
| 25 | PM Philip Morris International | Consumer Defensive | 1.0% | $9.2m | 116,700 | 0% | held |
| 26 | NuStar GP Holdings | 1.0% | $8.6m | 258,500 | -54% | reduced | |
| 27 | V Visa | Financial Services | 1.0% | $8.5m | 84,100 | 154% | added |
| 28 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 0.9% | $8.3m | 365,628 | 0% | held |
| 29 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 0.9% | $8.2m | 228,850 | 0% | held |
| 30 | EMR Emerson Electric | Industrials | 0.9% | $8.1m | 174,300 | -0% | held |
| 31 | LII Lennox International | Industrials | 0.9% | $7.8m | 230,500 | 109% | added |
| 32 | DIS Disney | Communication Services | 0.8% | $7.5m | 200,000 | 0% | held |
| 33 | Walgreen | 0.8% | $7.4m | 222,360 | 0% | held | |
| 34 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $7.2m | 235,000 | 0% | held |
| 35 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.8% | $7.0m | 105,000 | 0% | held |
| 36 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 0.8% | $7.0m | 116,425 | 0% | held |
| 37 | National Oilwell | 0.7% | $5.8m | 85,000 | 0% | held | |
| 38 | BF/B Brown-Forman | 0.6% | $5.7m | 70,915 | 0% | held | |
| 39 | NTRS Northern Trust Corp | Financial Services | 0.6% | $5.6m | 140,000 | 0% | held |
| 40 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 0.6% | $5.5m | 150,000 | 0% | held | |
| 41 | COF Capital One | Financial Services | 0.6% | $5.4m | 128,300 | 1066% | added |
| 42 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.6% | $5.3m | 181,965 | 0% | held |
| 43 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 0.6% | $5.1m | 69,520 | 0% | held |
| 44 | ABT Abbott Laboratories | Healthcare | 0.6% | $5.1m | 90,000 | -31% | reduced |
| 45 | WU Western Union | Financial Services | 0.6% | $5.0m | 272,000 | 27% | added |
| 46 | NKE Nike | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $4.8m | 50,200 | 0% | held |
| 47 | SLB Schlumberger | Energy | 0.5% | $4.7m | 69,400 | -1% | reduced |
| 48 | KO Coca Cola Co | Consumer Defensive | 0.5% | $4.5m | 64,000 | 0% | held |
| 49 | PAYX Paychex | Technology | 0.5% | $4.4m | 145,900 | 187% | added |
| 50 | Patterson Companies Inc | 0.5% | $4.3m | 146,600 | 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.