Markel Group 13F holdings, Q1 2012
Holdings as of March 31, 2012 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 93 US equity positions worth $1.0bn in its Q1 2012 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 10.7% of the reported book, followed by Union First Market Bankshares and RLI. Against the Q4 2011 filing, it opened 3 new positions, added to 13 and reduced 10 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q1 2012? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q4 2011 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 10.7% | $107.5m | 267,104 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | Union First Market Bankshares | 4.9% | $49.1m | 3,504,920 | 0% | held | |
| 3 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 4.3% | $43.5m | 607,212 | -1% | reduced |
| 4 | BRK/B Berkshire Hathaway | 3.9% | $39.4m | 485,100 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | Colfax Corporation | 3.8% | $38.2m | 1,085,070 | – | new | |
| 6 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc | 3.3% | $33.5m | 275 | 0% | held | |
| 7 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 3.1% | $31.7m | 328,500 | 0% | held |
| 8 | NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S | Healthcare | 3.1% | $31.5m | 227,000 | -1% | reduced |
| 9 | BUD Anheuser-Busch Inbev | Consumer Defensive | 2.9% | $29.3m | 402,601 | -1% | reduced |
| 10 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 2.9% | $29.2m | 397,841 | 2% | added |
| 11 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 2.8% | $28.7m | 519,200 | 3% | added |
| 12 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 2.7% | $27.3m | 1,362,450 | 0% | held |
| 13 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 2.6% | $26.0m | 243,634 | -1% | reduced |
| 14 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | Technology | 2.6% | $25.7m | 798,090 | 9% | added |
| 15 | TEVA Teva Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | 2.4% | $24.2m | 536,600 | 15% | added |
| 16 | BF/A Brown Forman | 2.3% | $23.2m | 283,760 | 0% | held | |
| 17 | Walgreen | 2.3% | $22.9m | 684,860 | 208% | added | |
| 18 | JNJ Johnson and Johnson | Healthcare | 1.8% | $18.5m | 280,000 | 0% | held |
| 19 | MCD McDonalds | Consumer Cyclical | 1.8% | $18.3m | 186,808 | -3% | reduced |
| 20 | EXMOC Exxon Corporation | 1.7% | $17.3m | 199,800 | 0% | held | |
| 21 | Leucadia National Corp | 1.7% | $17.1m | 655,766 | 4% | added | |
| 22 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 1.4% | $14.2m | 248,647 | -0% | held |
| 23 | SCHW Charles Schwab | Financial Services | 1.4% | $14.1m | 984,200 | 4% | added |
| 24 | Brookfield Asset Management | 1.3% | $13.6m | 430,000 | 0% | held | |
| 25 | FNF Fidelity National Financial | Financial Services | 1.2% | $12.4m | 689,300 | -59% | reduced |
| 26 | ADM Archer Daniels | Consumer Defensive | 1.2% | $11.9m | 376,000 | – | new |
| 27 | V Visa | Financial Services | 1.1% | $11.3m | 96,100 | 14% | added |
| 28 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 1.0% | $10.3m | 219,850 | -4% | reduced |
| 29 | LII Lennox International | Industrials | 1.0% | $10.2m | 253,500 | 10% | added |
| 30 | PM Philip Morris International | Consumer Defensive | 1.0% | $10.1m | 114,500 | -2% | reduced |
| 31 | COF Capital One | Financial Services | 1.0% | $10.0m | 178,800 | 39% | added |
| 32 | EMR Emerson Electric | Industrials | 0.9% | $9.0m | 172,900 | -1% | reduced |
| 33 | DIS Disney | Communication Services | 0.9% | $8.8m | 200,000 | 0% | held |
| 34 | BRO Brown & Brown | Financial Services | 0.9% | $8.7m | 365,628 | 0% | held |
| 35 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $8.1m | 235,000 | 0% | held |
| 36 | L Loews Corporation | Financial Services | 0.8% | $8.0m | 200,500 | 184% | added |
| 37 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 0.7% | $7.1m | 116,425 | 0% | held |
| 38 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.7% | $7.0m | 105,000 | 0% | held |
| 39 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $6.9m | 181,965 | 0% | held |
| 40 | National Oilwell | 0.7% | $6.8m | 85,000 | 0% | held | |
| 41 | Artio Global Investors | 0.7% | $6.7m | 1,408,600 | – | new | |
| 42 | NTRS Northern Trust Corp | Financial Services | 0.7% | $6.6m | 140,000 | 0% | held |
| 43 | ITC Holdings Corp | 0.6% | $6.4m | 83,200 | -52% | reduced | |
| 44 | SLB Schlumberger | Energy | 0.6% | $6.4m | 91,000 | 31% | added |
| 45 | Plum Creek Lumber MLP | 0.6% | $6.2m | 150,000 | 0% | held | |
| 46 | WU Western Union | Financial Services | 0.6% | $6.0m | 340,000 | 25% | added |
| 47 | BF/B Brown-Forman | 0.6% | $5.9m | 70,915 | 0% | held | |
| 48 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 0.6% | $5.6m | 69,520 | 0% | held |
| 49 | NKE Nike | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $5.4m | 50,200 | 0% | held |
| 50 | Patterson Companies Inc | 0.5% | $4.9m | 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.