Markel Group 13F holdings, Q3 2014
Holdings as of September 30, 2014 · filings on SEC EDGAR · latest filing →
Markel Group disclosed 104 US equity positions worth $2.6bn in its Q3 2014 13F filing. The largest position was Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd at 6.7% of the reported book, followed by DIS and BRK/B. Against the Q2 2014 filing, it opened 2 new positions, added to 25 and reduced 1 among the top 50 holdings.
What did Markel Group own in Q3 2014? Top 50 positions
| # | Stock | Sector | Weight | Value | Shares | Δ shares | vs Q2 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd | 6.7% | $175.9m | 279,459 | 0% | held | |
| 2 | DIS Disney | Communication Services | 5.2% | $134.8m | 1,514,500 | 1% | added |
| 3 | BRK/B Berkshire Hathaway Class B | 5.1% | $134.0m | 1,511,607 | 0% | held | |
| 4 | Walgreen | 4.8% | $126.5m | 2,135,000 | 0% | held | |
| 5 | BRK/A Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | 4.3% | $113.8m | 1,078 | 0% | held | |
| 6 | MAR Marriott International | Consumer Cyclical | 3.6% | $93.0m | 1,330,869 | 2% | added |
| 7 | WMT Wal-Mart Stores | Consumer Defensive | 3.2% | $84.0m | 1,098,000 | 0% | held |
| 8 | DEO Diageo PLC | Consumer Defensive | 2.9% | $75.8m | 1,230,000 | 1% | added |
| 9 | GE General Electric | Industrials | 2.8% | $73.6m | 2,874,000 | 2% | added |
| 10 | UPS United Parcel Service | Industrials | 2.7% | $71.4m | 726,500 | 2% | added |
| 11 | ADM Archer Daniels | Consumer Defensive | 2.7% | $70.3m | 1,376,000 | 0% | held |
| 12 | Colfax Corporation | 2.4% | $61.8m | 1,085,070 | 0% | held | |
| 13 | UNH United Health Group Inc | Healthcare | 2.1% | $55.5m | 644,000 | 3% | added |
| 14 | RLI RLI Corporation | Financial Services | 2.0% | $51.8m | 1,197,272 | 0% | held |
| 15 | NVO Novo-Nordisk A/S | Healthcare | 2.0% | $51.2m | 1,075,000 | 0% | held |
| 16 | Unilever PLC ADR | 1.9% | $50.2m | 1,197,000 | 31% | added | |
| 17 | GD General Dynamics | Industrials | 1.9% | $49.2m | 387,000 | 0% | held |
| 18 | BUD Anheuser-Busch Inbev ADR | Consumer Defensive | 1.8% | $47.1m | 425,000 | 2% | added |
| 19 | DE John Deere | Industrials | 1.7% | $44.3m | 540,000 | – | new |
| 20 | ADP Automatic Data Processing | Technology | 1.7% | $44.1m | 530,700 | 1% | added |
| 21 | Brookfield Asset Management | 1.5% | $38.7m | 3,286,548 | 1% | added | |
| 22 | V Visa | Financial Services | 1.5% | $38.1m | 178,500 | 9% | added |
| 23 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | Technology | 1.4% | $37.9m | 818,000 | 0% | held |
| 24 | BF/A Brown Forman Class A | 1.4% | $37.6m | 421,500 | 0% | held | |
| 25 | EXMOC Exxon Corporation | 1.4% | $37.6m | 868,800 | 0% | held | |
| 26 | BLK Blackrock Inc | Financial Services | 1.3% | $33.8m | 103,000 | 16% | added |
| 27 | SLB Schlumberger | Energy | 1.3% | $33.3m | 327,000 | 5% | added |
| 28 | National Oilwell | 1.2% | $32.3m | 424,000 | 8% | added | |
| 29 | SCHW Charles Schwab | Financial Services | 1.2% | $31.1m | 1,057,000 | 0% | held |
| 30 | Wellpoint Inc | 0.9% | $24.5m | 205,000 | 9% | added | |
| 31 | ORCL Oracle Corp | Technology | 0.9% | $24.4m | 638,000 | 0% | held |
| 32 | Liberty Media Corp Class C | 0.9% | $24.2m | 516,000 | – | new | |
| 33 | CAT Caterpillar Inc | Industrials | 0.9% | $23.9m | 241,000 | 0% | held |
| 34 | TEVA Teva Pharmaceuticals | Healthcare | 0.9% | $23.9m | 444,000 | -36% | reduced |
| 35 | MCO Moody's Corp | Financial Services | 0.9% | $22.9m | 242,000 | 7% | added |
| 36 | CPRT Copart Inc | Industrials | 0.9% | $22.3m | 713,000 | 13% | added |
| 37 | KMX Carmax | Consumer Cyclical | 0.8% | $21.8m | 4,963,070 | 0% | held |
| 38 | CB Chubb Corp | Financial Services | 0.8% | $20.4m | 224,000 | 30% | added |
| 39 | TRV The Travelers Companies Inc | Financial Services | 0.8% | $20.1m | 214,000 | 26% | added |
| 40 | ITW Illinois Tool Works | Industrials | 0.7% | $19.4m | 230,000 | 0% | held |
| 41 | CVS CVS Corporation | Healthcare | 0.7% | $17.4m | 218,000 | 11% | added |
| 42 | MCD McDonalds | Consumer Cyclical | 0.7% | $17.2m | 181,000 | 0% | held |
| 43 | ACNT Synalloy Corporation | Basic Materials | 0.6% | $16.9m | 785,343 | 0% | held |
| 44 | ITIC Investors Title Company | Financial Services | 0.6% | $15.6m | 213,300 | 0% | held |
| 45 | HAS Hasbro, Inc | Consumer Cyclical | 0.6% | $15.5m | 281,000 | 15% | added |
| 46 | FDS Factset Research | Financial Services | 0.5% | $14.1m | 116,000 | 13% | added |
| 47 | Liberty Media | 0.5% | $13.8m | 293,000 | 19% | added | |
| 48 | NKE Nike | Consumer Cyclical | 0.5% | $12.8m | 143,000 | 9% | added |
| 49 | PEP Pepsico | Consumer Defensive | 0.5% | $12.5m | 134,300 | 0% | held |
| 50 | Blackstone Group | 0.5% | $12.2m | 386,000 | 9% | added |
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.