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Markel Group Portfolio holdings

AUM $11.9B
1-Year Est. Return 10.84%
This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+2.99%
1 Year Est. Return
+10.84%
3 Year Est. Return
+61.32%
5 Year Est. Return
+81.47%
10 Year Est. Return
+339.07%
AUM
$3.69B
AUM Growth
-$102M
Cap. Flow
-$177M
Cap. Flow %
-4.8%
Top 10 Hldgs %
44.1%
Holding
137
New
17
Increased
43
Reduced
3
Closed
7

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
MON
Monsanto Co
MON
+$13.4M
2
GOOGL icon
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
+$9.25M
3
OAK
OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP, LLC
OAK
+$5.61M
4
UNP icon
Union Pacific
UNP
+$5.58M
5
DISCK
Discovery, Inc. Series C Common Stock
DISCK
+$5.06M

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
GE icon
GE Aerospace
GE
+$74.7M
2
WMT icon
Walmart Inc
WMT
+$71.2M
3
BUD icon
AB InBev
BUD
+$45.2M
4
FHI icon
Federated Hermes
FHI
+$37.6M
5
INTC icon
Intel
INTC
+$29.9M

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 30.78%
2 Consumer Discretionary 16.66%
3 Healthcare 12.91%
4 Industrials 11.7%
5 Consumer Staples 9.69%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
KMX icon
1
CarMax
KMX
$8.27B
$265M 7.18%
4,913,070
– –
BRK.A icon
2
Berkshire Hathaway Class A
BRK.A
$1.07T
$214M 5.8%
1,084
+5
+0.5% +$1.01M
BRK.B icon
3
Berkshire Hathaway Class B
BRK.B
$1.07T
$200M 5.4%
1,511,607
– –
WBA
4
DELISTED
Walgreens Boots Alliance
WBA
$182M 4.92%
2,135,000
– –
DIS icon
5
Walt Disney
DIS
$165B
$167M 4.52%
1,589,000
+13,500
+0.9% +$1.5M
BN icon
6
Brookfield
BN
$102B
$159M 4.3%
14,359,818
+68,341
+0.5% +$802K
DEO icon
7
Diageo
DEO
$46.2B
$140M 3.79%
1,284,500
+13,500
+1% +$1.52M
HD icon
8
Home Depot
HD
$332B
$122M 3.29%
920,000
– –
MAR icon
9
Marriott International
MAR
$98.7B
$97.1M 2.63%
1,448,369
+25,500
+2% +$1.84M
DE icon
10
Deere & Co
DE
$170B
$83.2M 2.25%
1,091,000
+56,000
+5% +$4.33M
UNH icon
11
UnitedHealth
UNH
$382B
$78M 2.11%
663,000
– –
UPS icon
12
United Parcel Service
UPS
$97.6B
$76.4M 2.07%
793,500
+26,000
+3% +$2.66M
RLI icon
13
RLI Corp
RLI
$5.68B
$73.9M 2%
2,394,544
– –
XOM icon
14
ExxonMobil
XOM
$651B
$73.6M 1.99%
944,800
+4,000
+0.4% +$320K
V icon
15
Visa
V
$677B
$66M 1.79%
851,500
+17,500
+2% +$1.36M
UL icon
16
Unilever
UL
$131B
$65.6M 1.78%
1,352,889
+22,222
+2% +$1.08M
NVO
17
Novo Nordisk
NVO
$216B
$62.4M 1.69%
2,150,000
– –
JNJ icon
18
Johnson & Johnson
JNJ
$635B
$62.2M 1.68%
605,200
+23,000
+4% +$2.31M
WPC icon
19
W.P. Carey
WPC
$17.1B
$56.1M 1.52%
970,154
– –
GD icon
20
General Dynamics
GD
$105B
$53.2M 1.44%
387,000
– –
ADM icon
21
Archer Daniels Midland
ADM
$41.4B
$52.2M 1.41%
1,424,000
+48,000
+3% +$1.92M
BLK icon
22
Blackrock
BLK
$164B
$51.8M 1.4%
152,000
– –
BF.A icon
23
Brown-Forman Class A
BF.A
$12.3B
$46.4M 1.26%
1,053,750
– –
SLB icon
24
SLB Ltd
SLB
$77.8B
$46.2M 1.25%
662,000
+10,000
+2% +$749K
ADP icon
25
Automatic Data Processing
ADP
$100B
$45M 1.22%
530,700
– –
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Markel Group's Q4 2015 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2015, Markel Group held 137 positions worth $3.69B, down 2.7% from $3.8B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 44% of the portfolio.

Markel Group withdrew a net $177M in Q4 2015, closing 7 positions and reducing 3 holdings. Its most notable exit was GE Aerospace, an estimated $74.7M position sold in full.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 31% of assets, up from 29% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Healthcare.

Against the trend, Markel Group opened a new position in Alphabet (Google) Class A worth $9.72M.

  • Markel Group's largest Q4 2015 buy was Alphabet (Google) Class A: 250,000 shares worth $9.72M.
  • Markel Group added most to Monsanto Co in Q4 2015, an estimated $13.4M increase.
  • Markel Group's biggest Q4 2015 reduction was Federated Hermes, cutting an estimated $37.6M.
  • Markel Group fully exited GE Aerospace in Q4 2015, selling an estimated $74.7M.
  • Markel Group's ten largest holdings make up 44% of its $3.69B portfolio in Q4 2015.
  • Markel Group opened 17 new positions and closed 7 in Q4 2015.
  • Markel Group's portfolio value fell 2.7% quarter-over-quarter to $3.69B.

Based on Markel Group's 13F filing for Q4 2015, filed 16 Feb 2016.