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Tom Gayner Markel Group

AUM $13.1B
1-Year Est. Return 15.62%
 

Tom Gayner is the CEO of Markel Group and long-time steward of its public equity portfolio. Often compared to a smaller-scale Berkshire-style model, Markel combines insurance operations with a carefully selected book of common stocks. Gayner is known for a patient, owner-oriented philosophy and for writing clearly about compounding, culture, and long-term business ownership.

This Fund
S&P 500
This Quarter Est. Return
+7.41%
1 Year Est. Return
+15.62%
3 Year Est. Return
+68.04%
5 Year Est. Return
+83.51%
10 Year Est. Return
+378.4%
AUM
$5.3B
AUM Growth
+$274M
Cap. Flow
-$44.7M
Cap. Flow %
-0.84%
Top 10 Hldgs %
42.68%
Holding
140
New
1
Increased
–
Reduced
–
Closed
2

Top Buys

Rank Stock Value
1
ILMN icon
Illumina
ILMN
+$212K

Top Sells

Rank Stock Value
1
XOM icon
ExxonMobil
XOM
+$44.7M
2
SLB icon
SLB Ltd
SLB
+$279K

Sector Composition

Rank Sector Weight
1 Financials 32.85%
2 Consumer Discretionary 17.6%
3 Industrials 12.13%
4 Healthcare 11.04%
5 Consumer Staples 9.07%
Name Market Value Portfolio Weight Shares or Principal Change
in Stake 		Capital Flow
BF.B icon
76
Brown-Forman Class B
BF.B
$13.1B
$14.5M 0.27%
329,297
– –
TSN icon
77
Tyson Foods
TSN
$20.6B
$14.4M 0.27%
178,000
– –
GOOGL icon
78
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$4.22T
$13.2M 0.25%
250,000
– –
CSCO icon
79
Cisco
CSCO
$438B
$13.1M 0.25%
342,000
– –
PX
80
DELISTED
Praxair Inc
PX
$13.1M 0.25%
84,400
– –
CDK
81
DELISTED
CDK Global, Inc.
CDK
$12.6M 0.24%
176,897
– –
PM icon
82
Philip Morris
PM
$293B
$12.1M 0.23%
114,500
– –
UNP icon
83
Union Pacific
UNP
$183B
$11.3M 0.21%
84,600
– –
HEI.A icon
84
HEICO Corp Class A
HEI.A
$36.5B
$10.9M 0.21%
270,264
– –
MXIM
85
DELISTED
Maxim Integrated Products
MXIM
$10.3M 0.19%
197,000
– –
PAYX icon
86
Paychex
PAYX
$44.3B
$10.2M 0.19%
150,000
– –
GS icon
87
Goldman Sachs
GS
$303B
$9.96M 0.19%
39,100
– –
DLTR icon
88
Dollar Tree
DLTR
$25.3B
$9.44M 0.18%
88,000
– –
ALB icon
89
Albemarle
ALB
$16.9B
$9.34M 0.18%
73,000
– –
FWONK icon
90
Liberty Media Series C
FWONK
$26.3B
$8.87M 0.17%
268,398
– –
ST icon
91
Sensata Technologies
ST
$6.23B
$8.59M 0.16%
168,000
– –
CMCSA icon
92
Comcast
CMCSA
$95.3B
$8.45M 0.16%
211,000
– –
PCAR icon
93
PACCAR
PCAR
$69B
$8.41M 0.16%
177,450
– –
COST icon
94
Costco
COST
$420B
$7.26M 0.14%
39,000
– –
VRSK icon
95
Verisk Analytics
VRSK
$24.4B
$7.01M 0.13%
73,000
– –
PDCO
96
DELISTED
Patterson Companies, Inc.
PDCO
$6.07M 0.11%
168,000
– –
ACNT icon
97
Ascent Industries
ACNT
$133M
$5.56M 0.1%
414,804
– –
AGN
98
DELISTED
Allergan plc
AGN
$5.4M 0.1%
33,000
– –
HXL icon
99
Hexcel
HXL
$7.1B
$5.32M 0.1%
86,000
– –
FWONA icon
100
Liberty Media Series A
FWONA
$24.2B
$5.15M 0.1%
164,504
– –
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4
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Tom Gayner's Q4 2017 Portfolio in Review

As of Q4 2017, Tom Gayner held 140 positions worth $5.3B, up 5.5% from $5.02B the previous quarter. Its ten largest holdings account for 43% of the portfolio.

Trading was light in Q4 2017: portfolio turnover was 2.1%. Tom Gayner opened 1 new position and exited 2, leaving the 140-position portfolio largely intact.

By sector, the portfolio is most concentrated in Financials at 33% of assets, up from 32% a quarter earlier, followed by Consumer Discretionary and Industrials.

  • Tom Gayner's largest Q4 2017 buy was Illumina: 1,028 shares worth $218K.
  • Tom Gayner fully exited ExxonMobil in Q4 2017, selling an estimated $44.7M.
  • Tom Gayner's ten largest holdings make up 43% of its $5.3B portfolio in Q4 2017.
  • Tom Gayner opened 1 new position and closed 2 in Q4 2017.
  • Tom Gayner's portfolio value rose 5.5% quarter-over-quarter to $5.3B.

Based on Markel Group's 13F filing for Q4 2017, filed 9 Feb 2018.