Markel (MKL)
Financials · Diversified insurance and investment holding company
A diversified insurance and investment holding company focused on compounding shareholder capital through disciplined underwriting, strategic capital allocation, and ownership of a portfolio of industrial and financial businesses.
What Markel does
Markel is a diversified holding company that operates a primary insurance business (Markel Insurance) and holds a portfolio of industrial, financial, and consumer businesses through its Industrial, Financial, and Consumer segments. The company underwriting premium revenues from insurance and reinsurance operations, generates income from its large investment portfolio of fixed maturity and equity securities, and operates non-insurance businesses including products, services, and other operational segments.
Themes: ["Insurance underwriting","Reinsurance","Investment portfolio management","Shareholder capital compounding","Diversified industrial holdings"]
Fundamentals
- Price$1,949.44 as of 2026-07-09 close
- Market cap$24.4B as of 2026-07-10
- 1-year return-2.4% as of 2026-07-09 close
- P/E13.74 as of 2026-07-10
- Net margin+11.1% as of 2026-07-10
- ROE+9.8% as of 2026-07-10
- Debt / equity0.24 as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue growth (YoY)+3.0% as of 2026-07-10
- Revenue CAGR (3y)+9.9% SEC XBRL
- Beta0.66 as of 2026-07-10
Dividend: yield +0.1%; pays a dividend.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["Net investment losses can significantly impact quarterly and annual earnings, as evidenced by $727.6 million in net investment losses in Q1 2026","Insurance underwriting performance and claims volatility, with unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses representing the largest liability at $31.4 billion","Interest rate and fixed income market sensitivity, as the company holds $17.9 billion in fixed maturity securities available-for-sale"]
Competitors & peers
- Berkshire Hathaway (BRK)
- Loews (L)
- Fairfax Financial Holdings (FFH)
- Arch Capital Group (ACGL)
- Everest Re (RE)
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-10. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-09.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date.