Markel Ownership | Who Owns Markel?

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Markel Ownership Summary

Markel is owned by 78.85% institutional investors, 2.02% insiders, and 19.13% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.86% of MKL shares. Loomis Sayles Core is the top mutual fund, with 4.02% of its assets in Markel shares.

MKL Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Markel	78.85%	2.02%	19.13%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	51.64%	15.54%	32.82%
Industry	Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks	67.79%	14.88%	17.33%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	1.15M	8.86%	$1.99B
Blackrock	750.01K	5.71%	$1.18B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	712.27K	5.61%	$1.42B
Principal financial group	548.22K	4.22%	$946.35M
Morgan stanley	516.34K	3.93%	$813.59M
Davis selected advisers	371.13K	2.92%	$741.28M
Select equity group	336.37K	2.65%	$671.85M
State street	315.84K	2.40%	$497.65M
Boston partners	237.43K	1.81%	$374.13M
Baillie gifford	227.22K	1.75%	$392.23M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Graham co master retirement trust	58.01K	16.09%	$115.86M
Jana partners management, lp	151.43K	15.19%	$302.46M
Citadel investment advisory	15.44K	14.93%	$30.83M
Steginsky capital	40.34K	14.91%	$69.63M
Graham	55.43K	12.45%	$110.71M
Capco asset management	27.04K	11.36%	$54.01M
Banyan capital management	10.79K	11.08%	$21.56M
Avenir	48.79K	10.02%	$97.45M
Greenlea lane capital management	22.76K	9.79%	$35.86M
Barr e s	80.85K	8.26%	$139.57M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	147.60K	0.03%	147.60K
Select equity group	336.37K	2.82%	145.15K
Ubs group	111.06K	0.04%	68.43K
Boston partners	237.43K	0.46%	23.03K
Fmr	26.11K	0.00%	18.37K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Proficio capital partners	-	-	-98.39K
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	712.27K	0.03%	-54.45K
Wellington management group llp	146.90K	0.05%	-52.77K
Baillie gifford	227.22K	0.30%	-31.89K
Empirical asset management	-	-	-31.38K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	147.60K	0.03%	147.60K	$254.79M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	6.54K	0.12%	6.54K	$10.31M
Hennessy advisors	4.60K	0.31%	4.60K	$9.19M
Lighthouse investment partners	4.26K	0.32%	4.26K	$8.50M
Symphony financial	4.02K	0.17%	4.02K	$8.02M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Pineridge advisors	-1.00
Northwest financial advisors	-1.00
First premier bank	-1.00
Rakuten securities	-1.00
Innealta capital	-1.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	836	-1.53%	10,011,600	-1.26%	78	1.26%	355	-3.27%	282	-5.05%
Mar 31, 2025	836	1.09%	9,980,374	-0.76%	77	1.30%	359	2.28%	293	3.17%
Dec 31, 2024	752	-4.81%	8,815,086	-9.11%	67	1.22%	314	-14.67%	256	8.02%
Sep 30, 2024	781	-3.82%	9,692,789	-2.91%	74	1.28%	362	4.93%	235	-15.47%
Jun 30, 2024	798	6.40%	9,935,407	-1.20%	75	1.29%	340	-6.34%	273	18.18%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Loomis Sayles Core	520.00K	4.02%	520.00K
Principal Aligned MidCap Equity	407.93K	3.22%	-3.33K
Principal MidCap R5	406.62K	3.21%	-1.31K
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	390.57K	3.07%	308.00
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	378.78K	2.99%	-9.18K
Vanguard Mid Cap Index Institutional	268.83K	2.12%	2.90K
Eaton Vance Atlanta Capital SMID-Cap I	225.14K	1.78%	-1.36K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	136.20K	1.08%	-58.96K
JHancock Disciplined Value Mid Cap I	133.77K	1.06%	-
Vanguard Value Index Inv	106.81K	0.84%	-134.00

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 25, 2025	Grandis Meade P.	CAO and Controller	Sell	$148.78K
May 23, 2025	Harris Greta J	-	Sell	$167.53K
May 22, 2025	Cunningham Lawrence A	-	Buy	$27.73K
May 22, 2025	Cunningham Lawrence A	-	Buy	$18.55K
May 19, 2025	Grandis Meade P.	CAO and Controller	Sell	$764.66K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	1
2025 Q2	2	3
2025 Q1	1	51
2024 Q4	1	-
2024 Q3	3	-

MKL Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Markel?

Markel shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 78.85%, followed by 2.02% insiders and 19.13% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Markel's industry, Property & Casualty Insurance Stocks, is 67.79%, which Markel exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Markel?

Markel’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (1.15M shares, 8.86%), Blackrock (750.01K shares, 5.71%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (712.27K shares, 5.61%). Together, they hold 20.18% of Markel’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Markel?

Yes, BlackRock owns 5.71% of Markel, totaling 750.01K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.03% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 1.18B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 809 shares, a 0.11% change.

Who is Markel’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Graham co master retirement trust is Markel’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 16.09% of its assets in 58.01K Markel shares, valued at 115.86M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Markel shares?

Loomis Sayles Core is the top mutual fund holder of Markel shares, with 4.02% of its total shares outstanding invested in 520K Markel shares.

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