Markel Group Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NYSE:MKL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
25 Nov 25	SellUS$155,471	Simon Wilson	Individual	75	US$2,072.94
25 Aug 25	SellUS$148,784	Meade Grandis	Individual	75	US$1,983.78
23 May 25	SellUS$167,530	Greta Harris	Individual	90	US$1,861.44
22 May 25	BuyUS$46,283	Lawrence Cunningham	Individual	25	US$1,854.80
19 May 25	SellUS$764,660	Meade Grandis	Individual	400	US$1,911.65
05 May 25	SellUS$750,976	Meade Grandis	Individual	400	US$1,877.44
24 Feb 25	SellUS$13,053	Steven Markel	Individual	7	US$1,864.76

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: MKL insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MKL?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Private Companies	1,004	0.00797%
State or Government	5,602	0.0445%
Public Companies	55,430	0.44%
Individual Insiders	235,948	1.87%
General Public	2,233,907	17.7%
Institutions	10,058,109	79.9%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 51.2% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
9.31%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,171,904	US$2.5b	-0.09%	0.03%
5.55%	BlackRock, Inc.	698,892	US$1.5b	0.62%	0.02%
4.24%	Principal Global Investors, LLC	533,648	US$1.1b	-2.57%	0.47%
3.3%	Davis Selected Advisers LP	415,160	US$871.2m	11.2%	3.19%
3.09%	Eaton Vance Management	388,410	US$815.0m	0%	0.15%
3.04%	Select Equity Group, L.P.	382,732	US$803.1m	13.8%	3.07%
2.42%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	304,400	US$638.8m	2.07%	0.02%
2.14%	Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	269,262	US$565.0m	0%	0.32%
1.79%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	225,315	US$472.8m	5.53%	0.02%
1.67%	Davenport & Company LLC	209,999	US$440.7m	2.43%	2.29%
1.5%	Baillie Gifford & Co.	188,437	US$395.4m	-4.29%	0.19%
1.44%	Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.	181,230	US$380.3m	10.7%	2.11%
1.32%	T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	165,565	US$347.4m	0.19%	0.03%
1.17%	Jana Partners Management, LP	147,411	US$309.3m	-2.66%	15.67%
1.15%	Norges Bank Investment Management	144,371	US$302.9m	0%	0.02%
1.03%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	129,655	US$272.1m	4.89%	0.03%
0.98%	Wellington Management Group LLP	122,838	US$257.8m	-6.91%	0.04%
0.96%	UBS Asset Management AG	120,307	US$252.5m	-18.7%	0.02%
0.92%	Managed Account Advisors LLC	116,413	US$244.3m	3.47%	0.04%
0.78%	Bank Julius Bär & Co. AG	97,923	US$205.5m	13.2%	0.46%
0.76%	Northern Trust Global Investments	95,399	US$200.2m	-2.94%	0.02%
0.7%	Fenimore Asset Management, Inc.	88,266	US$185.2m	-0.14%	3.66%
0.67%	Madison Avenue Partners, LP	84,310	US$176.9m	0%	5.38%
0.67%	Douglass Winthrop Advisors, LLC	84,238	US$176.8m	0.34%	2.97%
0.63%	Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.	79,713	US$167.3m	-0.36%	0.86%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/02/06 06:27
End of Day Share Price	2026/02/06 00:00
Earnings	2025/12/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Markel Group Inc. is covered by 15 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Jacob Kilstein	Argus Research Company
Jay Cohen	BofA Global Research
Robert Farnam	Brean Capital (formerly Janney Montgomery)