Markel Group 13F, Q4 2024

Thomas Gayner · quarter ending 31 December 2024 · filed 7 February 2025 · SEC CIK 1096343

$11.34B
Filed US book
132
Positions
6.7%
Largest position

Common stock only: shares the fund reported owning at the quarter end, valued as filed.

Largest positions, Q4 2024

The 25 largest of 132 positions. Weights are against the whole filed book. Changes are in shares held, against the Q3 2024 filing.

CompanyTickerValue% of bookvs Q3 2024
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRK/A$758.54M6.7%unchanged
BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC DELBRK/B$694.41M6.1%unchanged
ALPHABET INCGOOG$523.68M4.6%unchanged
BROOKFIELD CORPBN$500.72M4.4%unchanged
AMAZON COM INCAMZN$445.53M3.9%unchanged
DEERE & CODE$370.72M3.3%unchanged
HOME DEPOT INCHD$357.87M3.1%unchanged
VISA INCV$315.81M2.8%unchanged
APPLE INCAAPL$307.34M2.7%unchanged
WATSCO INCWSO$279.83M2.5%unchanged
ANALOG DEVICES INCADI$248.08M2.2%unchanged
DISNEY WALT CODIS$226.23M2.0%unchanged
BLACKROCK ORDBLK$225.73M2.0%new
MICROSOFT CORPMSFT$218.96M1.9%unchanged
KKR & CO INCKKR$214.74M1.9%unchanged
BLACKSTONE INCBX$211.90M1.9%unchanged
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INCGS$205.78M1.8%unchanged
RLI CORPRLI$197.35M1.7%unchanged
NOVO-NORDISK A SNVO$184.94M1.6%unchanged
PROGRESSIVE CORPPGR$180.61M1.6%unchanged
LPL FINL HLDGS INCLPLA$173.84M1.5%+2% shares
DIAGEO PLCDEO$173.75M1.5%unchanged
LOWES COS INCLOW$173.13M1.5%unchanged
APOLLO GLOBAL MGMT INCAPO$167.22M1.5%unchanged
META PLATFORMS INCMETA$162.99M1.4%unchanged

What changed since Q3 2024

Against the Q3 2024 filing, Markel Group opened 6 new positions, added to 29, trimmed 2, left 95 unchanged and exited 6. Every position is compared, matched on its CUSIP; a change of 2% or less in shares counts as unchanged.

New positions

Exited

  • BLACKROCK INCwas $209.08M
  • RTX CORPORATIONwas $27.14M
  • WHRwas $16.87M
  • AMTwas $12.07M
  • DUN & BRADSTREET HLDGS INCwas $1.32M
  • SOLVwas $52.3K

Added to

  • LPLA+2%$173.84M
  • LINDE PLC+8%$70.34M
  • DG+13%$63.37M
  • FDX+6%$58.09M
  • FNV+40%$56.83M
  • SBUX+3%$56.33M
  • AON PLC+5%$45.33M
  • VRSK+8%$42.95M

and 21 more

Trimmed

Other quarters

Source: SEC Form 13F-HR, accession 0001096343-25-000011, filed by MARKEL GROUP INC.. Values are as filed and cover US-listed positions only; a 13F does not show short positions or holdings outside the US. A 13F may be filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends, so the fund may have traded since. Educational information, not financial advice.