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Markel Group Inc

The positions Markel Group Inc reported on its Form 13F for Q2 2026, the quarter ending 30 Jun 2026, filed on 31 Jul 2026. Every figure below is the filing’s own: US-listed long equity, valued at the quarter end, with the change measured against the same manager’s previous filing.

Reported book
$13.1bn
+$1.2bn on Q1 2026
Positions
130
3 new, 2 sold out
Top ten weight
43%
Spread across the book
Quarter
Q2 2026
Filed 31 Jul 2026
Read the Q2 2026 filing on sec.gov CIK 0001096343 · Value / activist · VA
Reported book by quarter
$0$6.6bn$13.1bnQ3 24: $11.1bn$11.1bnQ3 24Q4 24: $11.3bn$11.3bnQ4 24Q1 25: $11.3bn$11.3bnQ1 25Q2 25: $11.8bn$11.8bnQ2 25Q3 25: $12.3bn$12.3bnQ3 25Q4 25: $12.5bn$12.5bnQ4 25Q1 26: $11.9bn$11.9bnQ1 26Q2 26: $13.1bn$13.1bnQ2 26
Largest positions, share of the book
Alphabet Inc: 7.4%Alphabet Inc7.4%Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del: 6.4%Berkshire Hathaway Inc …6.4%Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del: 5.8%Berkshire Hathaway Inc …5.8%Deere & Co (DE): 4.2%Deere & Co (DE)4.2%Brookfield Corp: 4.2%Brookfield Corp4.2%Amazon Com Inc (AMZN): 3.7%Amazon Com Inc (AMZN)3.7%Analog Devices Inc (ADI): 3.0%Analog Devices Inc (ADI)3.0%Goldman Sachs Group Inc: 2.8%Goldman Sachs Group Inc2.8%Apple Inc (AAPL): 2.7%Apple Inc (AAPL)2.7%Caterpillar Inc (CAT): 2.7%Caterpillar Inc (CAT)2.7%

Opened this quarter

A new position is the clearest thing a filing says. Somebody argued for it recently, and it is the easiest question to be ready for.

  • Zoetis Inc (ZTS)$4.8m · 0.0%
  • Netflix Inc. (NFLX)$2.9m · 0.0%
  • Ufp Industries Inc (UFPI)$400k · 0.0%

Sold out of this quarter

Exits are valued at what the position was worth in the previous filing, because by this one it is gone.

  • Scotts Miracle-gro Co (SMG)$10m held before
  • Unitedhealth Group Inc (UNH)$5.1m held before

Every reported position, Q2 2026

130 positions, sorted by weight · page 2 of 2

PositionWeightValueSharesChange on the quarterAction
Meta Platforms Inc (META)
CL A · CUSIP 30303M102
1.0%$132m234,163
-$10m
-14,140 shares
Trimmed
KKR & Co Inc
COM · CUSIP 48251W104
1.0%$133m1,451,800
-$1.0m
0 shares
Held
Novo-nordisk A S
ADR · CUSIP 670100205
1.0%$138m2,869,774
+$32m
0 shares
Held
General Dynamics Corp (GD)
COM · CUSIP 369550108
1.1%$139m391,000
+$4.3m
0 shares
Held
Rli Corp (RLI)
COM · CUSIP 749607107
1.1%$141m2,394,544
+$4.9m
0 shares
Held
Blackstone Inc (BX)
COM · CUSIP 09260D107
1.1%$145m1,229,000
+$3.3m
0 shares
Held
Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
COM · CUSIP 478160104
1.2%$155m610,800
+$5.8m
0 shares
Held
LPL Finl HLDGS Inc
COM · CUSIP 50212V100
1.2%$158m559,951
-$11m
0 shares
Held
Franco Nev Corp
COM · CUSIP 351858105
1.2%$161m773,500
-$14m
+65,000 shares
Added
Progressive Corp
COM · CUSIP 743315103
1.3%$165m753,750
+$15m
0 shares
Held
Lowes Cos Inc
COM · CUSIP 548661107
1.3%$166m751,980
-$8.7m
+13,500 shares
Added
American Express Co (AXP)
COM · CUSIP 025816109
1.3%$166m490,450
+$18m
0 shares
Held
Disney Walt Co
COM · CUSIP 254687106
1.5%$196m2,031,665
-$300k
0 shares
Held
Microsoft Corp (MSFT)
COM · CUSIP 594918104
1.5%$201m537,630
+$1.5m
0 shares
Held
Alphabet Inc
CAP STK CL A · CUSIP 02079K305
1.6%$204m572,000
+$40m
0 shares
Held
Blackrock Inc (BLK)
COM · CUSIP 09290D101
1.6%$212m220,200
unchanged
0 shares
Held
Texas Instrs Inc
COM · CUSIP 882508104
1.6%$216m724,000
+$75m
0 shares
Held
Watsco Inc
COM · CUSIP 942622200
1.9%$249m597,750
+$37m
+15,581 shares
Added
Home Depot Inc (HD)
COM · CUSIP 437076102
2.5%$325m922,500
+$23m
+2,500 shares
Added
Visa Inc (V)
COM CL A · CUSIP 92826C839
2.6%$348m1,013,912
+$44m
+9,581 shares
Added
Caterpillar Inc (CAT)
COM · CUSIP 149123101
2.7%$350m328,650
+$117m
0 shares
Held
Apple Inc (AAPL)
COM · CUSIP 037833100
2.7%$355m1,227,290
+$44m
0 shares
Held
Goldman Sachs Group Inc
COM · CUSIP 38141G104
2.8%$363m359,360
+$59m
0 shares
Held
Analog Devices Inc (ADI)
COM · CUSIP 032654105
3.0%$397m999,671
+$72m
-23,574 shares
Trimmed
Amazon Com Inc (AMZN)
COM · CUSIP 023135106
3.7%$484m2,030,760
+$61m
0 shares
Held
Brookfield Corp
CL A LTD VT SH · CUSIP 11271J107
4.2%$557m13,073,609
+$28m
0 shares
Held
Deere & Co (DE)
COM · CUSIP 244199105
4.2%$557m877,900
+$62m
0 shares
Held
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del
CL B NEW · CUSIP 084670702
5.8%$767m1,531,971
+$33m
0 shares
Held
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Del
CL A · CUSIP 084670108
6.4%$834m1,114
+$34m
0 shares
Held
Alphabet Inc
CAP STK CL C · CUSIP 02079K107
7.4%$972m2,749,860
+$183m
0 shares
Held

Every filing on file

QuarterPeriod endFiledBookPositionsTop 10Filing
Q2 202630 Jun 202631 Jul 2026$13.1bn13043%13F-HR
Q1 202631 Mar 20261 May 2026$11.9bn12942%13F-HR
Q4 202531 Dec 20256 Feb 2026$12.5bn12842%13F-HR
Q3 202530 Sept 202531 Oct 2025$12.3bn12941%13F-HR
Q2 202530 Jun 20251 Aug 2025$11.8bn13740%13F-HR
Q1 202531 Mar 20252 May 2025$11.3bn13541%13F-HR
Q4 202431 Dec 20247 Feb 2025$11.3bn13240%13F-HR
Q3 202430 Sept 20241 Nov 2024$11.1bn13239%13F-HR

Taking this into the room

Pick one name from the top of the book and one from the new positions, and know both properly: what the company earns, what it is priced at, and what has to be true for the position to work. That is a conversation. Reciting the whole table is not, and the interviewer wrote it.

A position sold out of is worth as much preparation as one opened. Ask what changed rather than asserting the fund was wrong, and be ready for the answer that the thesis played out and the money went somewhere better.

What this filing leaves out

A 13F covers US-listed long equity at one moment in time. Shorts, bonds, cash, private positions and non-US listings never appear, and options are reported in a form that will mislead you if you read them as a position. A long/short manager showing $8bn here may run a book several times that size.

The lag matters too. Positions are as at the quarter end and the filing arrives up to forty-five days later, so what you are reading is at least six weeks old and possibly four months. Phrase it as what the filing showed, not what the fund holds today.

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