Markel Corporation as of June 30, 2008
Portfolio Holdings for Markel Corporation
Markel Corporation holds 84 positions in its portfolio as reported in the June 2008 quarterly 13F filing
| Company (Ticker) | Portfolio Weight | Valued At | Change in Shares | Share Count | Share Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 8.3 | $126M | 32k | 4012.09 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | 7.2 | $108M | 898.00 | 120752.38 | |
| General Electric Company | 6.4 | $98M | 3.7M | 26.69 | |
| Diageo (DEO) | 6.1 | $93M | 1.3M | 73.87 | |
| CarMax (KMX) | 5.0 | $76M | 5.4M | 14.19 | |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Lim (FRFHF) | 4.7 | $71M | 280k | 253.90 | |
| Brookfield Asset Management | 4.6 | $70M | 2.1M | 32.54 | |
| White Mountains Insurance Gp (WTM) | 3.4 | $51M | 118k | 428.99 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 3.0 | $46M | 821k | 56.20 | |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | 2.8 | $43M | 696k | 61.47 | |
| Marriott International (MAR) | 2.4 | $36M | 1.4M | 26.24 | |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 2.3 | $35M | 539k | 64.33 | |
| Exxon Corporation | 2.2 | $34M | 381k | 88.13 | |
| General Dynamics Corporation (GD) | 2.2 | $33M | 394k | 84.20 | |
| Rli (RLI) | 2.0 | $31M | 624k | 49.47 | |
| Landamerica Financial Group | 1.9 | $28M | 1.3M | 22.19 | |
| International Game Technology | 1.9 | $28M | 1.1M | 24.98 | |
| Marsh & McLennan Companies (MMC) | 1.8 | $27M | 999k | 26.54 | |
| Forest City Enterprises | 1.7 | $26M | 813k | 32.22 | |
| W. P. Carey & Co | 1.6 | $25M | 860k | 28.71 | |
| Home Depot (HD) | 1.6 | $24M | 1.0M | 23.40 | |
| Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.A) | 1.4 | $22M | 284k | 76.03 | |
| SYSCO Corporation (SYY) | 1.4 | $21M | 778k | 27.51 | |
| Fidelity National Financial | 1.4 | $21M | 1.7M | 12.60 | |
| Walt Disney Company (DIS) | 1.2 | $18M | 563k | 31.20 | |
| Bank of America Corporation (BAC) | 1.1 | $17M | 711k | 23.87 | |
| Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) | 1.1 | $17M | 889k | 18.97 | |
| American Express Company (AXP) | 1.0 | $15M | 401k | 37.70 | |
| Plum Creek Timber | 1.0 | $15M | 356k | 42.71 | |
| Caterpillar (CAT) | 1.0 | $15M | 197k | 73.82 | |
| McGraw-Hill Companies | 0.9 | $14M | 341k | 40.12 | |
| AFLAC Incorporated (AFL) | 0.8 | $13M | 205k | 62.80 | |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 0.8 | $13M | 307k | 41.90 | |
| Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (ELME) | 0.8 | $12M | 404k | 30.05 | |
| Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | 0.8 | $12M | 242k | 47.51 | |
| NuStar GP Holdings | 0.8 | $12M | 531k | 21.67 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) | 0.7 | $11M | 298k | 37.83 | |
| Investors Title Company (ITIC) | 0.7 | $11M | 229k | 48.50 | |
| Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) | 0.7 | $10M | 505k | 20.55 | |
| Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) | 0.6 | $9.6M | 140k | 68.55 | |
| T. Rowe Price (TROW) | 0.6 | $9.6M | 170k | 56.45 | |
| Emerson Electric (EMR) | 0.5 | $7.9M | 159k | 49.45 | |
| Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) | 0.5 | $7.6M | 301k | 25.40 | |
| Xl Capital | 0.5 | $7.2M | 349k | 20.56 | |
| Leucadia National | 0.4 | $6.5M | 138k | 46.93 | |
| Brown & Brown (BRO) | 0.4 | $6.4M | 366k | 17.39 | |
| Federated Investors (FHI) | 0.4 | $6.1M | 176k | 34.40 | |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 0.4 | $5.8M | 117k | 49.39 | |
| Lowe's Companies (LOW) | 0.4 | $5.6M | 270k | 20.75 | |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 0.3 | $5.0M | 71k | 69.58 | |
| Accenture | 0.3 | $4.8M | 119k | 40.70 | |
| Intel Corporation (INTC) | 0.3 | $4.5M | 208k | 21.48 | |
| Citi | 0.2 | $3.4M | 206k | 16.76 | |
| Manpower (MAN) | 0.2 | $3.5M | 60k | 58.29 | |
| Washington Post Company | 0.2 | $3.2M | 5.4k | 586.91 | |
| Sap (SAP) | 0.2 | $3.2M | 61k | 52.10 | |
| Allied Capital | 0.2 | $3.3M | 235k | 13.89 | |
| Nike (NKE) | 0.2 | $3.0M | 50k | 59.60 | |
| State Street Corporation (STT) | 0.2 | $2.6M | 40k | 63.99 | |
| News Corporation | 0.2 | $2.6M | 169k | 15.35 | |
| Altria (MO) | 0.2 | $2.4M | 117k | 20.56 | |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 0.2 | $2.4M | 21k | 118.50 | |
| Cohen & Steers (CNS) | 0.2 | $2.5M | 96k | 25.97 | |
| Pepsi (PEP) | 0.1 | $2.1M | 34k | 63.58 | |
| Walgreen Company | 0.1 | $2.1M | 66k | 32.51 | |
| Enterprise GP Holdings (EPE) | 0.1 | $2.0M | 66k | 30.08 | |
| Goldman Sachs (GS) | 0.1 | $1.7M | 10k | 174.90 | |
| Cintas Corporation (CTAS) | 0.1 | $1.9M | 70k | 26.50 | |
| Fortune Brands | 0.1 | $1.6M | 25k | 62.40 | |
| Alleghany Corporation | 0.1 | $1.4M | 4.1k | 332.11 | |
| Inbev Nv | 0.1 | $1.4M | 20k | 69.40 | |
| Brookfield Infrastructure Part (BIP) | 0.1 | $1.2M | 61k | 19.62 | |
| Progressive Corporation (PGR) | 0.1 | $871k | 47k | 18.72 | |
| Yum! Brands (YUM) | 0.1 | $853k | 24k | 35.10 | |
| CB Richard Ellis | 0.1 | $960k | 50k | 19.20 | |
| BP (BP) | 0.1 | $803k | 12k | 69.54 | |
| Corus Bankshares | 0.1 | $820k | 197k | 4.16 | |
| Meadowbrook Insurance | 0.1 | $689k | 130k | 5.30 | |
| Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Gro | 0.0 | $585k | 390k | 1.50 | |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) | 0.0 | $446k | 6.4k | 70.20 | |
| Peyto Energy Trust (PEY.UN) | 0.0 | $494k | 25k | 19.76 | |
| Valley National Ban (VLY) | 0.0 | $467k | 30k | 15.76 | |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | 0.0 | $228k | 8.3k | 27.50 | |
| Cemex SAB de CV (CX) | 0.0 | $247k | 10k | 24.70 |
