Markel Corporation as of Dec. 31, 2011
Portfolio Holdings for Markel Corporation
Markel Corporation holds 97 positions in its portfolio as reported in the December 2011 quarterly 13F filing
| Company (Ticker) | Portfolio Weight | Valued At | Change in Shares | Share Count | Share Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarMax (KMX) | 8.3 | $158M | 5.2M | 30.48 | |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Lim (FRFHF) | 6.4 | $121M | 280k | 431.20 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 6.3 | $120M | 1.6M | 76.30 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | 5.8 | $110M | 957.00 | 114756.36 | |
| Diageo (DEO) | 5.8 | $109M | 1.2M | 87.42 | |
| Brookfield Asset Management | 4.5 | $85M | 3.1M | 27.48 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) | 3.6 | $69M | 811k | 84.76 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 3.4 | $65M | 1.1M | 59.76 | |
| Walt Disney Company (DIS) | 3.0 | $58M | 1.5M | 37.50 | |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | 2.9 | $54M | 741k | 73.19 | |
| Union First Market Bankshares | 2.5 | $47M | 3.5M | 13.29 | |
| Rli (RLI) | 2.4 | $45M | 615k | 72.86 | |
| General Electric Company | 2.3 | $44M | 2.4M | 17.91 | |
| Marriott International (MAR) | 2.2 | $41M | 1.4M | 29.17 | |
| Home Depot (HD) | 2.1 | $41M | 966k | 42.05 | |
| W. P. Carey & Co | 2.1 | $39M | 961k | 40.93 | |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 2.0 | $37M | 566k | 65.58 | |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 1.4 | $27M | 502k | 54.01 | |
| Fidelity National Financial | 1.4 | $27M | 1.7M | 15.93 | |
| Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) | 1.4 | $26M | 229k | 115.26 | |
| General Dynamics Corporation (GD) | 1.4 | $26M | 388k | 66.41 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (BUD) | 1.3 | $25M | 405k | 60.99 | |
| SYSCO Corporation (SYY) | 1.2 | $23M | 796k | 29.33 | |
| Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.A) | 1.2 | $23M | 284k | 79.27 | |
| Caterpillar (CAT) | 1.2 | $22M | 247k | 90.60 | |
| McDonald's Corporation (MCD) | 1.0 | $19M | 192k | 100.33 | |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | 1.0 | $19M | 735k | 25.96 | |
| International Game Technology | 1.0 | $19M | 1.1M | 17.20 | |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) | 1.0 | $19M | 468k | 40.36 | |
| Intel Corporation (INTC) | 1.0 | $19M | 782k | 24.25 | |
| American Express Company (AXP) | 1.0 | $18M | 388k | 47.20 | |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 0.8 | $15M | 187k | 81.73 | |
| Federated Investors (FHI) | 0.8 | $15M | 981k | 15.10 | |
| Leucadia National | 0.8 | $14M | 628k | 22.74 | |
| Lowe's Companies (LOW) | 0.8 | $14M | 557k | 25.38 | |
| T. Rowe Price (TROW) | 0.7 | $14M | 241k | 56.91 | |
| ITC Holdings | 0.7 | $13M | 173k | 75.88 | |
| Plum Creek Timber | 0.7 | $13M | 354k | 36.56 | |
| Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | 0.6 | $12M | 250k | 46.71 | |
| Oracle Corporation (ORCL) | 0.6 | $11M | 421k | 25.65 | |
| Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) | 0.6 | $11M | 950k | 11.26 | |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 0.5 | $9.2M | 117k | 78.48 | |
| NuStar GP Holdings | 0.5 | $8.6M | 259k | 33.25 | |
| Visa (V) | 0.5 | $8.5M | 84k | 101.53 | |
| Brown & Brown (BRO) | 0.4 | $8.3M | 366k | 22.63 | |
| EOG Resources (EOG) | 0.4 | $8.3M | 84k | 98.51 | |
| Emerson Electric (EMR) | 0.4 | $8.1M | 174k | 46.59 | |
| Investors Title Company (ITIC) | 0.4 | $8.2M | 229k | 35.77 | |
| Lennox International (LII) | 0.4 | $7.8M | 231k | 33.75 | |
| Walgreen Company | 0.4 | $7.4M | 222k | 33.06 | |
| Pepsi (PEP) | 0.4 | $7.0M | 105k | 66.35 | |
| Accenture (ACN) | 0.3 | $6.4M | 120k | 53.20 | |
| Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.B) | 0.3 | $5.7M | 71k | 80.50 | |
| National-Oilwell Var | 0.3 | $5.8M | 85k | 67.99 | |
| Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) | 0.3 | $5.6M | 140k | 39.66 | |
| Capital One Financial (COF) | 0.3 | $5.4M | 128k | 42.29 | |
| Abbott Laboratories (ABT) | 0.3 | $5.1M | 90k | 56.23 | |
| Western Union Company (WU) | 0.3 | $5.0M | 272k | 18.26 | |
| Nike (NKE) | 0.3 | $4.8M | 50k | 96.37 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) | 0.2 | $4.7M | 236k | 19.87 | |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 0.2 | $4.7M | 69k | 68.31 | |
| Coca-Cola Company (KO) | 0.2 | $4.5M | 64k | 69.97 | |
| Paychex (PAYX) | 0.2 | $4.4M | 146k | 30.11 | |
| Patterson Companies (PDCO) | 0.2 | $4.3M | 147k | 29.52 | |
| United Technologies Corporation | 0.2 | $3.9M | 54k | 73.10 | |
| Heritage-Crystal Clean | 0.2 | $4.0M | 240k | 16.56 | |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 0.2 | $3.8M | 21k | 183.90 | |
| Contango Oil & Gas Company | 0.2 | $3.5M | 61k | 58.18 | |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) | 0.2 | $3.4M | 41k | 83.40 | |
| Altria (MO) | 0.2 | $3.5M | 117k | 29.65 | |
| Ecolab (ECL) | 0.1 | $2.8M | 48k | 57.81 | |
| Procter & Gamble Company (PG) | 0.1 | $2.9M | 43k | 66.71 | |
| Pool Corporation (POOL) | 0.1 | $2.9M | 95k | 30.09 | |
| Loews Corporation (L) | 0.1 | $2.7M | 71k | 37.65 | |
| Watsco, Incorporated (WSO) | 0.1 | $2.6M | 40k | 65.65 | |
| Marriott Vacations Wrldwde Cp (VAC) | 0.1 | $2.4M | 141k | 17.15 | |
| Washington Post Company | 0.1 | $2.0M | 5.4k | 376.85 | |
| Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) | 0.1 | $2.0M | 48k | 40.96 | |
| Nicholas Financial | 0.1 | $2.0M | 154k | 12.82 | |
| State Street Corporation (STT) | 0.1 | $1.6M | 40k | 40.32 | |
| SEI Investments Company (SEIC) | 0.1 | $1.6M | 95k | 17.35 | |
| Lennar Corporation (LEN.B) | 0.1 | $1.5M | 97k | 15.58 | |
| DST Systems | 0.1 | $1.3M | 28k | 45.54 | |
| DENTSPLY International | 0.1 | $1.2M | 35k | 35.00 | |
| Alleghany Corporation | 0.1 | $1.2M | 4.3k | 285.35 | |
| Eagle Materials (EXP) | 0.1 | $1.4M | 55k | 25.65 | |
| Mosaic (MOS) | 0.1 | $1.4M | 27k | 50.44 | |
| MasterCard Incorporated (MA) | 0.1 | $1.1M | 3.0k | 372.67 | |
| Louisiana-Pacific Corporation (LPX) | 0.1 | $864k | 107k | 8.07 | |
| Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P | 0.0 | $747k | 37k | 20.20 | |
| DreamWorks Animation SKG | 0.0 | $830k | 50k | 16.60 | |
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) | 0.0 | $756k | 15k | 50.40 | |
| & PROD CO shares Brookfield | 0.0 | $715k | 92k | 7.81 | |
| Air Products & Chemicals (APD) | 0.0 | $409k | 4.8k | 85.21 | |
| Vodafone | 0.0 | $420k | 15k | 28.00 | |
| Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (ELME) | 0.0 | $338k | 12k | 27.33 | |
| Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) | 0.0 | $292k | 6.3k | 46.35 |
