Markel Corporation as of Sept. 30, 2012
Portfolio Holdings for Markel Corporation
Markel Corporation holds 97 positions in its portfolio as reported in the September 2012 quarterly 13F filing
| Company (Ticker) | Portfolio Weight | Valued At | Change in Shares | Share Count | Share Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CarMax (KMX) | 6.2 | $146M | 5.2M | 28.30 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A) | 6.2 | $144M | 1.1k | 132698.18 | |
| Diageo (DEO) | 6.0 | $139M | 1.2M | 112.73 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B) | 5.9 | $138M | 1.6M | 88.20 | |
| Fairfax Financial Holdings Lim (FRFHF) | 4.6 | $108M | 280k | 386.83 | |
| Brookfield Asset Management | 4.5 | $106M | 3.1M | 34.51 | |
| Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) | 3.5 | $82M | 1.1M | 73.80 | |
| Walt Disney Company (DIS) | 3.5 | $81M | 1.5M | 52.28 | |
| Walgreen Company | 3.4 | $78M | 2.2M | 36.44 | |
| Exxon Mobil Corporation (XOM) | 3.2 | $76M | 826k | 91.45 | |
| Home Depot (HD) | 2.5 | $58M | 960k | 60.35 | |
| General Electric Company | 2.3 | $55M | 2.4M | 22.71 | |
| Union First Market Bankshares | 2.3 | $55M | 3.5M | 15.56 | |
| Marriott International (MAR) | 2.3 | $54M | 1.4M | 39.10 | |
| United Parcel Service (UPS) | 2.3 | $54M | 750k | 71.58 | |
| W. P. Carey & Co | 2.0 | $47M | 956k | 49.00 | |
| Federated Investors (FHI) | 1.9 | $45M | 2.2M | 20.70 | |
| Rli (RLI) | 1.8 | $41M | 613k | 66.66 | |
| Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) | 1.7 | $40M | 582k | 68.91 | |
| Colfax Corporation | 1.7 | $40M | 1.1M | 36.67 | |
| Novo Nordisk A/S (NVO) | 1.5 | $36M | 228k | 157.81 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev NV (BUD) | 1.5 | $35M | 402k | 85.91 | |
| Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) | 1.5 | $34M | 1.3M | 27.18 | |
| Automatic Data Processing (ADP) | 1.3 | $30M | 518k | 58.66 | |
| Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.A) | 1.1 | $27M | 426k | 62.51 | |
| General Dynamics Corporation (GD) | 1.1 | $26M | 398k | 66.12 | |
| Teva Pharmaceutical Industries (TEVA) | 1.1 | $25M | 596k | 41.41 | |
| Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) | 1.0 | $24M | 803k | 29.76 | |
| SYSCO Corporation (SYY) | 1.0 | $24M | 758k | 31.27 | |
| American Express Company (AXP) | 0.9 | $21M | 374k | 56.90 | |
| Caterpillar (CAT) | 0.9 | $21M | 246k | 86.04 | |
| Oracle Corporation (ORCL) | 0.8 | $20M | 620k | 31.46 | |
| Intel Corporation (INTC) | 0.8 | $19M | 839k | 22.65 | |
| 3M Company (MMM) | 0.8 | $19M | 203k | 92.43 | |
| McDonald's Corporation (MCD) | 0.8 | $17M | 190k | 91.75 | |
| Lowe's Companies (LOW) | 0.8 | $17M | 576k | 30.24 | |
| Artio Global Investors | 0.7 | $17M | 5.7M | 2.98 | |
| T. Rowe Price (TROW) | 0.7 | $16M | 251k | 63.27 | |
| International Game Technology | 0.7 | $15M | 1.2M | 13.09 | |
| Plum Creek Timber | 0.7 | $15M | 352k | 43.84 | |
| Leucadia National | 0.7 | $15M | 671k | 22.75 | |
| Investors Title Company (ITIC) | 0.6 | $15M | 229k | 65.24 | |
| Illinois Tool Works (ITW) | 0.6 | $15M | 248k | 59.47 | |
| Visa (V) | 0.6 | $14M | 101k | 134.28 | |
| Charles Schwab Corporation (SCHW) | 0.6 | $13M | 1.0M | 12.78 | |
| Lennox International (LII) | 0.5 | $12M | 254k | 48.36 | |
| Philip Morris International (PM) | 0.5 | $11M | 117k | 89.94 | |
| Schlumberger (SLB) | 0.5 | $11M | 146k | 72.33 | |
| Capital One Financial (COF) | 0.4 | $10M | 179k | 57.01 | |
| Loews Corporation (L) | 0.4 | $9.9M | 241k | 41.26 | |
| CARBO Ceramics | 0.4 | $9.8M | 155k | 62.92 | |
| Brown & Brown (BRO) | 0.4 | $9.5M | 366k | 26.07 | |
| EOG Resources (EOG) | 0.4 | $9.4M | 84k | 112.05 | |
| Pepsi (PEP) | 0.4 | $9.0M | 127k | 70.77 | |
| National-Oilwell Var | 0.4 | $8.4M | 105k | 80.11 | |
| Accenture (ACN) | 0.4 | $8.3M | 119k | 70.00 | |
| Emerson Electric (EMR) | 0.3 | $8.3M | 172k | 48.27 | |
| Brown-Forman Corporation (BF.B) | 0.3 | $6.9M | 106k | 65.25 | |
| Northern Trust Corporation (NTRS) | 0.3 | $6.5M | 140k | 46.41 | |
| Nike (NKE) | 0.2 | $5.6M | 59k | 94.92 | |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corporation (BK) | 0.2 | $5.2M | 230k | 22.52 | |
| Paychex (PAYX) | 0.2 | $5.0M | 151k | 33.29 | |
| Patterson Companies (PDCO) | 0.2 | $5.0M | 146k | 34.24 | |
| Heritage-Crystal Clean | 0.2 | $5.0M | 250k | 19.85 | |
| Hasbro (HAS) | 0.2 | $4.6M | 120k | 38.17 | |
| Coca-Cola Company (KO) | 0.2 | $4.8M | 126k | 37.93 | |
| International Business Machines (IBM) | 0.2 | $4.2M | 20k | 207.40 | |
| United Technologies Corporation | 0.2 | $4.2M | 54k | 78.28 | |
| Costco Wholesale Corporation (COST) | 0.2 | $4.1M | 41k | 100.20 | |
| Expeditors International of Washington (EXPD) | 0.2 | $3.9M | 108k | 36.35 | |
| Ecolab (ECL) | 0.1 | $3.1M | 48k | 64.81 | |
| Peabody Energy Corporation | 0.1 | $3.0M | 135k | 22.29 | |
| Monsanto Company | 0.1 | $2.8M | 31k | 91.03 | |
| Mattel (MAT) | 0.1 | $2.7M | 75k | 35.47 | |
| Dell | 0.1 | $2.5M | 250k | 9.86 | |
| SEI Investments Company (SEIC) | 0.1 | $2.4M | 110k | 21.44 | |
| Air Products & Chemicals (APD) | 0.1 | $2.3M | 28k | 82.71 | |
| Washington Post Company | 0.1 | $1.9M | 5.3k | 363.02 | |
| Nicholas Financial (NICK) | 0.1 | $2.0M | 154k | 12.91 | |
| State Street Corporation (STT) | 0.1 | $1.7M | 40k | 41.96 | |
| MasterCard Incorporated (MA) | 0.1 | $1.4M | 3.0k | 451.33 | |
| Moody's Corporation (MCO) | 0.1 | $1.3M | 30k | 44.17 | |
| Norfolk Southern (NSC) | 0.1 | $1.4M | 21k | 63.64 | |
| DENTSPLY International | 0.1 | $1.4M | 35k | 38.14 | |
| Procter & Gamble Company (PG) | 0.1 | $1.3M | 19k | 69.38 | |
| Alleghany Corporation | 0.1 | $1.5M | 4.3k | 344.96 | |
| Calamos Asset Management | 0.1 | $1.5M | 130k | 11.64 | |
| Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P (CLMT) | 0.1 | $1.2M | 37k | 32.00 | |
| Alpha Natural Resources | 0.1 | $1.2M | 186k | 6.57 | |
| Natural Resource Partners | 0.1 | $1.1M | 55k | 20.73 | |
| McCormick & Company, Incorporated (MKC) | 0.1 | $1.1M | 17k | 62.06 | |
| Vodafone | 0.0 | $570k | 20k | 28.50 | |
| CONSOL Energy | 0.0 | $451k | 15k | 30.07 | |
| Barrett Business Services (BBSI) | 0.0 | $556k | 21k | 27.12 | |
| Fidelity National Financial | 0.0 | $349k | 16k | 21.41 | |
| Washington Real Estate Investment Trust (ELME) | 0.0 | $247k | 9.2k | 26.85 | |
| Enterprise Products Partners (EPD) | 0.0 | $338k | 6.3k | 53.65 |
