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Overview/ Markel Group Inc./ Q4 2014

Markel Group Inc.

Tom Gayner · As of Q4 2014 · filed May 7, 2015

Q4 2014

Holdings

107 positions · Δ vs prior quarter
KMX CARMAX INC
$330.4M
8.3%
4,963,070 Held
BRK/A BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL A
$243.6M
6.1%
1,078 Held
BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC-CL B
$227.0M
5.7%
1,511,607 Held
Brookfield Asset Management
$166.1M
4.2%
3,313,548 +27,000 +0.8% Added
WBA* WALGREENS BOOTS ALLIANCE INC
$162.4M
4.1%
2,135,000 +2,135,000 New
FRFHF FAIRFAX FINANCIAL HLDGS LTD
$146.4M
3.7%
279,459 Held
DIS WALT DISNEY CO
$144.0M
3.6%
1,528,500 +14,000 +0.9% Added
DEO DIAGEO PLC-SPONSORED ADR
$141.8M
3.6%
1,243,000 +13,000 +1.1% Added
MAR MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL -CL A
$105.8M
2.7%
1,355,869 +25,000 +1.9% Added
HD HOME DEPOT INC
$96.6M
2.4%
920,000 Held
WMT WALMART INC
$94.3M
2.4%
1,098,000 Held
UPS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE-CL B
$81.3M
2.0%
731,500 +5,000 +0.7% Added
EXMOC EXXON MOBIL CORP
$80.3M
2.0%
868,800 Held
General Electric
$74.3M
1.9%
2,940,000 +66,000 +2.3% Added
DE DEERE & CO
$73.7M
1.9%
833,000 +293,000 +54.3% Added
ADM ARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND CO
$71.6M
1.8%
1,376,000 Held
FHI FEDERATED HERMES INC
$70.3M
1.8%
2,134,000 Held
WPC WP CAREY INC
$66.6M
1.7%
950,200 Held
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INC
$66.3M
1.7%
656,000 +12,000 +1.9% Added
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON
$60.0M
1.5%
574,200 Held
RLI RLI CORP
$59.1M
1.5%
1,197,272 Held
Unilever PLC ADR
$57.0M
1.4%
1,407,000 +210,000 +17.5% Added
Colfax Corporation
$56.0M
1.4%
1,085,070 Held
GD GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP
$53.3M
1.3%
387,000 Held
V VISA INC-CLASS A SHARES
$49.9M
1.3%
190,500 +12,000 +6.7% Added
BUD ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV-SPN ADR
$47.7M
1.2%
425,000 Held
NVO NOVO-NORDISK A/S-SPONS ADR
$45.5M
1.1%
1,075,000 Held
ADP AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING
$44.2M
1.1%
530,700 Held
BLKCHF BLACKROCK INC
$41.5M
1.0%
116,000 +13,000 +12.6% Added
MSFT MICROSOFT CORP
$38.0M
1.0%
818,000 Held
LOW LOWE'S COS INC
$37.2M
0.9%
540,000 Held
BF/A BROWN-FORMAN CORP-CLASS A
$37.0M
0.9%
421,500 Held
INTC INTEL CORP
$36.0M
0.9%
991,000 Held
SLB SLB LTD
$34.6M
0.9%
405,000 +78,000 +23.9% Added
MMM 3M CO
$33.5M
0.8%
204,000 Held
AXP AMERICAN EXPRESS CO
$32.5M
0.8%
349,000 Held
SCHW SCHWAB (CHARLES) CORP
$31.9M
0.8%
1,057,000 Held
NOVEUR NATIONAL OILWELL VARCO INC
$31.1M
0.8%
475,000 +51,000 +12.0% Added
CPRT COPART INC
$30.8M
0.8%
844,000 +131,000 +18.4% Added
ORCL ORACLE CORP
$28.7M
0.7%
638,000 Held
Chubb Corp
$27.4M
0.7%
265,000 +41,000 +18.3% Added
ELV ELEVANCE HEALTH INC
$27.3M
0.7%
217,000 +217,000 New
TRV TRAVELERS COS INC
$25.8M
0.7%
244,000 +30,000 +14.0% Added
MCO MOODY'S CORP
$24.3M
0.6%
254,000 +12,000 +5.0% Added
CVS CVS HEALTH CORP
$22.3M
0.6%
232,000 +14,000 +6.4% Added
CAT CATERPILLAR INC
$22.1M
0.6%
241,000 Held
ITW ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS
$21.8M
0.5%
230,000 Held
TROW T ROWE PRICE GROUP INC
$21.5M
0.5%
250,000 Held
MRSH MARSH & MCLENNAN COS
$19.2M
0.5%
336,000 +105,000 +45.5% Added
Liberty Media Corp Class C
$18.1M
0.5%
516,000 Held
FDS FACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS INC
$18.0M
0.5%
128,000 +12,000 +10.3% Added
HAS HASBRO INC
$17.5M
0.4%
319,000 +38,000 +13.5% Added
MCD MCDONALD'S CORP
$17.0M
0.4%
181,000 Held
ITIC INVESTORS TITLE CO
$15.6M
0.4%
213,300 Held
NKE NIKE INC -CL B
$14.9M
0.4%
155,000 +12,000 +8.4% Added
BXUSD BLACKSTONE GROUP LP
$14.1M
0.4%
416,000 +30,000 +7.8% Added
ACNT ASCENT INDUSTRIES CO
$13.8M
0.3%
785,343 Held
PEP PEPSICO INC
$12.7M
0.3%
134,300 Held
ACN ACCENTURE PLC-CL A
$12.1M
0.3%
135,000 +7,000 +5.5% Added
Liberty Media
$12.0M
0.3%
341,000 +48,000 +16.4% Added
ECL ECOLAB INC
$11.8M
0.3%
113,000 +12,000 +11.9% Added
PG PROCTER & GAMBLE CO
$11.6M
0.3%
127,000 Held
Monsanto Co
$11.3M
0.3%
95,000 +43,000 +82.7% Added
MAT MATTEL INC
$10.3M
0.3%
333,000 +47,000 +16.4% Added
KKR & Co LLC
$10.1M
0.3%
435,000 +36,000 +9.0% Added
NSC NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORP
$10.1M
0.3%
92,000 Held
McGraw Hill Financial
$9.9M
0.2%
111,000 +12,000 +12.1% Added
EMR EMERSON ELECTRIC CO
$9.8M
0.2%
158,000 Held
SEIC SEI INVESTMENTS COMPANY
$9.5M
0.2%
237,000 Held
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONAL
$9.3M
0.2%
114,500 Held
BF/B BROWN-FORMAN CORP-CLASS B
$9.3M
0.2%
105,375 Held
The Carlyle Group
$8.9M
0.2%
322,000 +32,000 +11.0% Added
AANUSD AARON'S INC
$8.2M
0.2%
268,000 +64,000 +31.4% Added
MA MASTERCARD INC - A
$8.0M
0.2%
93,000 +13,000 +16.3% Added
OAK OAKTREE CAPITAL GROUP LLC
$7.9M
0.2%
153,000 +118,000 +337.1% Added
PDCOEUR PATTERSON COS INC
$7.5M
0.2%
155,000 Held
CDK CDK GLOBAL INC
$7.2M
0.2%
176,897 +176,897 New
Apollo Global Management - A
$7.2M
0.2%
305,000 +30,000 +10.9% Added
PAYX PAYCHEX INC
$6.9M
0.2%
150,000 Held
UPBD UPBOUND GROUP INC
$6.9M
0.2%
190,000 +16,000 +9.2% Added
Google Class A
$6.6M
0.2%
12,500 Held
Google Class C
$6.6M
0.2%
12,500 Held
8L8C LIBERTY BROADBAND-C
$6.4M
0.2%
129,000 +129,000 New
EXPD EXPEDITORS INTL WASH INC
$6.1M
0.2%
137,000 Held
UTXCHF RTX CORP
$6.1M
0.2%
53,000 Held
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE CORP
$5.5M
0.1%
39,000 Held
BRO BROWN & BROWN INC
$5.5M
0.1%
165,628 −200,000 −54.7% Reduced
CME CME GROUP INC
$5.0M
0.1%
56,000 +11,000 +24.4% Added
MSCI MSCI INC
$4.8M
0.1%
101,000 +15,000 +17.4% Added
GHC GRAHAM HOLDINGS CO-CLASS B
$4.5M
0.1%
5,200 Held
Liberty Broadband A
$4.0M
0.1%
80,250 +80,250 New
ROL ROLLINS INC
$3.4M
0.1%
102,000 +15,000 +17.2% Added
CLBUSD CORE LABORATORIES N.V.
$3.0M
0.1%
25,000 +15,000 +150.0% Added
CRREUR CARBO CERAMICS INC
$2.4M
0.1%
61,000 +61,000 New
DNOW DNOW INC
$2.4M
0.1%
93,500 Held
ROST ROSS STORES INC
$2.2M
0.1%
23,000 Held
YUSD ALLEGHANY CORP
$2.0M
0.1%
4,328 Held
RBAGBP RITCHIE BROS AUCTIONEERS
$1.9M
0.0%
69,000 +19,000 +38.0% Added
Liberty Global PLC
$1.7M
0.0%
33,000 +33,000 New
Nicholas Financial
$670K
0.0%
45,000 +35,000 +350.0% Added
CULP CULP INC
$655K
0.0%
30,227 Held
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INC
$640K
0.0%
23,000 Held
HAL HALLIBURTON CO
$590K
0.0%
15,000 +15,000 New
WAIREUR WESCO AIRCRAFT HOLDINGS INC
$419K
0.0%
30,000 +30,000 New
Starz Liberty Capital
$356K
0.0%
12,000 Held
LGIH LGI HOMES INC
$254K
0.0%
17,000 +17,000 New
WSO WATSCO INC
$214K
0.0%
2,000 +2,000 New

Sold positions

8 closed in Q4 2014 · shares & value as of prior filing
Holding Shares sold Prior value
Walgreen
2,135,000 $126.5M
Wellpoint Inc
205,000 $24.5M
TEVA TEVA PHARMACEUTICAL-SP ADR
444,000 $23.9M
KO COCA-COLA CO
130,000 $5.5M
International Game Technology
215,000 $3.6M
Sigma Aldrich
18,000 $2.4M
TGT TARGET CORP
33,000 $2.1M
Laboratory Corp of America
15,000 $1.5M

Holdings reflect long positions disclosed in 13F filings only and exclude short positions, cash, and other non-13F assets. Holdings data sourced from SEC EDGAR. Not investment advice. Full disclaimer.