The Markel Group is an insurance, investment, and venture capital company, founded in 1930 during the Great Depression. Today, its core business is its specialty insurance arm, which focuses on “hard-to-price complex risks” like business casualties, personal events, and market bonds. As of 2025, it also owns nearly two dozen companies in the eastern U.S., including in the transportation, real estate, and construction industries.
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- Profit Ratios
- Earnings Per Share (last Fiscal Year)
- Total Return
- Updated:6/3/26
- Country/Territory:U.S.
- Headquarters:Glen Allen, Va.
- Industry:Insurance: Property and Casualty (Stock)
- CEO:Thomas S. Gayner
- Website:https://www.mklgroup.com/
- Ticker:MKL
- Company type:Public
- Revenues ($M):$16,589
- Profits ($M):$2,107
- Market value ($M):$24,071
- Number of employees:22,900
Market value as of March 31, 2026.
- $ millions% change
- Revenues ($M):$16,589.3-0.2%
- Profits ($M):$2,107-23.3%
- Assets ($M):$68,905.1-
- Total Stockholder Equity ($M):$18,597.8-
- Profit as % of Revenues:12.7%
- Profits as % of Assets:3.1%
- Profits as % of Stockholder Equity:11.3%
- Earnings Per Share ($):169.20
- EPS % Change (from prior fiscal year):-15.1%
- EPS % Change (5 year annual rate):24.9%
- EPS % Change (10 year annual rate):15%
- Total Return to Investors (last year):24.5%
- Total Return to Investors (5 year, annualized):15.8%
- Total Return to Investors (10 year, annualized):9.3%
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