Markel Corporation (MKL) Stock

Markel Corporation (MKL) is a Financials stock trading at $1972.22 (as of 2026-07-17), with a market capitalization of $24.68B and a trailing P/E of 13.9. Figures are sourced from first-party U.S. SEC EDGAR filings and market data.

Markel Corporation operates through Insurance, Reinsurance, and other ventures, underwriting and marketing specialty insurance and related coverage, as well as providing specialty treaty reinsurance. Its Insurance segment offers liability, property, credit and surety products, while Reinsurance includes transaction and specialty treaty programs. Markel Ventures supplies equipment used in baking and food processing, transportation, dredging, and wood flooring and related products, serving customers across the United States and international markets.

Understand Markel Corporation: how it makes money

Markel markets and underwrites specialty insurance and also operates Markel Ventures businesses, earning revenue from insurance underwriting and from its ventures.

Markel’s overall profit engine is the combination of specialty insurance underwriting (for its Insurance segment) and revenue generated by Markel Ventures (for its ventures businesses).

Business quality (Weak): The snapshot includes company-level revenue and operating margin, but it does not provide a clean, mutually exclusive segment revenue breakdown that sums to the same total for the latest quarter.

Valuation: At 13× earnings, MKL trades in line with the Insurance average (13×). Note: one-time items can distort reported P/E.

Bull case

  • Diverse specialty insurance offering: The Insurance segment underwrites a range of specialty lines, including general and professional liability, personal lines, marine and energy, specialty programs, workers’ compensation, and specialized property coverages.
  • Added earnings stream from ventures: Markel Ventures provides an additional source of revenues alongside specialty insurance.

Bear case

  • Profitability pressure in the latest quarter: For the period ending 2026-03-31, operating margin is -7.7%.
  • Business mix can make results harder to forecast: Because earnings rely on both specialty insurance and Markel Ventures revenue streams, performance can vary across these parts of the business.
Valuation — source: SEC EDGAR (first-party)
Price$1972.22
Market Cap$24.68B
P/E Ratio13.9
EV / EBITDA9.4
Price / Book1.36
Price / Sales1.58
FCF Yield8.9%
DCF Value (model)$3054.01
DCF Upside vs Price54.9%
Profitability & Growth — source: SEC EDGAR
Revenue (TTM)$15.51B
Net Margin13.6%
Revenue Growth (YoY)4.5%
EPS Growth (YoY)-256.1%
FCF Growth (YoY)-109.3%
Valuation vs Sector & Industry
Stock P/E13.9
Sector P/E (Financials)15.5
Industry P/E (Insurance)13.0
vs Sector-10.2%
vs Industry7.1%
Smart-Money Activity — SEC Form 4 / 13F / Congressional disclosures
Top Institutional HolderVANGUARD GROUP INC ($2.52B)
Institutional Holders Tracked10
Congressional Trades (recent)10
Company
SectorFinancials
IndustryInsurance
CEOThomas Sinnickson Gayner
Employees22,000
CountryUS
IPO Date1986-12-12

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Data as of 2026-07-17.

Figures sourced from U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC EDGAR) filings and market data. Not personalized investment advice.