Markel Group Inc. (MKL) stock
MKLNYSEFire, Marine & Casualty InsuranceFiscal year ends December 31
Financials through Q3 FY2026, quarter ended Sep 30, 2026Last filing: 10-Q on Oct 28, 2026Score 4/307% above fair value
$1977.29+15.21 (+0.78%)
Close on Nov 13, 2026Market cap $24.18BP/E 14.3Yield –
Markel statistics
94 measures from SEC filings and the closing price. Hover a name for the formula; the last column is the median of companies in the same industry group.
Important dates
- Next earnings
- –
- Last ex-dividend date
- No dividends
- Fundamentals through
- Sep 30, 2026
- Share price as of
- Nov 13, 2026
Valuation ratiosIndustry
- P/TBV Ratio
- 1.70
- 1.74
- P/OCF Ratio
- 11.78
- 7.15
Enterprise valuationIndustry
- EV / Sales
- 1.31
- 0.97
- EV / EBIT
- 8.35
- 13.36
- EV / FCF
- 11.42
- 7.00
Share statisticsIndustry
- Shares Change (YoY)
- -1.93%
- -1.32%
- Float
- 12M
- 57M
- Shares Held by Insiders
- 1.71%
- 3.33%
- Shares Held by Institutions
- 80.2%
- 84.6%
Short sellingIndustry
- Short Interest
- 253,820
- –
- Short Interest Change
- -9.99%
- -2.56%
- Short % of Float
- 2.11%
- 3.81%
- Short % of Shares Outstanding
- 2.08%
- 3.02%
- Days to Cover
- 3.96
- 4.05
Stock price statisticsIndustry
- 52-Week High
- $2207.59
- –
- 52-Week Low
- $1704.17
- –
- 20-Day Moving Average
- $1909.32
- –
- 50-Day Moving Average
- $1825.25
- –
- 200-Day Moving Average
- $1891.59
- –
- Average True Range (14)
- $33.33
- –
- Price Change (1 Week)
- 1.97%
- 2.21%
- Price Change (1 Month)
- 8.37%
- 4.21%
- Price Change (3 Months)
- 9.90%
- 2.03%
- Price Change (6 Months)
- 7.23%
- 11.0%
- Price Change (YTD)
- -8.02%
- 8.86%
- Price Change (1 Year)
- -5.48%
- 10.7%
- Price Change (3 Years)
- 44.2%
- 42.9%
- Price Change (5 Years)
- 53.3%
- 42.3%
- Price Change (10 Years)
- 125.5%
- 113.0%
- Average Volume (10 Days)
- 68,087
- –
- Average Volume (20 Days)
- 64,224
- –
- Average Volume (90 Days)
- 66,553
- –
- Relative Volume
- 0.72
- 0.73
- Relative Strength Index (14)
- 70.2
- 56.3
- Volatility (1 Year)
- 18.5%
- 28.3%
- Beta (5 Years)
- 0.55
- 0.60
MarginsIndustry
- Pretax Margin
- 14.8%
- 13.5%
- EBITDA Margin
- 15.7%
- 13.5%
- FCF Margin
- 11.5%
- 18.5%
Returns on capitalIndustry
- Return on Equity (ROE)
- 9.81%
- 13.9%
- Return on Assets (ROA)
- 2.57%
- 2.97%
- Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
- 13.7%
- 17.9%
Financial positionIndustry
- Interest Coverage
- 12.08
- 4.66
GrowthIndustry
- Revenue Growth (YoY)
- 3.33%
- 6.46%
- Net Income Growth (YoY)
- -13.8%
- 11.9%
- EPS Growth (YoY)
- -14.6%
- 12.7%
- FCF Growth (YoY)
- -24.1%
- 9.52%
- Revenue Growth (3Y CAGR)
- 9.94%
- 9.53%
- Revenue Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 9.77%
- 8.29%
- EPS Growth (5Y CAGR)
- 24.9%
- 15.2%
EfficiencyIndustry
- Asset Turnover
- 0.23
- 0.27
- Revenue Per Employee
- $687.13K
- $1.80M
- Profits Per Employee
- $78.28K
- $182.48K
- Employee Count
- 22,900
- 1,341
- WACC
- 7.84%
- 8.10%
Income statement (TTM)Industry
- Pretax Income
- $2.33B
- $617.47M
Balance sheetIndustry
- Net Cash (Debt)
- $3.60B
- $331.32M
- Net Cash Per Share
- $294.50
- $5.43
- Equity (Book Value)
- $18.51B
- $3.44B
- Book Value Per Share
- $1513.35
- $37.80
- Tangible Book Value
- $14.25B
- $2.32B
Cash flow (TTM)Industry
- Capital Expenditures
- -$251.25M
- -$9.40M
- FCF Per Share
- $147.33
- $8.18
Dividends and yieldsIndustry
- Earnings Yield
- 7.41%
- 8.85%
- FCF Yield
- 7.45%
- 12.2%
- Buyback Yield
- 3.19%
- 3.22%
- Shareholder Yield
- 3.19%
- 4.26%
Taxes and interestIndustry
- Interest Expense
- $204.16M
- $77.46M
- Income Tax
- $495.98M
- $107.00M
- Effective Tax Rate
- 21.3%
- 20.0%
Scores and fair valueIndustry
- Graham Number
- $2170.92
- $76.72
- Graham Upside
- 9.79%
- 11.3%
- Altman Z-Score
- 0.91
- 0.94
- Piotroski F-Score
- 5
- 5
- Lynch Fair Value
- $3449.04
- –
- Lynch Upside
- 74.4%
- 74.7%
Total return vs. the S&P 500
Price change plus reinvested dividends, to the close on Nov 13, 2026. The S&P 500 is measured by the SPY fund.
| Period | MKL | S&P 500 | Difference | MKL per year | S&P 500 per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | +10.5% | -3.0% | +13.5 pts | ||
| 3 months | +7.6% | -2.8% | +10.4 pts | ||
| Year to date | -8.0% | +11.5% | −19.5 pts | ||
| 1 year | -5.0% | +13.5% | −18.5 pts | ||
| 3 years | +46.1% | +77.7% | −31.6 pts | +13.5% | +21.1% |
| 5 years | +53.3% | +72.6% | −19.3 pts | +8.9% | +11.5% |
| 10 years | +128.3% | +308.2% | −179.8 pts | +8.6% | +15.1% |
Short interest
Shares sold short and not yet covered, reported by brokers to FINRA twice a month. Latest settlement date Oct 30, 2026.
0M MKL shares were sold short on Oct 30, 2026, down 10.0% from the previous report, or 2.11% of the shares available to trade. At recent volumes it would take 4.0 days to buy them back. Over the last 20 sessions, 50.4% of the volume reported to FINRA was short selling.
| Settlement date | Shares short | Change | Avg. daily volume | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2026 | 253,820 | -10.0% | 64,042 | 4.0 |
| Oct 15, 2026 | 281,993 | +1.9% | 75,795 | 3.7 |
| Sep 30, 2026 | 276,782 | -0.7% | 79,620 | 3.5 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | 278,703 | +7.5% | 58,321 | 4.8 |
| Aug 31, 2026 | 259,225 | +10.3% | 63,061 | 4.1 |
| Aug 14, 2026 | 234,969 | -4.5% | 59,970 | 3.9 |
| Jul 31, 2026 | 246,071 | -16.9% | 63,632 | 3.9 |
| Jul 15, 2026 | 296,082 | -0.5% | 77,505 | 3.8 |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 297,569 | -8.4% | 77,233 | 3.9 |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 324,903 | +8.9% | 78,386 | 4.1 |
| May 29, 2026 | 298,481 | +27.0% | 79,513 | 3.8 |
| May 15, 2026 | 234,935 | +25.7% | 75,798 | 3.1 |
Ratios use trailing-twelve-month results and the latest balance sheet. How we calculate.
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