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Markel Group (MKL) Stock Price, News & Analysis

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$1,850.33 +30.95 (+1.70%)
Closing price 03/14/2025 03:59 PM Eastern
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$1,844.28 -6.06 (-0.33%)
As of 03/14/2025 05:30 PM Eastern
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About Markel Group Stock (NYSE:MKL)

Key Stats

Today's Range
$1,820.51
$1,851.48
50-Day Range
$1,661.93
$2,059.04
52-Week Range
$1,417.65
$2,063.68
Volume
39,196 shs
Average Volume
45,856 shs
Market Capitalization
$23.63 billion
P/E Ratio
9.30
Dividend Yield
N/A
Price Target
$1,702.20
Consensus Rating
Reduce

Company Overview

Markel Group Inc., a diverse holding company, engages in marketing and underwriting specialty insurance products in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, and Germany. The company offers general and professional liability, personal lines, marine and energy, specialty programs, and workers' compensation insurance products; and property coverages that include fire, allied lines, and other specialized property coverages, including catastrophe-exposed property risks, such as earthquake and wind. It also offers credit and surety products, and collateral protection insurance products. In addition, the company offers transaction, directors and officers, and healthcare liability reinsurance; and specialty treaty reinsurance products comprising credit and surety, workers' compensation, marine and energy, public entity, mortgage default, aviation and space, agriculture, and discrete political violence and national terror pools. Further, it provides construction services, consumer and building products, transportation-related products, consulting services, and equipment manufacturing products, as well as healthcare, leasing, and investment services. Additionally, the company operates as an insurance and investment fund manager offering a range of investment products, including insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bonds, insurance swaps, traditional reinsurance contracts, industry loss warranties and other financial instruments; and program services. It also manages funds with third parties. The company was formerly known as Markel Corporation and changed its name to Markel Group Inc. in May 2023. Markel Group Inc. was founded in 1930 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.

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Markel Group Stock Analysis - MarketRank™

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76th Percentile Overall Score

MKL MarketRank™: 

Markel Group scored higher than 76% of companies evaluated by MarketBeat, and ranked 7th out of 22 stocks in the multi-sector conglomerates sector. Scores are calculated by averaging available category scores, with extra weight given to analysis and valuation.

  • Consensus Rating

    Markel Group has received a consensus rating of Reduce. The company's average rating score is 1.80, and is based on no buy ratings, 4 hold ratings, and 1 sell rating.

  • Amount of Analyst Coverage

    Markel Group has only been the subject of 1 research reports in the past 90 days.

  • Read more about Markel Group's stock forecast and price target.
  • Earnings Growth

    Earnings for Markel Group are expected to grow by 9.43% in the coming year, from $96.25 to $105.33 per share.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. the Market

    The P/E ratio of Markel Group is 9.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the market average P/E ratio of about 23.47.

  • Price to Earnings Ratio vs. Sector

    The P/E ratio of Markel Group is 9.30, which means that it is trading at a less expensive P/E ratio than the Multi-Sector Conglomerates sector average P/E ratio of about 10.16.

  • Price to Book Value per Share Ratio

    Markel Group has a P/B Ratio of 1.69. P/B Ratios below 3 indicates that a company is reasonably valued with respect to its assets and liabilities.

  • Read more about Markel Group's valuation and earnings.
  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.39% of the float of Markel Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Markel Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Markel Group has recently decreased by 3.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • Dividend Yield

    Markel Group does not currently pay a dividend.

  • Dividend Growth

    Markel Group does not have a long track record of dividend growth.

  • Percentage of Shares Shorted

    1.39% of the float of Markel Group has been sold short.
  • Short Interest Ratio / Days to Cover

    Markel Group has a short interest ratio ("days to cover") of 2.6, which is generally considered an acceptable ratio of short interest to trading volume.
  • Change versus previous month

    Short interest in Markel Group has recently decreased by 3.08%, indicating that investor sentiment is improving.
  • News Sentiment

    Markel Group has a news sentiment score of 1.11. This score is calculated as an average of sentiment of articles about the company over the last seven days and ranges from 2 (good news) to -2 (bad news). This is a higher news sentiment than the 0.67 average news sentiment score of Multi-Sector Conglomerates companies.
  • News Coverage This Week

    MarketBeat has tracked 16 news articles for Markel Group this week, compared to 9 articles on an average week.
  • Search Interest

    6 people have searched for MKL on MarketBeat in the last 30 days. This is an increase of 500% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • MarketBeat Follows

    Only 3 people have added Markel Group to their MarketBeat watchlist in the last 30 days. This is a decrease of -70% compared to the previous 30 days.
  • Insider Buying vs. Insider Selling

    In the past three months, Markel Group insiders have sold 1,781.94% more of their company's stock than they have bought. Specifically, they have bought $200,801.00 in company stock and sold $3,778,952.00 in company stock.

  • Percentage Held by Insiders

    Only 1.71% of the stock of Markel Group is held by insiders.

  • Percentage Held by Institutions

    77.12% of the stock of Markel Group is held by institutions. High institutional ownership can be a signal of strong market trust in this company.

  • Read more about Markel Group's insider trading history.
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MKL Stock Analysis - Frequently Asked Questions

Markel Group's stock was trading at $1,726.23 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MKL stock has increased by 7.2% and is now trading at $1,850.3340.
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Markel Group Inc. (NYSE:MKL) released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February, 5th. The insurance provider reported $20.51 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $20.66 by $0.15. Markel Group had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.55% and a net margin of 16.34%.

The following companies are subsidiaries of Markel Group: Metromont, Lansing Building Products LLC, VSC Fire & Security Inc., Nephila Capital, State National Companies, Costa Farms, Allsport Insurance Marketing Ltd, and others.

Top institutional investors of Markel Group include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.95%), Principal Financial Group Inc. (4.26%), Davis Selected Advisers (2.88%) and Boston Partners (2.19%). Insiders that own company stock include Steven A Markel, Thomas Sinnickson Gayner, Anthony F Markel, A Lynne Puckett, Lawrence A Cunningham, Greta J Harris and Morgan E Housel.
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Shares of MKL stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Charles Schwab, E*TRADE, Fidelity, and Vanguard Brokerage Services.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some other companies that Markel Group investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Meta Platforms (META), Arista Networks (ANET), PayPal (PYPL), Invesco QQQ (QQQ), Broadcom (AVGO) and Netflix (NFLX).

Company Calendar

Last Earnings
2/05/2025
Today
3/14/2025
Next Earnings (Estimated)
4/29/2025
Fiscal Year End
12/31/2025

Industry, Sector and Symbol

Stock Exchange
NYSE
Industry
Fire, marine, & casualty insurance
Sub-Industry
Property & Casualty Insurance
Current Symbol
NYSE:MKL
Employees
21,600
Year Founded
1930

Price Target and Rating

Average Stock Price Target
$1,685.17
High Stock Price Target
$2,025.00
Low Stock Price Target
$1,450.00
Potential Upside/Downside
-8.9%
Consensus Rating
Reduce
Rating Score (0-4)
1.83
Research Coverage
6 Analysts

Profitability

Trailing P/E Ratio
9.30
Forward P/E Ratio
19.22
P/E Growth
N/A
Net Income
$2.64 billion
Pretax Margin
22.51%

Debt

Sales & Book Value

Annual Sales
$16.75 billion
Cash Flow
$170.38 per share
Price / Cash Flow
10.86
Book Value
$1,094.24 per share
Price / Book
1.69

Miscellaneous

Free Float
12,642,000
Market Cap
$23.63 billion
Optionable
Optionable
Beta
0.81

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This page (NYSE:MKL) was last updated on 3/15/2025 by MarketBeat.com Staff
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