Markel Corporation
$1883.58+0.1%
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Price updated 15m ago·X counts updated 2d ago
What it does
Plain-English summary of the business — what they sell and how they make money.
Industry overviewAI analysisGenerated by AI from underlying data
Where Insurance - Property & Casualty sits in its cycle right now — and what that implies for $MKL.
Insurance - Property & Casualty
No material change from last week — climate-driven cat events push combined ratios higher across P&C underwriters, keeping reinsurance costs sticky even as rate cycles moderate.
Top industry ETF
$KIESPDR S&P Insurance ETF
+7.2%YTD
+13.5%1Y
Fundamentals & catalyst
Profitability, valuation, and the next earnings event — at a glance, with rule-of-thumb signals.
Key ratios
P/E
10.3How much investors are paying per dollar of profit the company actually earned in the last 12 months. Lower means the stock looks cheaper relative to earnings.~15–25 is typical for the S&P 500; high-growth names trade 30+; hyper-growth or speculative can be 100+ or negative.ROIC
4.9%What percentage return the business earns on every dollar of capital (equity + debt) deployed in operations. The cleanest measure of business quality.Above ~15% is high-quality; consistently above 25% suggests a real moat. Below the company's cost of capital is value-destroying.Op margin
17.0%Operating profit (after sales, marketing, R&D, and overhead but before interest and taxes) as a percentage of revenue. The clearest view of how well the underlying business is run.Mature business above 20% is healthy; software businesses can run 30%+; commodity / retail businesses operate in single digits.FCF yield
9.1%Free cash flow (operating cash flow minus capex) divided by the company's market cap. The cash-on-cash return you'd get owning the whole business at today's price.Above ~5% is attractive; below ~2% means you're paying up for growth. Capital-light businesses (software) run higher than capital-heavy ones (utilities).P/S
1.3Same idea as P/E but per dollar of revenue. Useful for companies that aren't profitable yet, where P/E is meaningless.Under ~2 is cheap; software / SaaS often runs 8–15; well above 20 implies the market is pricing in very high future growth.ROE
12.4%Net income as a percentage of shareholders' equity. Similar to ROIC but counts only the equity side.Above 20% is strong, but can be inflated by leverage — a heavily indebted company can show high ROE with weak underlying ROIC.Gross margin
62.3%Revenue minus the direct cost of producing what was sold, as a percentage of revenue. The first read on whether the product is structurally profitable.Software / SaaS is typically 70%+; consumer goods 30–50%; commodity / hardware businesses can be under 20%.D/E
0.2Total debt divided by shareholders' equity. Measures how much the business runs on borrowed money versus owner capital.Under 1 is conservative; 1–2 is typical for mature businesses; over 2 is leveraged and more sensitive to interest rates.Past earnings
QuarterReportedActualEstimateSurprise
Q2 2026Jul 29, 2026$26.28$30.64-14.2%
Q1 2026Apr 28, 2026$21.61$26.47-18.4%
Q4 2025Feb 4, 2026$34.45$27.62+24.7%
Q3 2025Oct 29, 2025$30.90$24.02+28.6%
Next earningsWed, Nov 4·consensus EPS $27.55
Quarterly trend
QuarterRevenueYoYGrossOpEPSFCF
Q2 FY26$5.2B+17.8%59.1%29.2%$93.08$384.5M
Q1 FY26$3.6B+6.7%67.1%-7.7%$-18.90$-31.4M
Q4 FY25$4.2B+9.9%69.6%17.4%$48.95$599.1M
Q3 FY25$4.4B-2.5%55.0%22.3%$59.44$1.2B
Forward consensus
FYRevenueRangeEPSRangeAnalysts
FY26$14.8B$14.2B – $15.5B$103.17$93.03 – $110.582
FY27$15.2B$14.5B – $16.0B$114.01$104.79 – $127.784
FY28$15.9B$15.3B – $16.5B$109.77$99.44 – $120.102
Setup & momentum
Volume, range, and moving-average position — the technical setup driving short-term moves.
Right now
Vol vs 30dToday's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.1.7×Today's traded share volume divided by the average over the prior 30 trading days. ≥3× signals unusual interest; below 1× is quiet.
52w rangeWhere the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.33%Where the latest close sits between the 52-week low (0%) and high (100%). Above 80% is extended; below 30% is basing or in a downtrend.
vs 50d MALatest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.-0.9%Latest close vs the 50-day simple moving average. Positive = short-term trend is up.
vs 200d MALatest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.-4.7%Latest close vs the 200-day simple moving average. Positive = long-term trend is up.
Float & profile
FloatLow float · 12.1M shFree-float shares — the slice of issued stock actually available to trade. Lower buckets squeeze harder on a catalyst.Traded today1.0% of floatToday's volume as a percent of the free float. Above 5% on a single day is unusually high turnover for the available share count.β0.665-year weekly beta vs the S&P 500. Above 1.5 means the stock typically moves more than the index; below 0.8 moves less.
Insider activity
Recent open-market buys and sells by officers and directors — flagged when multiple insiders cluster.
SEC filings
Material 8-K, 13D, S-3, and 424B5 events from the last 180 days — the filings that actually move the price.
Recent material filings
8-KPress release / Reg FDMay 208-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
SC 13D/AActivist amendmentApr 15SC 13D/A
8-KPress release / Reg FDFeb 268-K — Item 7.01: Press release / Reg FD
8-KOfficer or director changeFeb 268-K — Item 5.02: Officer or director change · Item 5.03: Charter amendment
+ 16 other (3 13Fs · 2 10-Qs · 2 earnings 8-Ks · 2 13Gs) in window
Recent news
Latest headlines from major outlets, sourced and timestamped — context for whatever just moved.
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