Financial Services
Markel Corporation(MKL)
Live Price
Offline$1,847.16
-1.14% today
1Y Change
-6.00%
Window
Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
- Market Cap
- $22.27B
- Revenue Growth
- -1.0%
- EPS Growth
- -15.0%
- Dividend Yield
- 0.0%
Coverage: 247 bars ยท Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Markel Corporation (MKL) is a Financial Services stock with a market cap of $22.27B and listed on NYSE. The stock last traded around $1847.16 and down 6.0% across the available one-year price window (Jun 25, 2025 โ Jun 18, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of -1.0%, EPS growth of -15.0%, a dividend yield of 0.0%. What stands out right now is revenue -1.0%, EPS -15.0%, free cash flow +9.2% with operating margin 13.9% and ROIC 6.4%. Valuation is more restrained than many high-expectation growth names at P/E 11.3 and price/sales 1.3. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a turnaround or cyclical reset than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MKL price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Financial Services peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Below sector median
-1.0% vs +3.4% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+13.9% vs +4.7% peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report is on the board
2026 was reported on Apr 29, 2026, but the surprise data is still limited.
The operating picture looks softer than before
Revenue is at -1.0% and EPS is at -15.0%, with operating margin around 13.9%.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +4.3% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 3 of those reports.
View quarter-by-quarter reaction table
| Quarter | EPS ฮ | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 Apr 29, 2026 | โ | +0.8% | +1.5% | +5.0% |
2026 Feb 4, 2026 | +24.7% | +2.0% | +2.2% | -1.7% |
2025 Oct 29, 2025 | +28.6% | +6.1% | +9.4% | +14.0% |
Benchmark Edge
MKL vs SPY, QQQ, and Sector ETFs
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
MKL
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Normalized return
SPY
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S&P 500
Excess Return
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Relative to SPY
MKL Max Drawdown
-20.10%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
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Trailing 1Y
Calendar-Year Returns
Uses the longest available daily history for MKL and SPY.
Company Overview
Markel Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Markel Corporation, a diverse financial holding company, markets and underwrites specialty insurance products in the United States, Bermuda, the United Kingdom, rest of Europe, Canada, the Asia Pacific, and the Middle East. Its Insurance segment 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. This segment also offers credit and surety products, and collateral protection insurance products. The company's Reinsurance segment offers transaction, healthcare, and environmental impairment liability; and specialty treaty reinsurance products comprising structured and whole turnover credit, political risk, mortgage and contract, and commercial surety reinsurance programs. Its Markel Ventures segment provides equipment used in baking systems and food processing; portable dredges; over-the-road car haulers and transportation equipment; and laminated oak and composite wood flooring, tube and tank trailers, as well as ornamental plants and residential homes, handbags, and architectural products. This segment also provides consulting, and other types of services to businesses and consumers, including distribution of exterior building products, crane rental, fire protection, and life safety services, management and technology consulting, and retail intelligence services. The company's Other segment provides healthcare, leasing and investment services, as well as operates as an insurance and investment fund manager offering a range of investment products, including insurance-linked securities, catastrophe bonds, insurance swaps, and weather derivatives; and program services. it also manages funds with third parties. Markel Corporation was founded in 1930 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.
- Leadership
- Thomas Sinnickson Gayner
- IPO Date
- Dec 12, 1986
- Employees
- 22.0k
- Street Address
- 4521 Highwoods Parkway
- Mailing
- Glen Allen, VA, 23060-6148
- Region
- Glen Allen, VA, US
- Reporting Currency
- USD
- Investor Line
- 804 747 0136
- Last Updated
- May 2, 2026
Key Fundamentals
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Valuation
- P/E
- 11.3
- EV/EBITDA
- 8.9
- Price/Sales
- 1.3
- Price/Book
- 1.1
Growth
- Revenue
- -1.0%
- EPS
- -15.0%
- Free Cash Flow
- +9.2%
Profitability
- Gross Margin
- 61.4%
- Operating Margin
- 13.9%
- Net Margin
- 10.7%
- ROE
- 9.8%
- ROIC
- 6.4%
Balance Sheet
- Debt/Equity
- 0.24
- Current Ratio
- 0.84
Earnings Reports
Latest News
Official Releases
Company announcements and filings-style updates.
Next Step
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