Superworth

Tom Gayner

Markel GroupQuality at fair prices

Buys profitable businesses with good management and reinvestment at fair prices.

US stock portfolio
$13.1B
Positions
130
Quarter
Q2 2026
13F filed with the SEC
In its top 10
43%
Active share
70%
different from S&P 500
Turnover a year
3%
Median holding
10.8 yrs

How the picks did

Trailed the S&P 500 by 3.3 pts a year over 5 years (20 quarters).

  • Markel Group7.0% a year
  • S&P 50010.4% a year
How this is measured

Each 13F report is held from the week it was filed to the week of the next, priced weekly without dividends, and compared with the price of an ETF tracking the index it was closest to that quarter. No shorts, cash, bonds or options. Small and delisted companies we do not price are left out, and a quarter counts only when 70% or more of the portfolio is priced. Past results say nothing about future ones.

13F shows US long stock positions only, filed up to 45 days after the quarter.

Largest holdings

Each tile's size is its share of the portfolio at the end of Q2 2026. Green was bought or added to that quarter, red trimmed.

What changed in Q2 2026

Bought

Its bets against S&P 500

Holds much more than the index

Holds much less, or none

By sector

  • Financial Services41%
  • Industrials17%
  • Communication Services12%

Every position, Q2 2026

CompanyShare of portfolioValueChange
GOOGAlphabet7.40%$971.6M
BRK-ABerkshire Hathaway6.35%$834.2M
BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway5.84%$766.6M
DEDeere4.24%$556.9M
BNBrookfield4.24%$556.8M
AMZNAmazon.com3.69%$484M
ADIAnalog Devices3.02%$397Mtrimmed
GSGoldman Sachs2.77%$363.4M
AAPLApple2.70%$355.1M
CATCaterpillar2.67%$350M
VVisa2.65%$347.9Madded
HDHome Depot2.48%$325.3Madded
WSOWatsco1.90%$249.1Madded
TXNTexas Instruments1.64%$215.8M
BLKBlackRock1.61%$211.7M
GOOGLAlphabet1.56%$204.4M
MSFTMicrosoft1.53%$200.5M
DISWalt Disney1.49%$195.5M
AXPAmerican Express1.26%$165.9M
LOWLowe's Companies1.26%$165.8Madded
PGRProgressive1.25%$164.7M
FNVFranco-Nevada1.23%$161.2Madded
LPLALPL Financial1.20%$157.7M
JNJJohnson & Johnson1.18%$155.1M
BXBlackstone1.10%$144.6M
RLIRLI1.08%$141.4M
GDGeneral Dynamics1.05%$138.5M
NVONovo Nordisk A/S1.05%$137.6M
KKRKKR1.01%$133.2M
METAMeta Platforms1.00%$131.9Mtrimmed
SCHWCharles Schwab0.98%$128.7Madded
MRSHMarsh & McLennan Companies0.97%$127.3M
APOApollo Global Management0.91%$119.8M
ADMArcher-Daniels-Midland0.88%$115M
LINLinde0.85%$111.9Madded
DEODiageo0.84%$110.3M
MAMastercard0.81%$106.6M
DGDollar General0.76%$100.1M
BAMBrookfield Asset Management0.75%$98.4M
HEI-AHEICO0.75%$97.9M
MCOMoody's0.74%$96.9M
ODFLOld Dominion Freight Line0.71%$93M
NSCNorfolk Southern0.68%$88.9M
ITWIllinois Tool Works0.67%$88.6M
JPMJPMorgan Chase0.63%$82.7M
NVRNVR0.63%$82.4Madded
MSCIMSCI0.61%$80M
ROKRockwell Automation0.58%$76.7M
ECLEcolab0.58%$76.4M
SUNBSunbelt Rentals0.56%$72.9Madded
SBUXStarbucks0.49%$63.7M
ROLRollins0.48%$63.3Madded
THGHanover Insurance0.46%$60.2M
ITICInvestors Title0.44%$58.4M
CGCarlyle0.43%$55.9M
TSNTyson Foods0.40%$52.3Madded
SPGIS&P Global0.37%$47.9M
AONAon0.34%$45M
UNPUnion Pacific0.33%$43.8Madded
FERGFerguson0.33%$42.8Madded
RTXRTX0.32%$42.5M
CSCOCisco Systems0.32%$41.8M
MELIMercadoLibre0.31%$40.7Madded
YUMYum! Brands0.30%$39.2M
MARMarriott International0.28%$36.9Madded
ALLAllstate0.28%$36.8M
TMOThermo Fisher Scientific0.28%$36.6Madded
COSTCostco Wholesale0.28%$36.6M
HGTYHagerty0.27%$35.9M
TROWT. Rowe Price0.27%$35.7M
URIUnited Rentals0.27%$35.3M
ABNBAirbnb0.26%$34.7M
LMTLockheed Martin0.25%$33.2M
HCAHCA Healthcare0.25%$32.9Madded
SHWSherwin-Williams0.25%$32.4M
FDSFactset Research Systems0.24%$31.1M
LAMRLamar Advertising0.23%$30.1M
VRSKVerisk Analytics0.21%$28M
CSXCSX0.21%$27.8Madded
AMATApplied Materials0.20%$26.3M
APDAir Products and Chemicals0.20%$25.9Madded
FIXComfort Systems USA0.20%$25.8M
CCKCrown0.19%$24.6M
BF-ABrown Forman0.18%$23.1M
RNRRenaissancere0.17%$22.2M
EPDEnterprise Products Partners0.16%$20.9Madded
PMPhilip Morris International0.16%$20.7M
ACNAccenture0.15%$19.8M
CMCSAComcast0.15%$19.7Mtrimmed
HXLHexcel0.14%$18.9M
NKENIKE0.14%$18.4M
COFCapital One Financial0.14%$18.3M
BNYBank of New York Mellon0.14%$18M
CARRCarrier Global0.13%$17.2M
WFCWells Fargo0.13%$16.9M
SEICSEI Investments0.12%$15.2M
PAYXPaychex0.11%$14.7M
HSYHershey0.10%$13.2M
PEPPepsiCo0.10%$13M
BF-BBrown Forman0.10%$12.6M

The largest 100 of 130 positions.

About these numbers

A 13F lists a manager's US stock positions at the end of a quarter and is filed up to 45 days later. It leaves out shorts, cash, bonds and most non-US holdings, so it is a picture of the stock book, not the whole firm. The filings on SEC EDGAR