Markel Corporation
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Ratios
Valuation ratios (P/E, P/S, EV/EBITDA and the other multiples) are based on the closing price at the end of each period, not on the current price. Margins and returns are shown in percent, multiples without a unit, per-share figures in the reporting currency, net debt in millions.
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| 25.1 | 27.9 | 37.5 | 31.4 | 160.5 | 40.3 | 62.4 | 38.8 | 15.7 | – | 27.0 | 20.7 | 31.0 | 8.9 | – | 54.8 | 28.1 | 17.5 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 11.0 | 128.1 | 209.8 | – | 39.4 | 9.2 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 7.9 | 9.8 | 6.9 | 8.1 | 13.0 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 9.6 | |
| 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.2 | |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.3 | 1.3 | |
| 17.5 | 16.0 | 23.6 | 20.0 | 54.2 | 55.0 | 74.5 | 43.4 | 15.0 | 69.5 | 18.2 | 15.9 | 20.9 | 7.6 | 156.5 | 23.9 | 16.5 | 12.7 | 5.0 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 5.2 | 7.2 | 36.1 | 38.6 | 15.3 | 9.0 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 6.1 | 5.3 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 5.6 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 7.7 | 8.3 | 8.4 | 7.0 | |
| 36.6 | 27.0 | 23.4 | 21.5 | 20.1 | 20.3 | 19.8 | 18.1 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 18.6 | 20.7 | 22.8 | 13.8 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 7.8 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 9.1 | 8.1 | 6.5 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 9.5 | 11.3 | 12.4 | 10.2 | 10.0 | 9.8 | 10.4 | |
| 2.7% | 3.7% | 4.3% | 4.7% | 5.0% | 4.9% | 5.0% | 5.5% | 5.5% | 5.4% | 5.4% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 7.3% | 9.3% | 10.9% | 12.8% | 11.4% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 12.1% | 12.5% | 10.9% | 12.4% | 15.3% | 13.8% | 13.6% | 13.9% | 13.2% | 13.4% | 14.2% | 13.0% | 12.9% | 10.5% | 8.8% | 8.1% | 9.8% | 10.0% | 10.2% | 9.7% | |
| Margins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 62.9% | 62.6% | 60.6% | 61.3% | 53.4% | 52.2% | 51.1% | 52.3% | 59.7% | 53.8% | 57.6% | 58.1% | 56.9% | 62.5% | 46.8% | 49.1% | 48.1% | 47.9% | 69.3% | 78.1% | 76.8% | 75.8% | 70.4% | 61.3% | 70.9% | 62.0% | 56.6% | 54.9% | 46.6% | 51.4% | 53.0% | 51.4% | 55.1% | 58.9% | 55.7% | 56.9% | 56.1% | 56.9% | 61.4% | 62.3% | |
| 12.5% | 11.2% | 9.0% | 10.5% | 2.1% | 1.4% | 0.6% | 2.8% | 14.2% | -0.1% | 8.7% | 11.8% | 8.8% | 24.0% | -2.9% | 3.8% | 7.1% | 10.4% | 29.0% | 27.4% | 24.9% | 25.2% | 19.6% | 1.8% | 0.3% | -0.8% | 4.9% | 18.0% | 17.6% | 16.9% | 20.0% | 17.2% | 22.7% | 22.0% | 16.0% | 18.3% | 17.1% | 16.7% | 13.9% | 17.0% | |
| 9.3% | 8.1% | 6.5% | 7.6% | 1.6% | 6.5% | 4.2% | 5.7% | 14.1% | -1.8% | 6.5% | 8.9% | 6.5% | 18.8% | -2.6% | 2.9% | 5.4% | 8.5% | 23.1% | 21.4% | 19.5% | 19.1% | 14.5% | 1.3% | 0.6% | -0.9% | 3.4% | 13.4% | 12.6% | 12.7% | 15.2% | 13.0% | 17.2% | 16.6% | 12.0% | 13.9% | 13.0% | 12.9% | 10.7% | 13.2% | |
| 6.4% | 8.4% | 10.4% | 11.1% | 12.8% | 12.9% | 13.2% | 12.3% | 12.2% | 11.3% | 9.5% | 8.9% | 8.9% | 12.1% | 15.9% | 17.0% | 19.3% | 17.0% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 16.1% | 16.6% | 17.6% | 20.1% | 20.1% | 21.0% | 18.4% | 17.1% | 16.9% | 16.1% | 17.1% | 16.5% | 15.3% | 14.1% | 13.8% | 12.7% | 14.9% | 15.6% | 13.2% | 12.2% | |
| Returns | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6.1% | 5.4% | 4.2% | 4.9% | 1.0% | 4.2% | 2.8% | 4.1% | 10.8% | -1.4% | 5.2% | 7.0% | 5.0% | 16.2% | -2.0% | 2.0% | 4.0% | 6.4% | 21.2% | 19.2% | 17.2% | 16.7% | 12.9% | 1.1% | 0.6% | -0.8% | 3.2% | 14.2% | 13.8% | 13.3% | 16.1% | 13.3% | 17.4% | 16.2% | 10.8% | 12.9% | 11.5% | 11.3% | 9.8% | 12.0% | |
| 2.2% | 1.9% | 1.5% | 1.8% | 0.4% | 1.4% | 1.0% | 1.4% | 3.8% | -0.4% | 1.5% | 2.0% | 1.4% | 4.8% | -0.5% | 0.6% | 1.2% | 2.0% | 6.5% | 5.9% | 5.2% | 5.1% | 4.6% | 0.3% | 0.2% | -0.2% | 0.9% | 3.9% | 3.7% | 4.6% | 5.6% | 4.5% | 6.2% | 5.8% | 3.8% | 4.5% | 4.1% | 3.1% | 2.6% | 3.2% | |
| Balance Sheet & Debt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2,638 | 489 | 3,049 | 2,385 | 2,587 | 598 | 3,655 | 3,804 | 3,360 | 3,770 | 3,703 | 5,031 | 5,078 | 3,996 | 3,353 | 2,379 | 2,404 | 2,626 | 3,248 | 4,641 | 4,598 | 985 | -779 | 1,099 | -665 | 467 | 154 | -283 | -414 | -350 | -421 | 184 | -270 | 311 | -284 | 69 | -332 | 534 | 702 | 945 | |
| 2.9 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | 13.6 | 8.7 | 2.5 | 14.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 32.5 | 3.8 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 0.3 | -0.3 | 2.1 | -1.8 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | |
| 35.6% | 35.0% | 36.0% | 36.1% | 34.8% | 34.7% | 34.6% | 34.9% | 35.4% | 27.3% | 28.2% | 28.5% | 28.7% | 29.5% | 27.0% | 29.2% | 29.6% | 30.7% | 30.6% | 30.6% | 30.0% | 30.3% | 35.4% | 26.6% | 32.5% | 20.6% | 27.0% | 27.2% | 26.5% | 34.5% | 35.0% | 34.2% | 35.4% | 35.7% | 35.3% | 35.0% | 35.6% | 27.0% | 26.4% | 26.7% | |
| 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | |
| Per Share | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 36.98 | 32.38 | 26.00 | 31.10 | 6.66 | 28.28 | 18.74 | 27.93 | 75.90 | -9.21 | 36.85 | 52.72 | 38.07 | 129.14 | -13.88 | 16.84 | 34.70 | 58.98 | 201.97 | 193.75 | 175.12 | 178.03 | 133.62 | 10.09 | 5.17 | -7.48 | 32.46 | 150.34 | 145.10 | 150.24 | 192.46 | 160.90 | 227.94 | 212.50 | 143.61 | 175.41 | 163.34 | 178.08 | 157.85 | 203.40 | |
| 397.86 | 398.81 | 402.09 | 410.45 | 416.78 | 433.95 | 445.44 | 487.22 | 540.03 | 499.53 | 564.07 | 593.50 | 582.97 | 686.95 | 543.55 | 589.76 | 644.26 | 697.05 | 874.93 | 905.10 | 895.86 | 934.35 | 919.46 | 796.64 | 825.50 | 862.54 | 940.97 | 1,119.60 | 1,151.23 | 1,182.72 | 1,263.11 | 1,238.76 | 1,328.22 | 1,281.76 | 1,197.92 | 1,263.00 | 1,254.13 | 1,381.34 | 1,475.02 | 1,544.95 | |
| 605.42 | 601.26 | 616.06 | 638.73 | 636.80 | 680.08 | 669.27 | 679.63 | 701.71 | 652.53 | 704.19 | 749.13 | 766.26 | 798.53 | 703.64 | 824.44 | 860.20 | 925.17 | 951.08 | 1,011.43 | 1,016.81 | 1,068.81 | 1,032.90 | 937.13 | 904.30 | 965.24 | 1,020.00 | 1,057.75 | 1,049.02 | 1,127.80 | 1,195.36 | 1,211.68 | 1,307.08 | 1,308.57 | 1,335.87 | 1,360.42 | 1,417.18 | 1,571.82 | 1,614.24 | 1,692.01 | |
| 25.41 | 33.47 | 41.76 | 45.49 | 53.24 | 56.09 | 59.01 | 59.98 | 65.95 | 56.50 | 53.62 | 52.68 | 51.82 | 83.00 | 86.32 | 100.49 | 124.62 | 118.27 | 136.41 | 141.54 | 144.30 | 154.83 | 161.48 | 160.29 | 166.10 | 181.35 | 173.55 | 191.89 | 194.30 | 190.29 | 215.81 | 204.81 | 202.66 | 180.94 | 164.82 | 160.89 | 186.59 | 215.89 | 194.75 | 188.59 | |
Showing the most recent 40 periods — older statements are on file for this stock.
Data as of: October 7, 2026 · Source: fundamental data & SEC filings (annual and quarterly reports, 10-K/10-Q)
Note: pure fact-based analysis, not investment advice and not a solicitation to buy or sell. All figures without guarantee.