MARKEL GROUP INC. financial metrics

Professional SEC-based dashboard for profitability, financial health, and growth with transparent scoring logic. Latest period: Q4 2025.

Symbol
MKL on NYSE
Location
Glen Allen, VA
Fiscal year end
31 December
Latest financial report
26 Feb 2026

Quick Takeaways

  • MKL - MARKEL GROUP INC. financial facts are built from SEC company filings data.
  • Latest metrics period on this page: Q4 2025.
  • Headline metric: Return On Equity 12%.

What Changed

  • Return On Equity YoY change: <span class="text-red-600">-31%</span>.
  • Most recent SEC facts end date: 04 Feb 2026.

Why This Matters

  • This gives a beginner-friendly first read before you inspect detailed formulas and metric tables.
  • Every metric card links to a deeper SEC-backed history page for verification.

Official SEC Source

Based on latest 10-Q/10-K

Facts and ratios are grounded in SEC company facts linked to the latest 10-Q/10-K cycle.

See Original Filing

Latest SEC snapshot (2026-02-04) highlights Return On Equity 11.8%, Return On Assets 3.1%, and Operating Margin 18.8%.

Financial Quality Score

Transparent 0-100 scoring model based on profitability, financial health, and growth factors.

48.2/100

Caution Confidence high

Return On Equity

12%

Metric score 22.2/100

Return On Assets

3.1%

Metric score 13.2/100

Financial Health

Current Ratio
3.17x
Quick Ratio
1.09x
Debt to Equity
0.26x

Strengths

Quick Ratio and Debt-to-equity

Watchpoints

Return On Equity, Return On Assets, and NetIncomeLoss YoY

Key metrics snapshot

Return On Equity

12%

YoY: -31%

Industry median: 14% (n=63)

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Return On Assets

3.1%

YoY: -31%

Industry median: 3.3% (n=63)

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Debt-to-equity

0.26x

YoY: +3.3%

Industry median: 3.24x (n=57)

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Revenues YoY

4.7%

YoY:

Industry median: 6.7% (n=65)

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NetIncomeLoss YoY

-23%

YoY:

Industry median: 24% (n=58)

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Profitability

Metric Latest value YoY change
Return On Equity 12% -31%
Return On Assets 3% -31%
Operating Margin 19% -18%

Financial Health

Metric Latest value YoY change
Current Ratio 3.17x
Quick Ratio 1.09x
Debt-to-equity 0.26x +3.3%

Growth

Metric Latest value YoY change
Revenues YoY 4.7%
NetIncomeLoss YoY -23%

Share Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding 12,575,726 -1.5%
Common Stock, Value, Issued $3,672,381,000 +3.1%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Basic 12,609,000 -3.1%
Weighted Average Number of Shares Outstanding, Diluted 12,648,000 -3%

Additional Metrics

Metric Latest value YoY change
Costs and Expenses $13,394,462,000 +3.8%
Operating Income (Loss) $3,194,852,000 -14%
Income (Loss) from Continuing Operations before Income Taxes, Noncontrolling Interest $2,732,708,000 -25%
Income Tax Expense (Benefit) $580,303,000 -27%
Earnings Per Share, Basic 170 -15%
Earnings Per Share, Diluted 169 -15%
Cash and Cash Equivalents, at Carrying Value $3,964,705,000 +7.4%
Inventory, Net $703,400,000 -3.8%
Property, Plant and Equipment, Net $1,500,000,000 +7.1%
Operating Lease, Right-of-Use Asset $658,180,000 -3.4%
Intangible Assets, Net (Excluding Goodwill) $1,543,002,000 +5.7%
Goodwill $2,822,091,000 +3.2%
Assets $68,905,050,000 +11%
Liabilities $49,802,861,000 +12%
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax $109,460,000 +82%
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit) $15,034,835,000 +12%
Stockholders' Equity Attributable to Parent $18,597,756,000 +9.9%
Stockholders' Equity, Including Portion Attributable to Noncontrolling Interest $18,596,125,000 +9.8%
Liabilities and Equity $68,905,050,000 +11%
Common Stock, Shares Authorized 50,000,000 0%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, Restricted Cash and Restricted Cash Equivalents $4,603,302,000 +9.8%
Deferred Tax Assets, Valuation Allowance $30,948,000 -7%
Deferred Tax Assets, Gross $914,119,000 +8.7%
Operating Lease, Liability $710,037,000 -1.9%
Comprehensive Income (Loss), Net of Tax, Attributable to Parent $2,614,632,000 +0.25%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid $872,123,000 -1.2%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Two $121,071,000 +4.1%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year One $140,415,000 +7.2%
Operating Lease, Weighted Average Discount Rate, Percent 0.046 +7%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, Undiscounted Excess Amount $162,086,000 +2.3%
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Three $104,741,000 +3.8%
Deferred Tax Assets, Operating Loss Carryforwards $33,054,000 -11%
Unrecognized Tax Benefits $0
Lessee, Operating Lease, Liability, to be Paid, Year Four $89,707,000 +1.4%
Amortization of Intangible Assets $185,007,000 +1.9%
Deferred Tax Assets, Net of Valuation Allowance $883,171,000 +9.4%
Interest Expense $205,910,000 +0.79%

How we score

This score is transparent and deterministic. We weight profitability, financial health, and growth metrics, then renormalize weights when SEC data is missing.

Metric Weight V1 threshold
ROIC205% to 20%
ROE158% to 25%
ROA102% to 10%
Operating Margin55% to 25%
Current Ratio121.0x to 2.0x
Quick Ratio80.8x to 1.5x
Debt to Equity100.3x to 2.0x (lower is better)
Revenue YoY10-10% to +20%
Net Income YoY10-10% to +20%

How Calculated (standard_v1)

Metrics are computed with a market-consensus convention designed for cross-portal comparability.

  • TTM Operating Income / TTM Revenues
  • Current Assets / Current Liabilities (latest instant quarter)
  • (Current Assets - Inventory) / Current Liabilities; fallback: (Cash+Short-Term Investments + Accounts Receivable) / Current Liabilities
  • Total Debt / Stockholders Equity (latest instant quarter; shared unit; freshest series)
  • TTM Net Income / Average Equity (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM Net Income / Average Assets (current quarter + same quarter previous year) / 2
  • TTM NOPAT / Average Invested Capital, where NOPAT=Operating Income*(1-tax rate), Invested Capital=Equity+Total Debt-Cash & ST Investments
  • TTM Revenues YoY
  • TTM Net Income YoY