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Markel MKL Earnings yield

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7.6%+1.1pp
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6.8%-0.2pp
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American International GroupAIG
7.8%+5.9pp
Arch Capital Group logo
Arch Capital GroupACGL
14.2%+3.8pp
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4.7%
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KKR & Co.KKR
3.6%+1.4pp

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$3.6B+0.1%
Operating income-$273.3M-197%
Net income-$212.3M-274%
EPS (diluted)-$18.90-256%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$3.7B-12.2%
Total debt$4.4B-0.2%
Total equity$18.1B+5.7%
Total assets$68.6B+6.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$15.9M-95.8%
CapEx$47.3M+16.1%
Free cash flow-$31.4M-109%

Valuation

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Market cap$23.38B+0.8%
Enterprise value$24.08B+2.9%
P/E13.2×+0.6×
P/S1.5×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin16.4%-1.7pp
Net margin11%-1.6pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.1%-1.2pp
Debt / equity0.2×0.0×

Where this comes from

Calculated from Markel’s reported figures.

Based on trailing twelve months.

The official record: Markel’s 10-Q, filed April 28, 2026, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

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Questions, answered.

What is Markel's earnings yield?
Markel (MKL) reported earnings yield of 7.4% in Q1 2026.
How has Markel's earnings yield changed year-over-year?
Markel's earnings yield decreased by 4.6% year-over-year, from 7.7% to 7.4%.
What is the long-term trend for Markel's earnings yield?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Markel's earnings yield has grown at a -27.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 63.5% to 32.9%.
What does earnings yield mean?
The company's annual profit as a percentage of its market price — the flip side of the P/E.
How do you interpret earnings yield?
Higher means more earnings per dollar invested. Easy to compare directly against bond yields to judge the relative attractiveness of equity.
How does earnings yield compare across companies?
Comparable across profitable companies and against fixed-income yields; undefined when earnings are negative.