What is Markel's investment purchases?

Markel (MKL) reported investment purchases of $819.45M in Q1 2026.

How has Markel's investment purchases changed year-over-year?

Markel's investment purchases increased by 10.3% year-over-year, from $742.67M to $819.45M.

What is the long-term trend for Markel's investment purchases?

Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Markel's investment purchases has grown at a 4.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.17B to $3.78B.

What does investment purchases mean?

Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.

Markel MKL Investment Purchases

Investment Purchases at other companies

W.R. BerkleyWRB

$2.22B-10.8%

RLIRLI

$273.65M-9.4%

Global Indemnity Group, LLC GBLI

$713.97M+4.3%

Skyward Specialty Insurance Group, Inc.SKWD

$269.92M+113%

James River Group Holdings, Inc. JRVR

$88.47M+4.9%

Tiptree Inc.TIPT

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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$24.96B-2.2%

Enterprise value$25.66B-1.9%

P/E14.1×+2.6×

P/S1.6×-0.1×

Profitability

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Operating margin16.4%-1.7pp

Net margin11%-1.6pp

FCF margin13.6%-0.8pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity10.1%-1.2pp

Debt / equity0.2×0.0×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Markel in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:PaymentsToAcquireAvailableForSaleSecuritiesDebt.

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 investment purchases?: Markel (MKL) reported investment purchases of $819.45M in Q1 2026.
How has Markel's investment purchases changed year-over-year?: Markel's investment purchases increased by 10.3% year-over-year, from $742.67M to $819.45M.
What is the long-term trend for Markel's investment purchases?: Over 4 years (2021 to 2025), Markel's investment purchases has grown at a 4.6% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from $3.17B to $3.78B.
What does investment purchases mean?: Cash spent purchasing investment securities across all categories.