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Markel MKL Return on assets

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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$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 return on assets?
Markel (MKL) reported return on assets of 2.7% in Q1 2026.
How has Markel's return on assets changed year-over-year?
Markel's return on assets decreased by 12.0% year-over-year, from 3% to 2.7%.
What is the long-term trend for Markel's return on assets?
Over 2 years (2021 to 2025), Markel's return on assets has grown at a -26.9% compound annual growth rate (CAGR), from 24.3% to 13%.
What does return on assets mean?
How much profit the company squeezes out of everything it owns.
How do you interpret return on assets?
Higher means more productive assets. Unlike ROE, it is unaffected by leverage, so a wide ROE-minus-ROA gap flags a heavily levered balance sheet.
How does return on assets compare across companies?
Best compared within an industry — asset intensity varies enormously across sectors. Not meaningful for banks, whose assets are largely financial.