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Markel Group (Markel Group) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %

: 14.33% (As of Dec. 2023)
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Markel Group's Enterprise Value for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was $19,813 Mil. Markel Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 was $2,839 Mil. Markel Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 14.33%.

The historical rank and industry rank for Markel Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % or its related term are showing as below:

MKL' s Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Range Over the Past 10 Years
Min: -0.37   Med: 5.63   Max: 22.25
Current: 14.66

During the past 13 years, the highest Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) of Markel Group was 22.25%. The lowest was -0.37%. And the median was 5.63%.

MKL's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % is ranked better than
72.45% of 490 companies
in the Insurance industry
Industry Median: 5.65 vs MKL: 14.66

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

A better indicator of the attractiveness of an investment which takes growth into account is the Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) %. Markel Group's Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % for the quarter that ended in Dec. 2023 was 29.83%. The Forward Rate of Return uses the normalized Free Cash Flow of the past seven years, and considers growth. The forward rate of return can be thought of as the return that investors buying the stock today can expect from it in the future.


Markel Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Historical Data

The historical data trend for Markel Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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Markel Group Annual Data
Trend Dec14 Dec15 Dec16 Dec17 Dec18 Dec19 Dec20 Dec21 Dec22 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %
Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 14.97 8.27 18.12 0.24 14.33

Markel Group Quarterly Data
Mar19 Jun19 Sep19 Dec19 Mar20 Jun20 Sep20 Dec20 Mar21 Jun21 Sep21 Dec21 Mar22 Jun22 Sep22 Dec22 Mar23 Jun23 Sep23 Dec23
Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only Premium Member Only 0.24 4.33 14.79 13.72 14.33

Competitive Comparison

For the Insurance - Property & Casualty subindustry, Markel Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) %, along with its competitors' market caps and Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % data, can be viewed below:

* Competitive companies are chosen from companies within the same industry, with headquarter located in same country, with closest market capitalization; x-axis shows the market cap, and y-axis shows the term value; the bigger the dot, the larger the market cap. Note that "N/A" values will not show up in the chart.


Markel Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Distribution

For the Insurance industry and Financial Services sector, Markel Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % distribution charts can be found below:

* The bar in red indicates where Markel Group's Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % falls into.



Markel Group Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Calculation

In his book, The Little That Beat the Market, hedge fund manager Joel Greenblatt defines Earnings Yield as operating income divided by enterprise value.

Markel Groups Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2023 is calculated as

Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt)=EBIT/Enterprise Value
=2838.783/19812.7188
=14.33 %

Markel Group's EBIT for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Dec. 2023 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was $2,839 Mil.



Markel Group  (NYSE:MKL) Earnings Yield (Joel Greenblatt) % Explanation

Joel Greenblatt defines the earnings yield using the above equation because it more accurately reflects the company's profitability relative to its stock price. Items like interest payment and tax etc. are not directly related to the company's operational profitability.

Enterprise Value instead of market cap (share price) is used in the calculation because it is the real price stock and bond investors together pay for the company.


Be Aware

Joel Greenblatt's definition of earnings yield has the same problems the regular earnings yield does. It does not consider the growth of the company. It only looks at one-year's business operation. For cyclical companies, the earnings yield is usually highest at the peak of the business cycle. But these earnings are rarely sustainable.

Forward Rate of Return (Yacktman) % based on Don Yacktman's definition is a better measure of the expected rate of return for a stock.


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Markel Group (Markel Group) Business Description

Industry
Traded in Other Exchanges
Address
4521 Highwoods Parkway, Glen Allen, VA, USA, 23060-6148
Markel's primary business is property and casualty insurance, and the company focuses primarily on specialty lines, ranging from areas such as executive liability to commercial equine insurance. The acquisition of Alterra in 2013 added substantial reinsurance operations, which now account for a little less than 15% of premiums. The company uses capital generated by its insurance operations to buy noninsurance operations in diverse areas, such as bakery equipment manufacturing and residential homebuilding.
Executives
Lawrence A Cunningham director 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Mark Besca director 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
A. Lynne Puckett director C/O 222 W LAS COLINAS BLVD, SUITE 900N, IRVING TX 75039
Thomas Sinnickson Gayner officer: Pres. & Chief Investment Off. C/O MARKEL CORP, 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Steven A Markel director, officer: Vice Chairman
Greta J Harris director 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Morgan E. Housel director 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Teresa S Gendron officer: Chief Financial Officer 520 MADISON AVE., C/O JEFFERIES FINANCIAL GROUP INC., NEW YORK NY 10022
Diane Leopold director 120 TREDEGAR STREET, RICHMOND VA 23219
Anthony F Markel director, officer: Vice Chairman 4551 COX RD, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Andrew G. Crowley officer: President, Markel Ventures 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Whitt Richard R Iii officer: President & Co-COO C/O MARKEL CORPORATION, 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Brian J. Costanzo officer: CAO and Controller 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060
Stewart M Kasen director 5818 EL CAMINO REAL, CARLSBAD CA 92008
Susan L. Davies officer: CHRO, Markel Insurance MARKEL CORPORATION, 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA 23060