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Thomas Gayner - Markel Group
454 trades  ·  325 closed  ·  129 open  ·  Win rate: 63.7%  ·  Avg return: +87.6%  ·  Median return: +16.8%
1 of these positions have a value-scale error in the underlying SEC filing (an entry or exit price ≥25× off the rest of the holding), so their return is unreliable. They are marked data error below and excluded from the stats above, but their quarter-by-quarter filing history is still attached — open History on any row to see it exactly as filed.
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Stock Entry
Quarter
Entry
Price
Exit
Quarter
Exit / Current
Price
Return Status Filings
V - Visa Inc.
Q4 2010 $17.62 Open $356.02 +1,920.26% Open History
MA - Mastercard Inc.
Q3 2011 $31.70 Open $538.02 +1,597.22% Open History
MSCI - MSCI Inc.
Q4 2013 $43.80 Open $611.43 +1,295.96% Open History
COST - Costco Wholesale Corp.
Q2 2008 $70.24 Open $921.75 +1,212.29% Open History
CAT - Caterpillar Inc.
Q4 2007 $72.56 Open $933.34 +1,186.30% Open History
HD - The Home Depot, Inc.
Q4 2007 $26.94 Open $337.74 +1,153.67% Open History
MCO - Moody's Corp.
Q3 2012 $44.17 Open $494.73 +1,020.06% Open History
AAPL - Apple Inc.
Q2 2015 $31.38 Open $314.86 +903.54% Open History
GOOG - Alphabet Inc.
Q4 2015 $37.95 Open $357.33 +841.71% Open History
GOOGL - Alphabet Inc.
Q4 2015 $38.90 Open $359.51 +824.19% Open History
LOW - Lowe's Companies, Inc.
Q4 2007 $22.62 Open $207.68 +818.13% Open History
HEI.A - Heico Cl A
Q2 2016 $27.52 Open $249.70 +807.34% Open History
FIX - Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
Q4 2023 $205.67 Open $1,775.10 +763.08% Open History
NVO - Novo Nordisk A/S
Q4 2009 $6.39 Open $49.07 +668.52% Open History
AMZN - Amazon.com, Inc.
Q4 2015 $33.79 Open $247.49 +632.44% Open History
BRK.A - Berkshire Hathaway CL A
Q3 2009 $101,000.00 Open $737,000.00 +629.70% Open History
GS - The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
Q1 2016 $156.94 Open $1,140.00 +626.39% Open History
ITIC - Investors Title Co.
Q4 2007 $38.39 Open $278.72 +626.02% Open History
DE - Deere & Co.
Q3 2014 $81.99 Open $584.40 +612.77% Open History
MSFT - Microsoft Corp.
Q4 2015 $55.47 Open $384.93 +593.94% Open History
AXP - American Express Co.
Q4 2007 $52.02 Open $355.06 +582.55% Open History
ADI - Analog Devices, Inc.
Q1 2016 $59.20 Open $392.75 +563.43% Open History
META - Meta Platforms, Inc.
Q4 2015 $104.57 Open $661.04 +532.15% Open History
BRK.B - Berkshire Hathaway CL B
Q1 2010 $81.27 Open $491.09 +504.27% Open History
BX - Blackstone Inc.
Q2 2013 $21.06 Open $124.56 +491.45% Open History
ECL - Ecolab Inc.
Q3 2011 $48.90 Open $269.75 +451.64% Open History
SEIC - SEI Investments Co.
Q4 2011 $17.35 Open $94.89 +446.92% Open History
TXN - Texas Instruments Inc.
Q1 2016 $57.42 Open $305.55 +432.13% Open History
UNH - UnitedHealth Group Inc.
Q1 2013 $57.21 Q4 2019 $293.98 +413.86% Closed History
NSC - Norfolk Southern Corp.
Q3 2012 $63.64 Open $326.83 +413.56% Open History
ITW - Illinois Tool Works Inc.
Q4 2007 $53.54 Open $272.28 +408.55% Open History
JPM - JPMorgan Chase & Co.
Q2 2015 $67.76 Open $342.89 +406.04% Open History
ROL - Rollins, Inc.
Q4 2013 $8.98 Open $44.29 +393.33% Open History
SLG - SL Green Corp
Q1 2009 $11.47 Q4 2009 $53.34 +365.19% Closed History
SPGI - S&P Global Inc.
Q2 2016 $101.48 Open $438.87 +332.49% Open History
RLI - RLI Corp.
Q4 2007 $14.20 Open $60.14 +323.60% Open History
GD - General Dynamics Corp.
Q4 2007 $88.99 Open $369.50 +315.22% Open History
CSCO - Cisco Systems, Inc.
Q1 2016 $28.48 Open $117.09 +311.13% Open History
BLK - BlackRock, Inc.
Q2 2013 $256.81 Open $1,025.44 +299.30% Open History
ADP - Automatic Data Processing, Inc.
Q3 2009 $34.50 Q1 2020 $136.68 +296.13% Closed History
SCHW - The Charles Schwab Corp.
Q4 2007 $25.55 Open $101.10 +295.69% Open History
JNJ - Johnson & Johnson
Q4 2007 $66.70 Open $253.85 +280.58% Open History
ROK - Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Q2 2015 $124.67 Open $469.77 +276.81% Open History
PGR - The Progressive Corp.
Q1 2018 $60.93 Open $226.58 +271.87% Open History
WSO - Watsco, Inc.
Q4 2014 $107.00 Open $395.29 +269.43% Open History
UNP - Union Pacific Corp.
Q4 2015 $78.20 Open $288.30 +268.67% Open History
ACN - Accenture plc
Q3 2009 $37.27 Open $134.56 +261.04% Open History
MRSH - Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
Q1 2014 $49.33 Open $178.05 +260.94% Open History
AON - Aon plc
Q2 2015 $99.75 Open $358.89 +259.79% Open History
PAYX - Paychex, Inc.
Q4 2009 $30.65 Open $109.52 +257.32% Open History
KKR - KKR & Co. Inc.
Q3 2018 $27.27 Open $97.21 +256.47% Open History
WRB - W. R. Berkley Corp.
Q2 2017 $20.48 Open $71.98 +251.41% Open History
BNY - The Bank of New York Mellon Cor
Q2 2019 $44.15 Open $154.50 +249.94% Open History
PM - Philip Morris International Inc.
Q1 2008 $50.58 Open $175.95 +247.86% Open History
Y - Alleghany Corporation
Q3 2009 $259.07 Q1 2022 $847.04 +226.95% Closed History
AMAT - Applied Materials, Inc.
Q2 2025 $183.07 Open $595.70 +225.39% Open History
CARR - Carrier Global Corp.
Q2 2020 $22.22 Open $69.76 +213.95% Open History
HAS - Hasbro, Inc.
Q2 2012 $33.88 Q4 2019 $105.61 +211.72% Closed History
LAMR - Lamar Advertising Co.
Q1 2020 $51.29 Open $157.23 +206.55% Open History
DIS - The Walt Disney Co.
Q1 2008 $31.38 Open $95.87 +205.51% Open History
GHC - Graham Holdings Co.
Q4 2013 $400.85 Open $1,178.12 +193.91% Open History
NKE - NIKE, Inc.
Q2 2008 $14.90 Open $42.86 +187.65% Open History
MXIM - Maxim Integrated Products
Q1 2016 $36.80 Q2 2021 $105.36 +186.30% Closed History
CME - CME Group Inc.
Q2 2014 $70.96 Q2 2019 $194.11 +173.55% Closed History
FDS - FactSet Research Systems Inc.
Q1 2013 $92.59 Open $252.61 +172.83% Open History
KMX - CarMax, Inc.
Q4 2007 $19.75 Q1 2020 $53.83 +172.56% Closed History
VRSK - Verisk Analytics, Inc.
Q1 2015 $71.44 Open $190.54 +166.71% Open History
NVR - NVR, Inc.
Q4 2018 $2,436.36 Open $6,378.80 +161.82% Open History
ADM - Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
Q1 2012 $31.66 Open $82.28 +159.89% Open History
SHW - The Sherwin-Williams Co.
Q4 2018 $131.15 Open $328.50 +150.48% Open History
TWTR - Twitter Inc
Q1 2020 $24.59 Q3 2021 $60.38 +145.55% Closed History
URI - United Rentals, Inc.
Q3 2023 $444.57 Open $1,065.83 +139.74% Open History
MAR - Marriott International, Inc.
Q4 2007 $31.86 Q1 2020 $74.81 +134.79% Closed History
CCK - Crown Holdings, Inc.
Q3 2018 $48.00 Open $109.50 +128.13% Open History
RNR - RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd.
Q3 2022 $140.50 Open $319.92 +127.70% Open History
ALL - The Allstate Corp.
Q4 2020 $110.00 Open $250.35 +127.59% Open History
EXP - Eagle Materials Inc.
Q3 2011 $16.64 Q2 2012 $37.33 +124.34% Closed History
ALB - Albemarle Corp.
Q1 2017 $105.67 Q4 2021 $233.78 +121.24% Closed History
COF - Capital One Financial Corp.
Q4 2022 $92.96 Open $205.29 +120.84% Open History
CMG - Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
Q1 2018 $6.46 Q1 2019 $14.21 +119.87% Closed History
MMM - 3M Co.
Q4 2007 $70.49 Q2 2025 $152.24 +115.96% Closed History
BF.A - Brown-Forman CL A
Q4 2007 $11.92 Open $25.71 +115.62% Open History
SPOT - Spotify Technology S.A.
Q3 2021 $225.00 Open $481.06 +113.80% Open History
LPX - Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Q3 2011 $5.11 Q2 2012 $10.88 +112.92% Closed History
BUD - Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV
Q1 2010 $50.44 Q3 2015 $106.32 +110.79% Closed History
CG - The Carlyle Group Inc.
Q1 2020 $21.65 Open $45.48 +110.07% Open History
LINEUR - Linde PLC
Q4 2018 $156.05 Q4 2022 $326.18 +109.02% Closed History
BN - Brookfield Corp.
Q4 2022 $20.97 Open $43.66 +108.17% Open History
DHI - D.R. Horton, Inc.
Q2 2018 $40.93 Q3 2021 $83.93 +105.06% Closed History
AMT - American Tower Corp.
Q3 2016 $113.50 Q3 2024 $232.56 +104.90% Closed History
LII - Lennox International Inc.
Q3 2011 $25.78 Q4 2012 $52.52 +103.72% Closed History
BAX - Baxter International Inc.
Q3 2015 $32.80 Q1 2018 $65.05 +98.32% Closed History
HXL - Hexcel Corp.
Q4 2016 $51.42 Open $101.88 +98.13% Open History
HEI - HEICO Corp.
Q3 2016 $35.50 Q1 2018 $69.47 +95.71% Closed History
9893105Q - Enterprise GP Holdings
Q2 2008 $30.08 Q3 2010 $58.72 +95.21% Closed History
COF - Capital One Financial Corp.
Q3 2011 $39.64 Q1 2014 $77.16 +94.65% Closed History
MCHP - Microchip Technology Inc.
Q3 2017 $44.88 Q4 2021 $87.06 +94.01% Closed History
APO - Apollo Global Management, Inc.
Q1 2022 $61.99 Open $119.93 +93.47% Open History
BBSI - Barrett Business Systems
Q1 2012 $4.95 Q4 2012 $9.53 +92.33% Closed History
SBUX - Starbucks Corp.
Q4 2016 $55.50 Open $106.17 +91.30% Open History
Entry/exit prices and returns are split-adjusted to today's share basis. The quarter-by-quarter history shows prices exactly as filed with the SEC, so a pre-split quarter's price will look higher than the split-adjusted entry above.
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