Markel - MKL Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Markel in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 3 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" MKL shares.
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4 Wall Street research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Markel's stock. Their MKL share price forecasts range from $1,400.00 to $1,600.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $1,516.67 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.6% from the stock's current price.
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Markel's stock was trading at $1,317.49 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MKL shares have increased by 1.4% and is now trading at $1,335.60.
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Markel saw a drop in short interest in December. As of December 30th, there was short interest totaling 90,300 shares, a drop of 16.7% from the December 15th total of 108,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 36,600 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.5 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 25th 2023.
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Markel Co. (NYSE:MKL) posted its earnings results on Monday, November, 1st. The insurance provider reported $16.54 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $11.84 by $4.70. The insurance provider had revenue of $2.71 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.74 billion. Markel had a negative net margin of 1.83% and a positive trailing twelve-month return on equity of 7.86%. During the same period last year, the company posted $4.41 earnings per share.

99 employees have rated Markel Chief Executive Officer Alan I. Kirshner on Glassdoor.com. Alan I. Kirshner has an approval rating of 89% among the company's employees.

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Markel trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol "MKL."

Markel's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (2.60%), DAVENPORT & Co LLC (2.44%), Fort Washington Investment Advisors Inc. OH (0.56%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.35%), Bank Julius Baer & Co. Ltd Zurich (0.34%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.30%). Insiders that own company stock include A Lynne Puckett, Alan I Kirshner, Anthony F Markel, Anthony F Markel, Debora J Wilson, Richard R Whitt III, Steven A Markel, Stewart M Kasen and Thomas Sinnickson Gayner.
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One share of MKL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,335.60.

Markel (NYSE:MKL) has a market capitalization of $17.96 billion and generates $11.68 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or ($23.22) on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 20,300 workers across the globe.

Markel's mailing address is 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA, 23060. The official website for the company is www.markel.com. The insurance provider can be reached via phone at (804) 747-0136, via email at investorrelations@markelcorp.com, or via fax at 804-965-1600.