Markel Stock Forecast, Price & News

4 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Markel in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 2 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Markel stock.
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4 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Markel's shares. Their MKL stock forecasts range from $1,500.00 to $1,550.00. On average, they predict Markel's stock price to reach $1,525.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.4% from the stock's current price.
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Markel's stock was trading at $1,234.00 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, MKL shares have increased by 7.1% and is now trading at $1,321.87.
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Markel saw a drop in short interest in the month of May. As of May 31st, there was short interest totaling 116,300 shares, a drop of 15.8% from the May 15th total of 138,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 62,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are short sold.
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Markel is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, August 2nd 2022.
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Markel Co. (NYSE:MKL) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 26th. The insurance provider reported $11.33 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $16.79 by $5.46. The insurance provider earned $2.96 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $2.75 billion. Markel had a net margin of 14.33% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 6.30%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $10.12 earnings per share.
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99 employees have rated Markel CEO Alan I. Kirshner on Glassdoor.com. Alan I. Kirshner has an approval rating of 89% among Markel's employees.

Some companies that are related to Markel include Progressive (PGR), Travelers Companies (TRV), Allstate (ALL), Cincinnati Financial (CINF), W. R. Berkley (WRB), Arch Capital Group (ACGL), CNA Financial (CNA), Fidelity National Financial (FNF), Old Republic International (ORI), First American Financial (FAF), RLI (RLI), Selective Insurance Group (SIGI), The Hanover Insurance Group (THG), AXIS Capital (AXS) and White Mountains Insurance Group (WTM).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Markel investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Mastercard (MA), Netflix (NFLX), PayPal (PYPL), Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), Walt Disney (DIS), Shopify (SHOP), Visa (V), Corning (GLW) and Arista Networks (ANET).

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

Shares of MKL can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MKL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,321.87.

Markel (NYSE:MKL) has a market capitalization of $17.94 billion and generates $12.85 billion in revenue each year. The insurance provider earns $2.43 billion in net income (profit) each year or $127.97 on an earnings per share basis.

Markel employs 20,300 workers across the globe.

Markel was founded in 1930.

Markel's mailing address is 4521 HIGHWOODS PARKWAY, GLEN ALLEN VA, 23060. The official website for Markel 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.