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Markel Corp

Markel Corp mainly operates in the insurance sector. The global insurers gained over the past 10 years on average 4 percent. Measured since 2011 the sector is 17 percent higher and over the past 12 months (December 2015-December 2016) there is a minus of 4 percent.

The past year was a profitable year Markel Corp investors

Over the last 12 months (from December 2015 till December 2016), that were profitable period for the investors in Markel Corp, the stock gained around 3 percent. Over the period from December 2011 till December 2016 the stock rose on average 122 percent. Markel Corp's revenues between 2011 and 2015 were far from constant and moved between 3,01 billion dollars and 5,41 billion dollars. Markel Corp's net incomes between 2011 and 2015 were very volatile through the time and moved between 148,49 million dollars and 589,14 million dollars.

The American company didn't pay out any dividends (in the past 5 years).

Markel Corp' balance mostly consists of equity

At the end of 2015 the insurer's balance sheet was worth 24,94 billion dollars. Of the total balance sheet 17,11 billion dollars (68,59 percent) was financed by debt. At the end of 2015 the insurer's stock was traded with a price/earnings-ratio 15. So the stock' value was 15 times the 2015' earnings per share. We could say that based on it's price/earnings-ratio and dividend yield the American stock can be seen as a value stock.

At the end of 2015 the insurer's market size (her number of outstanding share times the stock price) equaled around 12,2 billion dollars. At the end of 2015 the American company had around 13,98 million stocks listed on the stock exchange(s).

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