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Thomas Gayner - Markel Asset Management

As of Q2 2026, Thomas Gayner reported 130 long-equity positions worth $13.13B in aggregate.

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Latest quarter
+2.15%
1-year
+12.18%
3-year
+45.42%
5-year
+43.61%
3-year vs S&P 500
-21.77%
5-year vs S&P 500
-25.22%
5-year top 5
+48.42%

Return from mechanically copying the disclosed 13F equity portfolio after each filing and rebalancing at the next. The vs S&P 500 figures subtract SPY over that manager's own rebalance dates, so both sides cover the same days; both are price return, excluding dividends. Method & limitations.

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Updated 2026-06-06 from SEC 13F data.

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1KMXCarmax7.47%Reduce -0.2%5,026,288$236.34M$47.02No quote
2BRK/ABerkshire Hathaway, Inc.CUSIP 0846701086.15%-1,094$194.62MNo quoteNo quote
3BRK/BBerkshire Hathaway Class BCUSIP 0846707025.72%Reduce -0.3%1,527,257$181.07MNo quoteNo quote
4DEODiageo PLC5.07%Reduce -0.1%1,210,820$160.34M$132.42No quote
5BAMBrookfield Asset Management3.95%Add +1.6%3,217,573$124.94M$38.83No quote
6WAGWalgreen3.90%Reduce -0.1%2,147,450$123.35MNo quoteNo quote
7DISDisney3.64%Reduce -0.2%1,508,500$115.25M$76.40No quote
8FRFHFFairfax Financial Holdings Ltd3.53%-279,459$111.8M$400.06No quote
9WMTWal-Mart Stores2.81%Add +1.4%1,130,000$88.92M$78.69No quote
10XOMExxon Corporation2.81%Add +2.4%877,266$88.78M$101.20No quote
11UPSUnited Parcel Service2.44%Reduce -0.3%735,800$77.32M$105.08No quote
12HDHome Depot2.44%Reduce -0.3%935,900$77.06M$82.34No quote
13GEGeneral Electric2.30%Add +5.9%2,598,300$72.83M$28.03No quote
14CFXColfax Corporation2.18%-1,085,070$69.11MNo quoteNo quote
15MARMarriott International2.09%Add +0.2%1,342,533$66.26M$49.35No quote
16FHIFederated Investors1.96%Reduce -0.0%2,155,700$62.08MNo quoteNo quote
17ADMArcher Daniels1.90%-1,383,800$60.06M$43.40No quote
18RLIRLI Corporation1.85%-601,260$58.55M$97.38No quote
19WPCW.P. Carey1.85%Reduce -0.0%953,200$58.48M$61.35No quote
20JNJJohnson and Johnson1.68%Reduce -0.0%580,600$53.18M$91.59No quote
21UNHUnited Health Group Inc1.44%Add +5.3%606,900$45.7M$75.30No quote
22BUDAnheuser-Busch Inbev ADR1.39%Reduce -0.2%411,600$43.82M$106.46No quote
23ADPAutomatic Data Processing1.36%Reduce -0.1%532,100$42.99M$80.80No quote
24NVONovo-Nordisk A/S1.29%Reduce -0.2%221,200$40.87M$184.76No quote
25GDGeneral Dynamics1.20%Reduce -0.2%398,400$38.07M$95.55No quote
26AXPAmerican Express1.01%Reduce -0.5%352,500$31.98M$90.73No quote
27BF/ABrown Forman Class ACUSIP 1156371000.99%-425,490$31.39MNo quoteNo quote
28MSFTMicrosoft Corp0.98%Add +2.8%825,100$30.87M$37.41No quote
29VVisa0.96%Add +11.4%136,600$30.42M$222.68No quote
30MMM3M Company0.91%-205,700$28.85M$140.25No quote
31TEVATeva Pharmaceuticals0.89%Reduce -0.0%699,900$28.05M$40.08No quote
32LOWLowes0.88%Reduce -0.1%560,400$27.77M$49.55No quote
33SCHWCharles Schwab0.82%Reduce -0.4%999,700$25.99M$26.00No quote
34INTCIntel0.82%Add +16.2%998,700$25.92M$25.95No quote
35ORCLOracle Corp0.78%Reduce -0.3%641,500$24.54M$38.26No quote
36CATCaterpillar Inc0.69%Reduce -0.1%242,000$21.98M$90.81No quote
37TROWT.Rowe Price0.66%-250,500$20.98M$83.77No quote
38ITWIllinois Tool Works0.64%Reduce -0.7%241,200$20.28M$84.08No quote
39LMCADLiberty Media0.62%Add +21.8%134,000$19.6MNo quoteNo quote
40NOVNational Oilwell0.61%Add +14.7%242,000$19.25M$79.53No quote
41BLKBlackrock Inc0.59%Add +78.4%59,400$18.8M$316.46No quote
42IGTInternational Game Technology0.59%Reduce -12.8%1,031,700$18.74MNo quoteNo quote
43MCDMcDonalds0.57%Reduce -0.2%184,700$17.92M$97.03No quote
44ITICInvestors Title Company0.55%Reduce -0.1%216,100$17.5M$80.98No quote
45SLBSchlumberger0.50%Add +13.0%174,000$15.68M$90.11No quote
46COFCapital One0.45%-187,400$14.36M$76.61No quote
47GOOGLGoogle0.44%Add +5.0%12,500$14.01M$1120.72No quote
48MCOMoody's Corp0.44%Add +14.2%177,400$13.92M$78.47No quote
49ACNTSynalloy Corporation0.38%-785,343$12.06MNo quoteNo quote
50HASHasbro, Inc0.38%Add +14.7%218,800$12.04M$55.01No quote
51CVXChevron0.38%Add +25.0%95,000$11.87M$124.91No quote
52BROBrown & Brown0.36%-365,628$11.48M$31.39No quote
53EMREmerson Electric0.36%Reduce -0.1%162,900$11.43M$70.18No quote
54LLoews Corporation0.36%Reduce -2.4%235,000$11.34M$48.24No quote
55PEPPepsico0.34%-130,300$10.81M$82.94No quote
56CPRTCopart Inc0.32%Add +2700.0%280,000$10.26M$36.65No quote
57PMPhilip Morris International0.32%-114,500$9.98M$87.13No quote
58WLPWellpoint Inc0.31%Add +35.9%106,000$9.79MNo quoteNo quote
59AHGPAlliance Holdings GP0.31%-166,500$9.76MNo quoteNo quote
60NKENike0.30%-120,400$9.47M$78.64No quote
61ACNAccenture0.30%Reduce -0.2%114,400$9.41M$82.22No quote
62BXBlackstone Group0.29%Add +26.1%294,400$9.27M$31.50No quote
63ULUnilever PLC ADR0.28%New217,000$8.94M$41.20No quote
64MATMattel0.28%Add +30.2%185,500$8.83M$47.58No quote
65NSCNorfolk Southern0.28%-94,400$8.76M$92.83No quote
66NTRSNorthern Trust Corp0.27%-140,000$8.67M$61.89No quote
67EENI Spa ADR0.26%Add +21.0%167,000$8.1MNo quoteNo quote
68BF/BBrown-Forman Class BCUSIP 1156372090.25%-106,372$8.04MNo quoteNo quote
69MOSMosaic Company0.23%Add +3.3%155,000$7.33M$47.27No quote
70KKRKKR & Co LLC0.22%Add +20.8%290,000$7.06M$24.34No quote
71CGCarlyle Group0.22%Add +45.2%196,000$6.98M$35.62No quote
72SEICSEI Investments Co0.22%Add +53.9%200,000$6.95M$34.73No quote
73PAYXPaychex0.22%-150,900$6.87M$45.53No quote
74MAMastercard, Inc0.21%-8,000$6.68M$835.50No quote
75AMZNAmazon.com0.20%Add +5.4%15,700$6.26M$398.79No quote
76UTXUnited Technologies0.19%-53,600$6.1MNo quoteNo quote
77FDSFactset Research0.19%Add +51.4%56,000$6.08M$108.57No quote
78EXPDExpeditors Int'l Wash Inc0.19%Add +3.0%137,000$6.06M$44.25No quote
79PDCOPatterson Companies Inc.0.19%Reduce -0.3%145,000$5.97MNo quoteNo quote
80ECLEcolab0.19%Add +16.5%56,400$5.88M$104.27No quote
81KOCoca Cola Co0.17%Reduce -0.8%131,900$5.45M$41.31No quote
82HCCIHeritage Crystal Clean Inc0.17%-259,500$5.32MNo quoteNo quote
83BTUPeabody Energy0.16%-260,000$5.08M$19.53No quote
84APOApollo Global Management - A0.16%Add +54.8%155,300$4.91M$31.61No quote
85COSTCostco0.15%Reduce -1.0%39,300$4.68M$119.01No quote
86IBMInternational Business Machine0.14%Add +20.4%24,200$4.54M$187.56No quote
87MONMonsanto Co0.13%-35,700$4.16MNo quoteNo quote
88BKBank of New York Mellon Corp0.12%Reduce -57.3%111,603$3.9M$34.94No quote
89GHCGraham Holdings Co0.11%New5,300$3.52M$663.40No quote
90BPYBrookfield Property Partners0.11%Reduce -0.2%172,624$3.44MNo quoteNo quote
91PGProcter & Gamble0.11%Add +22.9%41,900$3.41M$81.41No quote
92APOLApollo Group0.09%-105,000$2.87MNo quoteNo quote
93APDAir Products & Chemicals0.09%-25,000$2.79M$111.76No quote
94POTPotash Corp0.08%Add +14.3%80,000$2.64MNo quoteNo quote
95FNFFidelity National Financial0.08%New79,700$2.59M$32.45No quote
96MHPMcGraw Hill Financial0.07%New30,000$2.35MNo quoteNo quote
97CLBCore Labs NV0.06%-10,000$1.91M$190.90No quote
98YAlleghany Corporation0.05%-4,328$1.73MNo quoteNo quote
99ROSTRoss Stores, Inc0.05%-23,000$1.72M$74.91No quote
100TGTTarget0.05%New24,000$1.52M$63.25No quote
101ROLRollins, Inc.0.04%New47,000$1.42M$30.30No quote
102CLMTCalumet0.04%Add +40.5%52,000$1.35MNo quoteNo quote
103ACIArch Coal Inc0.03%Reduce -37.9%246,000$1.1M$4.45No quote
104OKEOneok,Inc0.02%Reduce -90.9%10,000$622K$62.20No quote
105EPDEnterprise Products Lmtd Ptnsh0.01%-6,300$418K$66.35No quote
106SYYSysco Corp0.01%Reduce -21.3%10,300$372K$36.12No quote
107STRZAStarz Liberty Capital0.01%-12,000$351KNo quoteNo quote
108UTIUniversal Technical Institute0.01%New23,000$320K$13.91No quote
109MSCIMSCI0.01%New5,000$219K$43.80No quote
115WPOWashington Post Co-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
114NRPNatural Resource Partners-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
113LUKLeucadia National Corp-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
112CNXConsol Energy-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
111CRRCarbo Ceramics Inc-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
110ANRAlpha Natural Resources-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote