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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.

Copy-investor backtest

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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1KMXCarmax6.56%-4,913,070$426.6M$86.83No quote
2BRK/ABerkshire Hathaway, Inc.CUSIP 0846701085.36%-1,096$348.91MNo quoteNo quote
3BRK/BBerkshire Hathaway Class BCUSIP 0846707024.99%Add +0.1%1,522,987$324.66MNo quoteNo quote
4BAMBrookfield Asset Management4.23%Add +0.5%5,764,341$275.42M$47.78No quote
5DISDisney3.91%Add +0.9%1,823,000$254.56M$139.64No quote
6DEODiageo PLC3.58%-1,349,800$232.6M$172.32No quote
7MARMarriott International3.36%Add +1.4%1,559,269$218.75M$140.29No quote
8HDHome Depot2.94%-920,000$191.33M$207.97No quote
9AMZNAmazon.com2.76%Add +1.6%94,707$179.34M$1893.63No quote
10DEJohn Deere2.56%-1,005,900$166.69M$165.71No quote
11VVisa2.50%Add +0.7%938,300$162.84M$173.55No quote
12UNHUnited Health Group Inc2.25%-599,000$146.16M$244.01No quote
13GOOGAlphabet Inc2.14%Add +4.1%129,023$139.46M$1080.91No quote
14WBAWalgreens Boots Alliance Inc1.81%-2,148,000$117.43MNo quoteNo quote
15RLIRLI Corporation1.58%-1,197,272$102.62M$85.71No quote
16BLKBlackrock Inc1.54%Add +3.0%212,800$99.87M$469.30No quote
17ULUnilever PLC ADR1.46%-1,527,600$94.67M$61.97No quote
18ADIAnalog Devices Inc1.41%Add +7.7%812,811$91.74M$112.87No quote
19ADPAutomatic Data Processing1.35%-530,700$87.74M$165.33No quote
20JNJJohnson and Johnson1.31%-610,800$85.07M$139.28No quote
21TXNTexas Instruments Inc1.19%Add +2.9%677,000$77.69M$114.76No quote
22GDGeneral Dynamics1.08%-387,000$70.36M$181.82No quote
23ELVAnthem Inc0.97%-224,000$63.22M$282.21No quote
24GSGoldman Sachs0.94%Add +76.2%297,600$60.89M$204.60No quote
25MMCMarsh & McLennan0.93%-609,500$60.8MNo quoteNo quote
26MSFTMicrosoft Corp0.92%Add +8.3%446,400$59.8M$133.96No quote
27ADMArcher Daniels0.92%-1,463,300$59.7M$40.80No quote
28WSOWatsco Inc0.90%Add +8.2%356,000$58.22M$163.53No quote
29LOWLowes0.88%-570,000$57.52M$100.91No quote
30AAPLApple Inc0.88%Add +7.3%290,485$57.49M$197.92No quote
31ECLEcolab0.86%Add +2.9%283,800$56.03M$197.44No quote
32AXPAmerican Express0.86%Add +15.1%451,000$55.67M$123.44No quote
33NVONovo-Nordisk A/S0.84%-1,075,000$54.87M$51.04No quote
34BXBlackstone Group0.82%Add +2.9%1,206,000$53.57M$44.42No quote
35MAMastercard, Inc0.79%Add +3.5%194,600$51.48M$264.53No quote
36TRVThe Travelers Companies Inc0.72%-315,000$47.1M$149.52No quote
37BF/ABrown Forman Class ACUSIP 1156371000.71%-843,000$46.37MNo quoteNo quote
38NSCNorfolk Southern0.70%-229,500$45.75M$199.33No quote
39PGRProgressive Corp0.66%Add +15.2%538,000$43M$79.93No quote
40SCHWCharles Schwab0.65%Reduce -0.0%1,057,000$42.48M$40.19No quote
41SBUXStarbucks Corp0.63%Add +6.2%490,418$41.11M$83.83No quote
42MCOMoody's Corp0.60%Add +0.0%201,080$39.27M$195.31No quote
43HASHasbro, Inc0.59%-364,000$38.47M$105.68No quote
44CATCaterpillar Inc0.58%-278,000$37.89M$136.29No quote
45ITWIllinois Tool Works0.58%Add +9.1%251,000$37.85M$150.81No quote
46SMGScotts Miracle-Gro Co0.57%Add +26.9%378,000$37.23M$98.50No quote
47MMM3M Company0.55%Add +2.0%208,000$36.05M$173.34No quote
48ITICInvestors Title Company0.55%-213,300$35.62M$167.00No quote
49APOApollo Global Management - A0.53%Add +2.2%1,012,500$34.73M$34.30No quote
50TROWT.Rowe Price0.53%-314,000$34.45M$109.71No quote
51BABoeing Co0.53%-94,400$34.36M$364.01No quote
52WHRWhirlpool Corp0.52%Add +21.9%237,319$33.79M$142.36No quote
53HEI/AHeico Corp Class ACUSIP 4228062080.52%Add +7.2%326,145$33.71MNo quoteNo quote
54KKRKKR & Co LLC0.52%Add +2.1%1,326,000$33.51M$25.27No quote
55SPGIS&P Global0.51%-147,000$33.49M$227.79No quote
56DISCKDiscovery Communications0.51%Add +0.4%1,176,000$33.46MNo quoteNo quote
57FDSFactset Research0.51%Add +0.2%116,220$33.3M$286.56No quote
58MSCIMSCI0.50%-137,000$32.71M$238.79No quote
59LYVLive Nation0.50%-488,700$32.38M$66.25No quote
60CFXColfax Corporation0.49%-1,135,070$31.82MNo quoteNo quote
61NKENike0.47%-366,000$30.73M$83.95No quote
62ACNAccenture0.45%-159,400$29.45M$184.77No quote
63UTXUnited Technologies0.45%-224,000$29.17MNo quoteNo quote
64ROLRollins, Inc.0.44%Add +0.8%798,050$28.63M$35.87No quote
65METAFacebook0.42%Reduce -1.8%141,530$27.32M$193.00No quote
66SRCLStericycle Inc0.42%Add +4.4%569,500$27.19MNo quoteNo quote
67CGThe Carlyle Group0.41%Add +2.9%1,177,000$26.61M$22.61No quote
68BF/BBrown-Forman Class BCUSIP 1156372090.40%-474,187$26.28MNo quoteNo quote
69CMECME Group Inc0.40%-135,000$26.21M$194.11No quote
70TSNTyson Foods0.39%Add +8.7%311,000$25.11M$80.74No quote
71CMCSAComcast Corp- Class A0.33%Add +16.4%512,000$21.65M$42.28No quote
72SEICSEI Investments Co0.33%-383,200$21.5M$56.10No quote
73LBRDALiberty Broadband A0.32%-205,250$21.11M$102.84No quote
74JPMJP Morgan0.32%Add +1.3%188,550$21.08M$111.80No quote
75ROKRockwell Automation Inc0.32%-127,800$20.94M$163.83No quote
76MHKMohawk Industries0.31%Add +44.2%137,000$20.2M$147.47No quote
77PHParker-Hannifin Corp0.31%-118,600$20.16M$170.01No quote
78LSXMKLiberty Sirius Group C0.30%-522,000$19.83MNo quoteNo quote
79PEPPepsico0.29%-145,600$19.09M$131.13No quote
80LINLinde PLC0.29%-94,400$18.96M$200.81No quote
81NVRNVR Inc0.29%Add +71.2%5,605$18.89M$3370.21No quote
82CSCOCisco0.29%-342,000$18.72M$54.73No quote
83LUVSouthwest Airlines0.28%Add +68.7%356,000$18.08M$50.78No quote
84LBRDKLiberty Broadband Class C0.28%-172,113$17.94M$104.22No quote
85OAKOaktree Capital Group LLC0.28%Reduce -66.0%362,000$17.93MNo quoteNo quote
86DALDelta Air Lines0.26%Add +71.8%299,000$16.97M$56.75No quote
87LSXMALiberty Sirius Group A0.25%-426,000$16.11MNo quoteNo quote
88MXIMMaxim Integrated Products0.23%-252,000$15.07MNo quoteNo quote
89CVSCVS Corporation0.23%-275,000$14.99M$54.49No quote
90CHHChoice Hotels Intl Inc0.23%Add +19.8%169,500$14.75M$87.01No quote
91UNPUnion Pacific0.22%-85,370$14.44M$169.11No quote
92SHWSherwin Williams0.22%-31,000$14.21M$458.29No quote
93MCHPMicrochip Technology0.21%Add +5.3%159,000$13.79M$86.70No quote
94GOOGLAlphabet Inc Class A0.21%-12,500$13.54M$1082.80No quote
95DLTRDollar Tree Inc0.20%-123,000$13.21M$107.39No quote
96HXLHexcel Corp0.20%Add +8.9%159,000$12.86M$80.88No quote
97ATVIActivision Blizzard Inc0.19%Add +5.6%262,800$12.4MNo quoteNo quote
98PAYXPaychex0.19%-150,000$12.34M$82.29No quote
99EAElectronic Arts Inc0.19%Add +6.2%119,400$12.09M$101.26No quote
100VRSKVerisk Analytics Inc0.17%-74,000$10.84M$146.46No quote
101COSTCostco0.16%Add +0.4%39,150$10.35M$264.24No quote
102FWONKLiberty Media Group C0.15%-259,500$9.71M$37.41No quote
103IFFIntl Flavors & Fragrances0.15%-66,500$9.65M$145.08No quote
104PMPhilip Morris International0.14%-114,500$8.99M$78.53No quote
105CDKCDK Global Inc0.13%-176,897$8.75MNo quoteNo quote
106FWONALiberty Media Group A0.13%-229,500$8.23M$35.86No quote
107EFXEquifax Inc0.12%Add +64.8%58,500$7.91M$135.25No quote
108AMTAmerican Tower0.11%-35,500$7.26M$204.45No quote
109AONAon Corporation0.11%-37,000$7.14M$192.97No quote
110HCSGHealthcare Services Group0.10%Add +7.6%211,500$6.41M$30.32No quote
111CABOCable One0.09%-5,200$6.09M$1170.96No quote
112MCKMcKesson Corp0.09%Add +16.2%43,100$5.79M$134.39No quote
113ALBAlbemarle Corp0.08%-73,000$5.14M$70.41No quote
114LBTYALiberty Global PLC0.07%-179,000$4.83M$26.99No quote
115CCKCrown Holdings Inc0.07%Add +53.1%75,000$4.58M$61.09No quote
116TRUTransUnion0.07%Add +50.0%60,000$4.41M$73.52No quote
117STSensata Technologies Holding0.06%-82,000$4.02M$49.00No quote
118GHCGraham Holdings Co0.06%-5,200$3.59M$690.00No quote
119BKBank of New York Mellon Corp0.05%New80,000$3.53M$44.15No quote
120PAGPenske Automotive Group0.05%-72,000$3.41MNo quoteNo quote
121WFCWells Fargo0.05%Add +22.9%67,600$3.2M$47.31No quote
122YAlleghany Corporation0.05%-4,328$2.95MNo quoteNo quote
123NXPINXP Semiconductors NV0.04%-29,000$2.83M$97.62No quote
124SHAKShake Shack Inc - Class A0.04%Add +3.1%32,900$2.38M$72.22No quote
126WRBWR Berkley Corp0.03%Add +50.0%27,000$1.78M$65.93No quote
125ANAutonation Inc0.03%Add +30.4%42,460$1.78M$41.92No quote
127CCitigroup Inc0.02%Add +18.4%16,070$1.13M$70.01No quote
128TRUPTrupanion0.01%New25,000$903K$36.12No quote
129DHIDR Horton Inc0.01%Add +19.1%11,857$512K$43.18No quote
130BKNGBooking Holdings Inc0.01%Reduce -20.0%200$375K$1875.00No quote
131ILMNIllumina Inc0.01%-1,000$368K$368.00No quote
132SYFSynchrony Financial0.01%Add +31.9%10,556$366K$34.67No quote
133LILALiberty Latin America0.01%-19,720$340K$17.24No quote
134GTGoodyear Tire & Rubber Co.0.00%New20,000$306K$15.30No quote
135BUDAnheuser-Busch Inbev ADR0.00%New3,000$266K$88.67No quote
136LENLennar Corporation0.00%New4,900$238K$48.57No quote
137BALLBall Corporation0.00%New3,000$210K$70.00No quote
139VZVerizon-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote
138CMGChipotle Mexican Grill Inc-Sold0$0No quoteNo quote