Why Markel Is Poised to Outperform
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, specialty insurer Markelhas earned a coveted five-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Markel and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Markel facts
Headquarters (founded) | Glen Allen, Va. (1930) |
Market Cap | $7.2 billion |
Industry | Property and casualty insurance |
Trailing-12-Month Revenue | $3.4 billion |
Management | Chairman/CEO Alan Kirshner |
Return on Equity (average, past 3 years) | 6.5% |
Cash / Debt | $2.7 billion / $2.3 billion |
Competitors | Meadowbrook Insurance Group |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 98% of the 2,935 members who have rated Markel believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star Manlobbi, succinctly summed up the Markel bull case for our community:
Rather correlated to the S&P500 from one year to the next however (1) low cost leverage from float, (2) marginal equity outperformance, (3) leverage from invested unrealized capital gains and (4) initial price/book multiple of 1.15 versus historical average substantially higher-together will lead almost certainly to outperformance of the S&P500 over say 5 years.
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