Tom Gayner Portfolio
Invests via Markel Gayner Asset Management Corp | Managed by Tom Gayner
Invests via Markel Gayner Asset Management Corp
Managed by Tom Gayner
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Tom Gayner Profile
Longtime equity-focused investor and executive with deep experience in value-oriented, concentrated portfolio management across U.S. and global public equities. Tom Gayner leads capital allocation, risk management and corporate strategy at a publicly listed investment firm, emphasizing durable franchises, free-cash-flow conversion and owner-oriented governance. Market-facing responsibilities include investor relations, portfolio construction and stewardship, with a reputation for patient capital, low turnover and alignment between management and shareholders.
Longtime equity-focused investor and executive with deep experience in value-oriented, concentrated portfolio management across U.S. and global public equities. Tom Gayner leads capital allocation, risk management and corporate strategy at a publicly listed investment firm, emphasizing durable franchises, free-cash-flow conversion and owner-oriented governance. Market-facing responsibilities include investor relations, portfolio construction and stewardship, with a reputation for patient capital, low turnover and alignment between management and shareholders.
Investment Philosophy & Strategy
Patient, value-oriented equity investor prioritizing concentrated portfolios of durable franchises with strong free cash flow and owner-aligned governance. Focuses on long time horizons, low turnover and rigorous capital allocation, favoring businesses with predictable economics and high return on invested capital. Risk discipline centers on margin of safety and deep fundamental underwriting rather than market timing. Portfolio construction emphasizes stewardship, alignment with management, and selective global opportunities where compounding and downside protection coexist.
Patient, value-oriented equity investor prioritizing concentrated portfolios of durable franchises with strong free cash flow and owner-aligned governance. Focuses on long time horizons, low turnover and rigorous capital allocation, favoring businesses with predictable economics and high return on invested capital. Risk discipline centers on margin of safety and deep fundamental underwriting rather than market timing. Portfolio construction emphasizes stewardship, alignment with management, and selective global opportunities where compounding and downside protection coexist.
Disclaimer: This Portfolio is derived from and computed based on publicly available data from SEC filings.
Gain and growth charts are calculated per selected timeframe:
147.06%
Gain -0.93%
Monthly
1.53%
Yearly
20.04%
Drawdown
42.34%
$13.44B
Equity
Holdings
$13.44B
Investment
$4.94B
$9.94B
Profit -$43.89M
Realized
$1.44B
Unrealized
$8.5B
Dividends
$1.29B
Goals
Avg. 80.5% completed goals
Yearly
Loss < $300M 2026
Yearly
Loss < 20% 2026
Yearly
Gain > 12% 2026
Yearly
Gain < 20% 2026
Today
Compared To Yesterday
Gain
-0.93%
Profit
-$43.89M
Win %
83%
This Week
Compared To Last Week
Gain
-0.8%
Profit
-$107.89M
Win %
83%
This Month
Compared to last month
Gain
0.92%
Profit
$122.76M
Win %
83%
This Year
Compared to last year
Gain
2.7%
Profit
$351.04M
Win %
82%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc
+15.32%
+$73.27M 
GOOG Alphabet Inc
+6.88%
+$63.16M 
GOOGL Alphabet Inc
+6.73%
+$12.85M 
WY Weyerhaeuser Company
+6.51%
+$183,600.12 
CBOE Cboe Global Markets Inc.
+4.62%
+$599,127.87 
APO Apollo Global Management, Inc.
+4.44%
+$5.41M 
LPLA LPL Financial Holdings Inc.
+4.28%
+$8.14M 
FERG Ferguson Enterprises Inc
+3.52%
+$1.44M 
META Meta Platforms Inc Class A
+3.28%
+$4.14M 
MSFT Microsoft Corp.
+3.02%
+$7.32M 
SONY Sony Group Corporation - Sponsored American Depositary Receipt
+2.15%
+$164,150 
CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc.
+2.14%
+$863,865 
HII Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc.
+2.05%
+$180,125.55 
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc.
+1.93%
+$1.4M 
FIX Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
+1.88%
+$414,049.61 
HCA HCA Healthcare Inc.
+1.72%
+$573,687.96 
ZTS Zoetis Inc.
+1.66%
+$83,405.77 
ACN Accenture plc Class A
+1.61%
+$419,223.59 
LMT Lockheed Martin Corporation
+1.5%
+$562,788.19 
CG The Carlyle Group Inc.
+1.46%
+$875,820 
CMCSA Comcast Corp
+1.23%
+$232,601.46 
WFC Wells Fargo & Company
+1.19%
+$208,539 
BN Brookfield Corporation
+1.19%
+$6.54M 
AMAT Applied Materials, Inc.
+1.18%
+$214,465.73 
ITW Illinois Tool Works Inc.
+1.15%
+$1.06M 
THG Hanover Insurance Group, Inc.
+1.1%
+$713,741.12 
URI United Rentals, Inc.
+0.99%
+$331,124.81 
UNP Union Pacific Corporation
+0.92%
+$429,946.37 
SCHW Charles Schwab Corporation
+0.87%
+$1.27M 
CP Canadian Pacific Kansas City Limited
+0.83%
+$53,290 
CAT Caterpillar Inc.
+0.7%
+$1.86M 
CARR Carrier Global Corporation
+0.68%
+$98,700 
UFPI UFP Industries, Inc.
+0.65%
+$2,240 
SYY Sysco Corporation
+0.63%
+$16,165 
RNR Renaissancere Holdings Ltd.
+0.51%
+$113,401.4 
NSC Norfolk Southern Corporation
+0.46%
+$437,880.65 
KKR KKR & Co. Inc.
+0.45%
+$653,310 
HEI.A Heico Corporation
+0.44%
+$429,001.52 
PAYX Paychex Inc.
+0.44%
+$76,500 
CSX CSX Corporation
+0.42%
+$122,745 
RTX RTX Corporation
+0.39%
+$188,160 
BRK-B Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
+0.36%
+$2.85M 
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corporation
+0.36%
+$34,741.2 
GD General Dynamics Corporation
+0.32%
+$477,020 
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co.
+0.27%
+$237,397 
CME CME Group Inc.
+0.21%
+$28,358 
BRK-A Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
+0.21%
+$1.79M 
JNJ Johnson & Johnson
+0.21%
+$323,724 
ADI Analog Devices, Inc.
+0.2%
+$739,746.54 
BNY BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust
+0.16%
+$31,124.75 
HGTY Hagerty, Inc.
+0.09%
+$31,080 
FDS FactSet Research Systems Inc.
+0.07%
+$23,015.41 
HXL Hexcel Corporation
+0.04%
+$7,560 
BF-A Brown-Forman Corporation
+0.03%
+$8,430 
DIS The Walt Disney Company
+0.03%
+$60,949.95 
RLI RLI Corp.
+0.02%
+$23,945.44 
CDNMF EGR Exploration Ltd.
0%
$0 
BAM
0%
$0 
NVO Novo Nordisk A/S Sponsored ADR
-8.78%
-$13M 
AAPL Apple Inc.
-7.35%
-$30.09M 
NSP Insperity Inc.
-6.33%
-$620,168.94 
TROW T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
-6.31%
-$2.36M 
LIN Linde plc
-5.95%
-$6.52M 
TSN Tyson Foods Inc.
-4.43%
-$2.46M 
SPOT Spotify Technology S.A.
-4.34%
-$587,152.74 
SHOP Shopify Inc.
-4.29%
-$539,437.5 
FNV Franco-Nevada Corporation
-3.81%
-$6.53M 
AYI Acuity Brands Inc.
-2.8%
-$92,235 
VRSK Verisk Analytics Inc.
-2.75%
-$857,725 
KMX CarMax Inc.
-2.45%
-$196,560 
ICE Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
-2.42%
-$109,417.3 
MGM MGM Resorts International
-2.39%
-$95,375 
YUM Yum! Brands, Inc.
-2.37%
-$912,192.36 
NVR NVR, Inc.
-2.25%
-$1.71M 
NFLX Netflix, Inc.
-2%
-$58,400 
EFX Equifax Inc.
-1.99%
-$255,703.5 
GHC Graham Holdings Co.
-1.79%
-$114,295.9 
APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
-1.77%
-$469,935 
ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co
-1.66%
-$2.02M 
AON Aon plc
-1.64%
-$817,518.72 
NKE Nike, Inc. - Class B
-1.37%
-$259,492 
DPZ Domino's Pizza Inc.
-1.37%
-$26,455 
HSY The Hershey Company
-1.23%
-$163,499.77 
IQV IQVIA Holdings Inc.
-1.17%
-$129,912.34 
SHW The Sherwin-Williams Company
-1.16%
-$375,745.34 
WRB W.R. Berkley Corporation
-1.15%
-$51,030 
DE Deere & Company
-1.13%
-$5.97M 
DEO Diageo plc Sponsored ADR
-1.12%
-$1.37M 
TXN Texas Instruments Inc
-1.08%
-$2.19M 
LOW Lowe's Companies Inc.
-1.08%
-$1.71M 
ROL Rollins, Inc.
-0.99%
-$576,279.5 
XOM Exxon Mobil Corporation
-0.97%
-$85,833 
MRSH Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
-0.95%
-$1.39M 
BC Brunswick Corporation
-0.94%
-$38,437.5 
PGR Progressive Corporation
-0.87%
-$1.4M 
SUNB Sunbelt Rentals Holdings, Inc.
-0.84%
-$594,360.21 
MCO Moody's Corporation
-0.81%
-$829,895.34 
SPGI S&P Global Inc.
-0.74%
-$361,309.48 
MA Mastercard Incorporated
-0.74%
-$882,045.83 
BLK BlackRock, Inc.
-0.73%
-$1.76M 
MAR Marriott International Inc. - Class A
-0.71%
-$263,676.99 
BRO Brown & Brown Inc.
-0.66%
-$6,580 
GS The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
-0.63%
-$2.33M 
PM Philip Morris International Inc.
-0.61%
-$135,108.86 
ECL Ecolab Inc.
-0.61%
-$469,053 
MSCI MSCI Inc.
-0.61%
-$499,975 
SBUX Starbucks Corporation
-0.57%
-$374,290.8 
COF Capital One Financial Corporation
-0.54%
-$102,830.5 
ALL Allstate Corporation
-0.49%
-$200,917.01 
WSO Watsco Inc.
-0.46%
-$854,794.45 
PEP PepsiCo, Inc.
-0.46%
-$61,574.4 
CCK Crown Holdings Inc.
-0.44%
-$114,400 
LAMR Lamar Advertising Company
-0.43%
-$133,166.14 
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
-0.43%
-$180,559.19 
HD The Home Depot, Inc.
-0.42%
-$1.28M 
MELI MercadoLibre, Inc.
-0.41%
-$186,720.72 
AXP American Express Company
-0.38%
-$622,866.6 
ABNB Airbnb, Inc.
-0.37%
-$135,738.32 
DG Dollar General Corporation
-0.35%
-$391,159.89 
BF-B Brown-Forman Corporation
-0.35%
-$47,418.7 
EXP Eagle Materials Inc.
-0.26%
-$7,965 
BX Blackstone Inc.
-0.25%
-$393,288.6 
ITIC Investors Title Company
-0.25%
-$153,576 
COST Costco Wholesale Corporation
-0.24%
-$89,260.83 
EPD Enterprise Products Partners L.P.
-0.18%
-$39,830.57 
EMN Eastman Chemical Company
-0.17%
-$8,994 
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
-0.15%
-$141,619.5 
SEIC SEI Investments Company
-0.06%
-$10,392.17 
V Visa Inc. Class A
-0.04%
-$141,937.54 
UBER Uber Technologies, Inc.
-0.01%
-$1,425 Events
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| Trades 3921 | Longs Won 2667/3921 68% | Profit Factor 14.9 |
| Profitability | Shorts Won 0/0 0% | Standard Deviation $15.06M |
| Average Win $3.99M | Best Trade (Aug 11) $462.78M | Sharpe Ratio -11.92 |
| Average Loss -$570,144.98 | Worst Trade (Jun 29) -$53.54M | Z-Score 15.29 (100%) |
| Commissions $0 | Avg. Trade Length 4y 1m 3w 5d | Expectancy $2.53M |
| Loss Size | 100% | 90% | 80% | 70% | 60% | 50% | 40% | 30% | 20% | 10% |
| Probability of Loss | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% | <0.01% |
| Consecutive Losing Trades | 23,810 | 21,429 | 19,048 | 16,667 | 14,286 | 11,905 | 9,524 | 7,143 | 4,762 | 2,381 |
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Returns
Overall, Monthly| Symbol | Quantity | Cost | Value | Comm. | Profit ($) | Gain (%) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AAPL Apple Inc. | 1.23M | $54.9M | $379.12M | - | $324.22M | 590.56% | -7.354% |
| ABNB Airbnb, Inc. | 242,389 | $30.87M | $36.73M | - | $5.86M | 18.99% | -0.368% |
| ACN Accenture plc Class A | 159,400 | $9.3M | $26.45M | - | $17.15M | 184.44% | +1.611% |
| ADI Analog Devices, Inc. | 999,671 | $110.02M | $367.29M | - | $257.27M | 233.84% | +0.202% |
| ADM Archer-Daniels-Midland Co | 1.51M | $47.56M | $119.36M | - | $71.8M | 150.97% | -1.662% |
| ALL Allstate Corporation | 154,550 | $20.09M | $40.81M | - | $20.72M | 103.17% | -0.49% |
| AMAT Applied Materials, Inc. | 36,350 | $7.8M | $18.45M | - | $10.65M | 136.49% | +1.176% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc | 2.03M | $105.17M | $551.51M | - | $446.34M | 424.4% | +15.321% |
| AON Aon plc | 135,800 | $38.62M | $48.96M | - | $10.35M | 26.79% | -1.642% |
| APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc. | 88,500 | $24.09M | $26.1M | - | $2.01M | 8.34% | -1.769% |
| APO Apollo Global Management, Inc. | 1.01M | $62.77M | $127.16M | - | $64.39M | 102.6% | +4.441% |
| AXP American Express Company | 490,450 | $34.98M | $164.91M | - | $129.93M | 371.4% | -0.376% |
| AYI Acuity Brands Inc. | 9,750 | $2.65M | $3.2M | - | $547,799.75 | 20.64% | -2.8% |
| BAM | 2.19M | $62.9M | $62.9M | - | - | - | 0.0 |
| BC Brunswick Corporation | 51,250 | $3.58M | $4.05M | - | $464,225 | 12.95% | -0.94% |
| BF-A Brown-Forman Corporation | 843,000 | $13.29M | $24.63M | - | $11.34M | 85.29% | +0.034% |
| BF-B Brown-Forman Corporation | 474,187 | $15.08M | $13.62M | - | -$1.46M | -9.67% | -0.347% |
| BLK BlackRock, Inc. | 220,200 | $225.73M | $240.1M | - | $14.37M | 6.37% | -0.727% |
| BN Brookfield Corporation | 13.07M | $274.19M | $556.02M | - | $281.83M | 102.78% | +1.19% |
| BNY BlackRock New York Municipal Income Trust | 124,500 | $4.76M | $19.46M | - | $14.71M | 309.26% | +0.16% |
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FAQ
Which stocks have generated the highest profits for Tom Gayner?
The largest contributions to the portfolio's profits come from the following stocks: Brookfield Asset Management Inc - $209.07M, ITC - $174.32M, BlackRock, Inc - $168.1M, UnitedHealth Group Incorporated - $155.1M, and Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited - $87.11M. These positions have been the main drivers of growth and have significantly impacted the investor's overall performance.
Which stocks have generated the largest losses for this investor?
The largest losses in the portfolio are associated with the following stocks: Berkshire Hathaway Inc - $45.69M, Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc - $45.03M, International Game Technology PLC - $27.59M, FCEA - $25.42M, and LMCA - $23M. These positions have had the most negative impact on overall performance and highlight the weaker areas of the portfolio.
What dividends does Tom Gayner's portfolio generate?
The portfolio generates substantial dividend income, with a total of $1.29B earned over time. The largest contributors to dividend income include Diageo plc Sponsored ADR - $73.84M, The Home Depot, Inc - $70.79M, General Electric Company - $45.77M, Blackstone Inc - $40.79M, and Deere & Company - $40.58M. This indicates that dividends play a meaningful role in the investor's overall strategy.
How stable are Tom Gayner's monthly returns?
Tom Gayner's monthly returns look highly volatile. The portfolio shows large month-to-month swings, and the broader risk profile suggests that performance can change sharply over short periods. This kind of pattern may suit users who are comfortable with significant fluctuations, but it is less likely to appeal to those who prefer steadier and more predictable results.
Can Tom Gayner's strategy be considered aggressive or moderate?
Tom Gayner's strategy can be considered aggressive. The combination of high drawdowns, elevated volatility, and/or concentrated positions suggests a willingness to accept significant risk in pursuit of higher long-term returns. This approach is generally more suitable for users who are comfortable with large fluctuations in portfolio value.
Should beginners follow Tom Gayner's strategy?
Tom Gayner's strategy is unlikely to be suitable for beginners. The portfolio shows signs of high risk, significant volatility, or structural complexity, which can make it difficult to follow and potentially stressful for less experienced users. This type of approach is generally better suited to more advanced investors.
