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Markel (MKL) Return on Sales (2016 - 2025)

Markel (MKL) has disclosed Return on Sales for 17 consecutive years, with 0.15% as the latest value for Q4 2025.

  • Quarterly Return on Sales fell 1.0% to 0.15% in Q4 2025 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 0.17% through Dec 2025, down 12.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 0.14% for FY2025, 5.0% down from the prior year.
  • Return on Sales for Q4 2025 was 0.15% at Markel, down from 0.35% in the prior quarter.
  • The five-year high for Return on Sales was 0.49% in Q1 2024, with the low at 0.49% in Q2 2022.
  • Average Return on Sales over 5 years is 0.17%, with a median of 0.15% recorded in 2025.
  • The sharpest move saw Return on Sales surged 456bps in 2021, then plummeted -72bps in 2022.
  • Over 5 years, Return on Sales stood at 0.48% in 2021, then tumbled by -76bps to 0.12% in 2022, then surged by 214bps to 0.37% in 2023, then plummeted by -59bps to 0.15% in 2024, then fell by -4bps to 0.15% in 2025.
  • According to Business Quant data, Return on Sales over the past three periods came in at 0.15%, 0.35%, and 0.15% for Q4 2025, Q3 2025, and Q2 2025 respectively.