Benzinga | Oct 27, 2020 04:52PM EDT

Markel Q3 EPS $31.03 Beats $7.10 Estimate, Sales $1.39B Miss $2.21B Estimate

Markel (NYSE:MKL) reported quarterly earnings of $31.03 per share which beat the analyst consensus estimate of $7.10 by 337.04 percent. This is a 122.44 percent increase over earnings of $13.95 per share from the same period last year. The company reported quarterly sales of $1.39 billion which missed the analyst consensus estimate of $2.21 billion by 36.92 percent. This is a 31.43 percent decrease over sales of $2.03 billion the same period last year.