VELA Investment Management, LLC
In its 13F for Q3 2024 (holdings as of September 30, 2024, filed October 29, 2024), VELA Investment Management, LLC reported 137 stock positions worth $292.5 million. Its top holding was Kirby (KEX) at 4.9% of the portfolio, followed by Hub Class A (HUBG, 3.8%) and Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 3.4%). Compared with Q2 2024, it opened 12 new positions, sold out of 16, added to 52 and reduced 41. The biggest buy was a new position in Dentsply Sirona (XRAY) and the biggest sale an exit from Humana (HUM).
- Most Recent 13F
- Q2 2026
- Location
- NEW ALBANY, OH
- CIK
- 0001895612
- Portfolio Value
- $292.5M (Q3 2024)
- SEC Filing
- 0001895612-24-000010 ↗ filed Oct 29, 2024
Holdings Value
Holdings 137 stocks · $292.5M
| KEX Kirby Corp. | 4.91% | 117,207 | $14.3M | Reduce -1.3% |
| HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A | 3.80% | 244,460 | $11.1M | Add +2.2% |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | 3.35% | 21,320 | $9.8M | Reduce -19.9% |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | 2.83% | 49,993 | $8.3M | Reduce -5.8% |
| GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B | 2.75% | 9,773 | $8.0M | Reduce -0.7% |
| GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. | 2.61% | 150,295 | $7.6M | Add +14.4% |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | 2.05% | 32,110 | $6.0M | Add +64.4% |
| CIVI Civitas Resources Inc. | 1.94% | 112,143 | $5.7M | Add +16.7% |
| AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. | 1.88% | 24,668 | $5.5M | Reduce -4.9% |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 1.74% | 31,488 | $5.1M | Add +0.2% |
| LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings | 1.64% | 25,047 | $4.8M | Add +34.1% |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | 1.64% | 42,965 | $4.8M | Reduce -3.7% |
| COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. | 1.63% | 3,632 | $4.8M | Reduce -11.2% |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO | 1.56% | 47,584 | $4.6M | Add +12.3% |
| SYY Sysco Corp. | 1.55% | 58,218 | $4.5M | Reduce -10.1% |
| CRTO Criteo SA-Spon | 1.54% | 111,624 | $4.5M | Add +15.3% |
| ASH Ashland Inc. | 1.45% | 48,617 | $4.2M | Reduce -3.3% |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | 1.40% | 41,967 | $4.1M | Reduce -10.9% |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | 1.34% | 34,439 | $3.9M | Add +38.7% |
| AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | 1.34% | 49,287 | $3.9M | Add +5.7% |
| RRC Range Resources Corp. | 1.30% | 123,286 | $3.8M | Add +50.7% |
| AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A | 1.28% | 188,357 | $3.8M | Reduce -3.6% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | 1.25% | 8,508 | $3.7M | Reduce -0.0% |
| EHC Encompass Health Corp. | 1.21% | 36,508 | $3.5M | Reduce -0.4% |
| PFGC Performance Food Group Co. | 1.15% | 42,896 | $3.4M | Add +11.8% |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | 1.14% | 6,335 | $3.3M | Reduce -24.4% |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | 1.09% | 35,578 | $3.2M | Reduce -30.3% |
| ADSK Autodesk Inc. | 1.08% | 11,520 | $3.2M | Add +16.5% |
| SEB Seaboard Corp. | 1.05% | 976 | $3.1M | Add +20.9% |
| CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A | 1.04% | 32,371 | $3.0M | Add +14.1% |
| MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. | 1.02% | 409,092 | $3.0M | Add +5.7% |
| BWXT BWX Technologies Inc. | 1.02% | 27,331 | $3.0M | No change |
| FIS Fidelity National Info Serv | 0.98% | 34,333 | $2.9M | Reduce -10.4% |
| TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. | 0.94% | 58,510 | $2.8M | Add +60.8% |
| FROG Jfrog Ltd. | 0.92% | 92,461 | $2.7M | Add +17.7% |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | 0.88% | 13,054 | $2.6M | Reduce -7.4% |
| BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C | 0.88% | 64,378 | $2.6M | No change |
| MO Altria Group Inc. | 0.87% | 50,093 | $2.6M | No change |
| VVV Valvoline Inc. | 0.86% | 60,272 | $2.5M | Add +41.1% |
| T AT&T Inc. | 0.83% | 110,599 | $2.4M | Add +0.0% |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | 0.83% | 6,448 | $2.4M | Reduce -35.2% |
| AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. | 0.82% | 30,263 | $2.4M | Add +29.3% |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | 0.82% | 64,629 | $2.4M | Reduce -17.5% |
| LNTH Lantheus Holdings Inc. | 0.80% | 21,392 | $2.3M | No change |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | 0.77% | 3,914 | $2.2M | Reduce -5.5% |
| XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. | 0.74% | 80,120 | $2.2M | New |
| CNM Core & Main Inc. Class A | 0.73% | 47,881 | $2.1M | Add +20.8% |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | 0.72% | 73,816 | $2.1M | Add +135.6% |
| HII Huntington Ingalls Industrie | 0.72% | 7,955 | $2.1M | Add +3.2% |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A | 0.70% | 5,549 | $2.1M | Reduce -16.8% |
| BOKF Bok Financial Corporation | 0.66% | 18,542 | $1.9M | No change |
| CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. | 0.65% | 17,055 | $1.9M | Add +578.4% |
| WIX Wix.com Ltd. | 0.62% | 10,797 | $1.8M | Add +22.4% |
| SRCE 1ST Source Corp. | 0.62% | 30,133 | $1.8M | Reduce -20.2% |
| MMM 3M Co. | 0.61% | 13,156 | $1.8M | Reduce -0.3% |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | 0.60% | 48,950 | $1.8M | Reduce -0.4% |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | 0.60% | 8,930 | $1.7M | Add +0.2% |
| TER Teradyne Inc. | 0.59% | 12,782 | $1.7M | Add +0.9% |
| TDW Tidewater Inc. | 0.58% | 23,832 | $1.7M | Add +7.1% |
| JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. | 0.58% | 9,813 | $1.7M | Reduce -0.1% |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | 0.57% | 6,105 | $1.7M | Add +0.7% |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | 0.57% | 20,684 | $1.7M | Add +38.9% |
| C Citigroup Inc. | 0.57% | 26,438 | $1.7M | Add +18.6% |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | 0.56% | 18,684 | $1.7M | Add +11.8% |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | 0.55% | 1,809 | $1.6M | No change |
| MET Metlife Inc. | 0.55% | 19,553 | $1.6M | Add +0.1% |
| ACN Accenture PLC Class A | 0.55% | 4,560 | $1.6M | No change |
| PRCT Procept Biorobotics Corp. | 0.54% | 19,616 | $1.6M | Reduce -4.3% |
| KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. | 0.53% | 43,770 | $1.5M | No change |
| SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. | 0.52% | 23,657 | $1.5M | Add +1.3% |
| PEP Pepsico Inc. | 0.52% | 8,938 | $1.5M | Add +0.0% |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | 0.51% | 5,453 | $1.5M | No change |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | 0.50% | 90,407 | $1.5M | No change |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | 0.48% | 336 | $1.4M | Add +55.6% |
| SIBN Si-Bone Inc. | 0.47% | 99,079 | $1.4M | Reduce -11.6% |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | 0.47% | 4,974 | $1.4M | Add +14.1% |
| EPD Enterprise Products Partners | 0.46% | 46,541 | $1.4M | No change |
| BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP | 0.45% | 32,942 | $1.3M | Add +8.4% |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 0.43% | 2,546 | $1.3M | Reduce -0.7% |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | 0.43% | 6,101 | $1.3M | Reduce -9.8% |
| AMN Amn Healthcare Services Inc. | 0.43% | 29,548 | $1.3M | Add +142.4% |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | 0.43% | 3,085 | $1.3M | Reduce -7.4% |
| MPLX MPLX LP | 0.42% | 27,349 | $1.2M | Add +38.4% |
| INDV Indivior Ltd. | 0.41% | 123,435 | $1.2M | Add +722.9% |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW | 0.41% | 10,283 | $1.2M | Reduce -10.4% |
| ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. | 0.40% | 3,035 | $1.2M | New |
| CSX CSX Corp. | 0.40% | 33,585 | $1.2M | Add +0.1% |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | 0.39% | 14,539 | $1.1M | Reduce -6.4% |
| DE Deere & Co. | 0.37% | 2,613 | $1.1M | Add +18.4% |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | 0.36% | 13,598 | $1.1M | Reduce -0.1% |
| OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdi | 0.33% | 9,984 | $970K | No change |
| MOV Movado Group Inc. | 0.33% | 51,360 | $955K | New |
| WNC Wabash National Corp. | 0.32% | 49,049 | $941K | Reduce -73.1% |
| TRMK Trustmark Corp. | 0.31% | 28,395 | $904K | Reduce -3.9% |
| BHVN Biohaven Ltd. | 0.30% | 17,530 | $876K | Add +25.6% |
| ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. | 0.27% | 69,072 | $797K | Add +113.3% |
| MRVI Maravai Lifesciences Hldgs-A | 0.27% | 95,866 | $797K | No change |
| HLI Houlihan Lokey Inc. | 0.25% | 4,684 | $740K | Reduce -56.5% |
| HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. | 0.25% | 12,729 | $729K | New |
| SEMR Semrush Holdings Inc. Class A | 0.24% | 44,651 | $701K | New |
Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($5.7M), MSFT puts ($3.0M), BAC puts ($2.1M), NVDA puts ($1.8M), NVDA calls ($1.8M), MMM puts ($1.6M), GS puts ($1.6M), CRM puts ($1.2M), ACN puts ($1.2M), EPD puts ($1.2M), META puts ($1.1M), C puts ($1.1M), and 10 more.
Portfolio Sells Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| HUM Humana Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −1.20 |
| WNC Wabash National Corp. | Reduce -73.1% | 0.32% | −1.09 |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.84 |
| WEN The Wendy's Co. | Reduce -79.4% | 0.17% | −0.68 |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | Reduce -5.8% | 2.83% | −0.59 |
| ESGR Enstar Group Ltd. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.54 |
| CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. | Reduce -35.2% | 0.83% | −0.52 |
| FLO Flowers Foods Inc. | Reduce -69.8% | 0.21% | −0.48 |
| BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B | Reduce -19.9% | 3.35% | −0.48 |
| MTN Vail Resorts Inc. | Reduce -80.6% | 0.11% | −0.48 |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.45 |
| NVST Envista Holdings Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.41 |
| CNP Centerpoint Energy Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.41 |
| JBSS John B. Sanfilippo & Son Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.34 |
| MDT Medtronic PLC | Reduce -30.3% | 1.09% | −0.33 |
| BSX Boston Scientific Corp. | Reduce -72.7% | 0.13% | −0.31 |
| HLI Houlihan Lokey Inc. | Reduce -56.5% | 0.25% | −0.26 |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.24 |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | Reduce -17.5% | 0.82% | −0.24 |
| ASH Ashland Inc. | Reduce -3.3% | 1.45% | −0.24 |
| IFNNY Infineon Technologies-ADR | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.17 |
| A Agilent Technologies Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.16 |
| NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. | Reduce -24.4% | 1.14% | −0.15 |
| NWE Northwestern Energy Group Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.15 |
| KEX Kirby Corp. | Reduce -1.3% | 4.91% | −0.13 |
| JCI Johnson Controls Internation | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.11 |
| SRCE 1ST Source Corp. | Reduce -20.2% | 0.62% | −0.10 |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | Reduce -0.0% | 1.25% | −0.09 |
| KO The Coca-Cola Co. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.09 |
| MCY Mercury General Corp. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.08 |
| SYY Sysco Corp. | Reduce -10.1% | 1.55% | −0.08 |
| ELAN Elanco Animal Health Inc. | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.07 |
| AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR | Reduce -6.4% | 0.39% | −0.04 |
| SIBN Si-Bone Inc. | Reduce -11.6% | 0.47% | −0.04 |
| FIS Fidelity National Info Serv | Reduce -10.4% | 0.98% | −0.04 |
| TJX TJX Companies Inc. | Reduce -10.4% | 0.41% | −0.03 |
| ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A | Reduce -16.8% | 0.70% | −0.03 |
| FRACF Foraco International SA | Sold out | 0.00% | −0.01 |
| WCC Wesco International Inc. | Reduce -14.4% | 0.07% | −0.01 |
| BKR Baker Hughes Co. | Reduce -0.4% | 0.60% | −0.01 |
| TRMK Trustmark Corp. | Reduce -3.9% | 0.31% | −0.01 |
| TMUS T-Mobile US Inc. | Reduce -9.8% | 0.43% | +0.01 |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | Reduce -0.7% | 0.43% | +0.02 |
| HD Home Depot Inc. | Reduce -7.4% | 0.43% | +0.02 |
| JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.58% | +0.02 |
| ABBV Abbvie Inc. | Reduce -7.4% | 0.88% | +0.03 |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A | Reduce -5.5% | 0.77% | +0.03 |
| ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. | Reduce -3.7% | 1.64% | +0.05 |
| COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. | Reduce -11.2% | 1.63% | +0.06 |
| PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. | Reduce -0.1% | 0.36% | +0.08 |
Portfolio Buys Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. | New | 0.74% | +0.74 |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | Add +64.4% | 2.05% | +0.71 |
| CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. | Add +578.4% | 0.65% | +0.56 |
| ABT Abbott Laboratories | Add +38.7% | 1.34% | +0.43 |
| TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. | Add +60.8% | 0.94% | +0.42 |
| ULTA Ulta Beauty Inc. | New | 0.40% | +0.40 |
| LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings | Add +34.1% | 1.64% | +0.40 |
| AR Antero Resources Corp. | Add +135.6% | 0.72% | +0.36 |
| INDV Indivior Ltd. | Add +722.9% | 0.41% | +0.33 |
| MOV Movado Group Inc. | New | 0.33% | +0.33 |
| RRC Range Resources Corp. | Add +50.7% | 1.30% | +0.33 |
| GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. | Add +14.4% | 2.61% | +0.31 |
| PFGC Performance Food Group Co. | Add +11.8% | 1.15% | +0.25 |
| HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. | New | 0.25% | +0.25 |
| CRTO Criteo SA-Spon | Add +15.3% | 1.54% | +0.24 |
| SEMR Semrush Holdings Inc. Class A | New | 0.24% | +0.24 |
| MAS Masco Corp. | New | 0.22% | +0.22 |
| ADSK Autodesk Inc. | Add +16.5% | 1.08% | +0.22 |
| VVV Valvoline Inc. | Add +41.1% | 0.86% | +0.21 |
| AMN Amn Healthcare Services Inc. | Add +142.4% | 0.43% | +0.21 |
| AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. | Add +29.3% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
| BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. | Add +55.6% | 0.48% | +0.18 |
| AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. | Add +5.7% | 1.34% | +0.18 |
| DNLI Denali Therapeutics Inc. | New | 0.16% | +0.16 |
| HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A | Add +2.2% | 3.80% | +0.15 |
| ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. | Add +113.3% | 0.27% | +0.15 |
| SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding | New | 0.14% | +0.14 |
| SEB Seaboard Corp. | Add +20.9% | 1.05% | +0.14 |
| EPAM Epam Systems Inc. | Add +131.3% | 0.23% | +0.13 |
| BHVN Biohaven Ltd. | Add +25.6% | 0.30% | +0.13 |
| EA Electronic Arts Inc. | New | 0.12% | +0.12 |
| WIX Wix.com Ltd. | Add +22.4% | 0.62% | +0.12 |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | Add +11.8% | 0.56% | +0.12 |
| JNJ Johnson & Johnson | Add +0.2% | 1.74% | +0.12 |
| MPLX MPLX LP | Add +38.4% | 0.42% | +0.12 |
| NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. | New | 0.10% | +0.10 |
| MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. | Add +5.7% | 1.02% | +0.10 |
| ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. | Add +85.9% | 0.22% | +0.09 |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | Add +38.9% | 0.57% | +0.09 |
| T AT&T Inc. | Add +0.0% | 0.83% | +0.08 |
| CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A | Add +14.1% | 1.04% | +0.08 |
| DE Deere & Co. | Add +18.4% | 0.37% | +0.08 |
| DIS The Walt Disney Co. | Add +12.3% | 1.56% | +0.08 |
| GRMN Garmin Ltd. | New | 0.07% | +0.07 |
| TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A | Add +58.0% | 0.19% | +0.07 |
| MET Metlife Inc. | Add +0.1% | 0.55% | +0.07 |
| C Citigroup Inc. | Add +18.6% | 0.57% | +0.06 |
| V Visa Inc. Class A | Add +14.1% | 0.47% | +0.06 |
| WDAY Workday Inc. Class A | Add +37.7% | 0.19% | +0.06 |
| ZTS Zoetis Inc. | Add +0.2% | 0.60% | +0.05 |
Options Activity Q2 2024 → Q3 2024
| SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US | put | New | 10,000 | $5.7M |
| SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | call | Sold out | 22,500 | $5.5Mbefore exit |
| MSFT Microsoft Corp. | put | Reduce -22.2% | 7,000 | $3.0M |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | put | New | 15,000 | $1.8M |
| NVDA Nvidia Corp. | call | Add +150.0% | 15,000 | $1.8M |
| ET Energy Transfer LP | put | Sold out | 110,500 | $1.8Mbefore exit |
| MMM 3M Co. | put | New | 12,000 | $1.6M |
| GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | put | New | 3,200 | $1.6M |
| FDX FedEx Corp. | put | Sold out | 5,000 | $1.5Mbefore exit |
| AAPL Apple Inc. | put | Sold out | 6,500 | $1.4Mbefore exit |
| CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings Inc. Class A | put | Sold out | 3,500 | $1.3Mbefore exit |
| CRM Salesforce Inc. | put | Add +80.0% | 4,500 | $1.2M |
| ADBE Adobe Inc. | put | Sold out | 2,100 | $1.2Mbefore exit |
| C Citigroup Inc. | put | Reduce -40.0% | 18,000 | $1.1M |
| NOW ServiceNow Inc. | put | Reduce -82.9% | 1,200 | $1.1M |
| WFC Wells Fargo & Co. | put | Sold out | 18,000 | $1.1Mbefore exit |
| SU Suncor Energy Inc. | put | Sold out | 27,000 | $1.0Mbefore exit |
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A | put | Reduce -60.0% | 6,000 | $995K |
| SBUX Starbucks Corp. | put | New | 10,000 | $975K |
| AMZN Amazon.com Inc. | put | New | 5,000 | $932K |
| NKE Nike Inc. Class B | put | New | 8,000 | $707K |
| CNM Core & Main Inc. Class A | put | Sold out | 13,000 | $636Kbefore exit |
| UBER Uber Technologies Inc. | put | New | 7,800 | $586K |
| MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. | put | Reduce -35.0% | 6,500 | $522K |
Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.
All Filings
| Quarter | Positions | 13F Reported Value | Top Holdings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026Amended | 131 | $406.5M | KEX, CRTO, WOR, GOOGL, BRK.B |
| Q1 2026Amended | 133 | $386.6M | KEX, CRTO, BRK.B, WIX, WOR |
| Q4 2025Amended | 130 | $367.1M | KEX, HUBG, BRK.B, GOOGL, CRTO |
| Q3 2025 | 131 | $347.1M | KEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, WIX |
| Q2 2025 | 132 | $336.4M | KEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, CRTO |
| Q1 2025 | 130 | $291.4M | KEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GHC, GOOGL |
| Q4 2024 | 137 | $292.4M | KEX, HUBG, GOOGL, BRK.B, GHC |
| Q3 2024 | 137 | $292.5M | KEX, HUBG, BRK.B, GOOGL, GHC |
| Q2 2024 | 141 | $282.5M | KEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, GHC |
| Q1 2024 | 142 | $271.6M | KEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, GBX |