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

0$100.0M$200.0M$300.0M$400.0M$500.0M Q1 2024: $271.6M Q1 2024 Q2 2024: $282.5M Q2 2024 Q3 2024: $292.5M $292.5M Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $292.4M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $291.4M Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $336.4M Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $347.1M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $367.1M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $386.6M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $406.5M Q2 2026

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
SMAR Smartsheet Inc. Class A 0.23% 12,291 $680K No change
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. 0.23% 3,397 $676K Add +131.3%
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 0.22% 8,702 $654K No change
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. 0.22% 3,128 $649K Add +85.9%
MAS Masco Corp. 0.22% 7,720 $648K New
FLO Flowers Foods Inc. 0.21% 26,735 $617K Reduce -69.8%
RCKT Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.20% 30,959 $572K Add +49.0%
COOP Mr Cooper Group Inc. 0.19% 6,146 $567K No change
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 0.19% 9,350 $557K Add +58.0%
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A 0.19% 2,240 $547K Add +37.7%
GPC Genuine Parts Co. 0.19% 3,884 $543K Add +24.3%
ELV Elevance Health Inc. 0.18% 1,029 $535K No change
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. 0.17% 2,058 $511K No change
WEN The Wendy's Co. 0.17% 29,115 $510K Reduce -79.4%
LIN Linde PLC 0.16% 1,004 $479K No change
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 0.16% 4,839 $464K No change
DNLI Denali Therapeutics Inc. 0.16% 15,635 $455K New
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Class A 0.15% 15,000 $450K No change
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A 0.15% 10,255 $428K No change
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding filed as SUN CTRY AIRLS HLDGS INC 0.14% 37,579 $421K New
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. 0.13% 4,416 $370K Reduce -72.7%
AVY Avery Dennison Corp. 0.12% 1,651 $364K No change
OMC Omnicom Group 0.12% 3,447 $356K No change
EA Electronic Arts Inc. 0.12% 2,480 $356K New
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.12% 1,675 $353K No change
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A 0.11% 4,311 $318K No change
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.11% 1,523 $315K No change
MTN Vail Resorts Inc. 0.11% 1,772 $309K Reduce -80.6%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 0.10% 1,734 $293K No change
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. 0.10% 15,000 $286K New
AIG American International Group 0.09% 3,594 $263K No change
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. 0.09% 2,009 $262K No change
CMPR Cimpress PLC 0.08% 2,987 $245K No change
GRMN Garmin Ltd. 0.07% 1,214 $214K New
WCC Wesco International Inc. 0.07% 1,267 $213K Reduce -14.4%
NVDA Nvidia Corp. 0.03% 653 $79K No change
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.02% 120 $69K 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

QuarterPositions13F Reported ValueTop Holdings
Q2 2026Amended 131$406.5MKEX, CRTO, WOR, GOOGL, BRK.B
Q1 2026Amended 133$386.6MKEX, CRTO, BRK.B, WIX, WOR
Q4 2025Amended 130$367.1MKEX, HUBG, BRK.B, GOOGL, CRTO
Q3 2025 131$347.1MKEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, WIX
Q2 2025 132$336.4MKEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, CRTO
Q1 2025 130$291.4MKEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GHC, GOOGL
Q4 2024 137$292.4MKEX, HUBG, GOOGL, BRK.B, GHC
Q3 2024 137$292.5MKEX, HUBG, BRK.B, GOOGL, GHC
Q2 2024 141$282.5MKEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, GHC
Q1 2024 142$271.6MKEX, BRK.B, HUBG, GOOGL, GBX