VELA Investment Management, LLC

In its 13F for Q1 2025 (holdings as of March 31, 2025, filed April 29, 2025), VELA Investment Management, LLC reported 130 stock positions worth $291.4 million. Its top holding was Kirby (KEX) at 4.5% of the portfolio, followed by Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 3.6%) and Hub Class A (HUBG, 3.2%). Compared with Q4 2024, it opened 8 new positions, sold out of 15, added to 56 and reduced 45. The biggest buy was CSX (CSX, shares +92%) and the biggest sale Greenbrier Companies (GBX, shares −33%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
NEW ALBANY, OH
CIK
0001895612
Portfolio Value
$291.4M (Q1 2025)
SEC Filing
0001895612-25-000006 ↗ filed Apr 29, 2025

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 Q3 2024 Q4 2024: $292.4M Q4 2024 Q1 2025: $291.4M $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 130 stocks · $291.4M

KEX Kirby Corp. 4.51% 130,254 $13.2M Add +4.0%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 3.56% 19,487 $10.4M Reduce -8.9%
HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A 3.19% 249,737 $9.3M Reduce -0.3%
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B 2.75% 8,343 $8.0M Reduce -13.9%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 2.64% 49,746 $7.7M Reduce -3.5%
CRTO Criteo SA-Spon 2.29% 188,744 $6.7M Add +20.2%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 2.24% 39,396 $6.5M Add +4.9%
SYY Sysco Corp. 2.18% 84,641 $6.4M Add +39.5%
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings 2.17% 33,359 $6.3M Add +27.1%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.13% 32,647 $6.2M Add +4.2%
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. 1.83% 3,950 $5.3M Reduce -0.1%
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.79% 54,094 $5.2M Add +9.7%
AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. 1.68% 21,790 $4.9M Reduce -0.5%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 1.59% 46,918 $4.6M Add +20.5%
CSX CSX Corp. 1.56% 154,512 $4.5M Add +91.9%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 1.54% 29,980 $4.5M Add +71.2%
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A 1.54% 167,907 $4.5M Reduce -16.0%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 1.49% 32,769 $4.3M Reduce -8.1%
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. 1.44% 41,822 $4.2M Reduce -11.7%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. 1.39% 7,915 $4.1M Add +23.6%
VVV Valvoline Inc. 1.38% 115,392 $4.0M Add +36.9%
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. 1.26% 46,601 $3.7M Add +8.6%
CIVI Civitas Resources Inc. 1.18% 98,633 $3.4M Reduce -7.9%
GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. 1.18% 66,852 $3.4M Reduce -33.3%
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv 1.14% 44,675 $3.3M Add +29.7%
CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A 1.11% 35,042 $3.2M No change
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 1.10% 32,788 $3.2M Reduce -22.2%
T AT&T Inc. 1.07% 110,606 $3.1M Add +0.0%
MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. 1.06% 476,353 $3.1M Add +17.1%
WIX Wix.com Ltd. 1.06% 18,872 $3.1M Add +74.8%
BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C 1.05% 76,222 $3.0M Add +0.2%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. 1.04% 34,428 $3.0M No change
MO Altria Group Inc. 1.03% 50,193 $3.0M Add +0.2%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.03% 7,961 $3.0M Reduce -6.4%
WHD Cactus Inc. Class A 1.01% 64,282 $2.9M Add +96.5%
EHC Encompass Health Corp. 1.00% 28,678 $2.9M No change
BRKR Bruker Corp. 0.98% 68,663 $2.9M Add +239.2%
RRC Range Resources Corp. 0.97% 70,609 $2.8M Reduce -31.5%
SEB Seaboard Corp. 0.89% 965 $2.6M Add +1.1%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.87% 12,045 $2.5M Reduce -7.6%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 0.86% 64,698 $2.5M Add +0.1%
AGM Federal Agric MTG Corp. Class C 0.84% 12,982 $2.4M Add +48.3%
MOV Movado Group Inc. 0.82% 143,397 $2.4M Add +26.3%
AR Antero Resources Corp. 0.78% 56,080 $2.3M Reduce -24.0%
BOKF Bok Financial Corporation 0.78% 21,707 $2.3M No change
ADSK Autodesk Inc. 0.74% 8,183 $2.1M Reduce -5.0%
TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. 0.73% 72,731 $2.1M Add +16.3%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. 0.72% 12,777 $2.1M Add +42.7%
ASH Ashland Inc. 0.70% 34,333 $2.0M Reduce -11.0%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.70% 3,530 $2.0M Reduce -9.9%
SRCE 1ST Source Corp. 0.66% 32,331 $1.9M Reduce -15.5%
MPLX MPLX LP 0.66% 36,120 $1.9M Add +11.9%
FROG Jfrog Ltd. 0.65% 59,542 $1.9M Reduce -35.6%
C Citigroup Inc. 0.62% 25,597 $1.8M Reduce -3.1%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.62% 23,120 $1.8M Reduce -2.2%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 0.60% 11,000 $1.7M Add +724.6%
SIBN Si-Bone Inc. 0.59% 122,671 $1.7M No change
TER Teradyne Inc. 0.59% 20,803 $1.7M Add +35.1%
NKE Nike Inc. Class B 0.59% 27,059 $1.7M Reduce -1.1%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.58% 4,855 $1.7M Reduce -2.3%
INDV Indivior Ltd. 0.58% 179,659 $1.7M No change
JBI Janus International Group Inc. 0.58% 234,288 $1.7M Add +48.3%
BWXT BWX Technologies Inc. 0.56% 16,423 $1.6M No change
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdi 0.54% 13,642 $1.6M No change
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding filed as SUN CTRY AIRLS HLDGS INC 0.54% 128,746 $1.6M Add +24.3%
MMM 3M Co. 0.54% 10,687 $1.6M Reduce -12.7%
MET Metlife Inc. 0.54% 19,545 $1.6M Add +0.1%
WOR Worthington Enterprises Inc. 0.54% 31,150 $1.6M Add +2.1%
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. 0.53% 19,459 $1.5M New
BKR Baker Hughes Co. 0.52% 34,267 $1.5M Reduce -29.8%
SEMR Semrush Holdings Inc. Class A 0.50% 156,772 $1.5M Add +115.0%
WNC Wabash National Corp. 0.49% 128,540 $1.4M New
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. 0.49% 308 $1.4M Reduce -6.7%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.47% 32,942 $1.4M No change
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.44% 4,150 $1.3M Add +11.1%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.44% 3,516 $1.3M Add +14.0%
CRM Salesforce Inc. 0.43% 4,692 $1.3M Reduce -0.8%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.43% 10,283 $1.3M No change
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. 0.42% 25,347 $1.2M Add +18.5%
DE Deere & Co. 0.42% 2,602 $1.2M Reduce -0.8%
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.41% 1,519 $1.2M Reduce -9.5%
JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. 0.41% 8,148 $1.2M Reduce -6.9%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.40% 2,359 $1.2M New
ELV Elevance Health Inc. 0.40% 2,674 $1.2M Add +28.9%
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. 0.39% 9,408 $1.1M Add +102.5%
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. 0.39% 57,900 $1.1M Add +25.9%
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 0.39% 17,678 $1.1M Add +45.6%
CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. 0.38% 2,572 $1.1M Reduce -60.1%
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. 0.36% 8,373 $1.0M Reduce -50.8%
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. 0.35% 120,192 $1.0M Add +22.9%
FDX FedEx Corp. 0.34% 4,117 $1.0M Reduce -24.5%
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 0.33% 13,281 $968K Add +9.3%
MDT Medtronic PLC 0.33% 10,695 $961K Reduce -71.6%
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 0.32% 12,848 $944K Reduce -11.6%
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. 0.32% 5,472 $924K Add +26.7%
NLOP Net Lease Office Property 0.31% 28,381 $891K New
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 0.28% 11,607 $817K Add +73.3%
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. 0.28% 12,729 $812K No change
OSG Octave Specialty Group Inc. filed as AMBAC FINL GROUP INC 0.28% 92,412 $809K Add +47.7%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.26% 1,999 $767K New

Show all 130 holdings

Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($7.0M), MMM puts ($2.2M), AMZN puts ($1.9M), MSFT puts ($1.9M), TSLA calls ($1.6M), META puts ($1.4M), BAC puts ($1.1M), C puts ($1.1M), ADBE calls ($959K), UBER puts ($933K), BKNG puts ($921K), DE puts ($751K), and 11 more.

Portfolio Sells Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. Reduce -33.3% 1.18% −0.92
TDW Tidewater Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.77
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -3.5% 2.64% −0.70
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -71.6% 0.33% −0.70
HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A Reduce -0.3% 3.19% −0.63
CNM Core & Main Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.56
CIVI Civitas Resources Inc. Reduce -7.9% 1.18% −0.50
EPD Enterprise Products Partners Sold out 0.00% −0.50
CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. Reduce -60.1% 0.38% −0.49
ZBRA Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.47
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. Reduce -50.8% 0.36% −0.42
RRC Range Resources Corp. Reduce -31.5% 0.97% −0.30
ROIV Roivant Sciences Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −0.28
HLI Houlihan Lokey Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.28
FROG Jfrog Ltd. Reduce -35.6% 0.65% −0.28
ASH Ashland Inc. Reduce -11.0% 0.70% −0.24
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. Reduce -66.1% 0.09% −0.23
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Reduce -22.2% 1.10% −0.21
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -6.4% 1.03% −0.20
NOW ServiceNow Inc. Reduce -9.5% 0.41% −0.19
ET Energy Transfer LP Sold out 0.00% −0.19
FDX FedEx Corp. Reduce -24.5% 0.34% −0.18
BKR Baker Hughes Co. Reduce -29.8% 0.52% −0.17
WEN The Wendy's Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.16
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. Reduce -21.9% 0.24% −0.16
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B Reduce -13.9% 2.75% −0.14
ADSK Autodesk Inc. Reduce -5.0% 0.74% −0.14
BSX Boston Scientific Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
NKE Nike Inc. Class B Reduce -1.1% 0.59% −0.12
CRM Salesforce Inc. Reduce -0.8% 0.43% −0.11
AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. Reduce -0.5% 1.68% −0.11
AR Antero Resources Corp. Reduce -24.0% 0.78% −0.11
SRCE 1ST Source Corp. Reduce -15.5% 0.66% −0.10
JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. Reduce -6.9% 0.41% −0.10
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -9.9% 0.70% −0.09
WCC Wesco International Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.08
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Reduce -6.7% 0.49% −0.07
CMPR Cimpress PLC Sold out 0.00% −0.07
COOP Mr Cooper Group Inc. Reduce -36.3% 0.16% −0.04
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.03
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 Sold out 0.00% −0.03
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Reduce -13.7% 0.08% −0.02
MAS Masco Corp. Reduce -3.5% 0.18% −0.01
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -3.1% 0.62% −0.01
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. Reduce -2.9% 0.10% −0.01
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.01
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. Reduce -4.2% 0.16% −0.00
TSLA Tesla Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.00
MMM 3M Co. Reduce -12.7% 0.54% −0.00
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR Reduce -11.6% 0.32% −0.00

Portfolio Buys Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

CSX CSX Corp. Add +91.9% 1.56% +0.67
PEP Pepsico Inc. Add +71.2% 1.54% +0.63
SYY Sysco Corp. Add +39.5% 2.18% +0.59
BRKR Bruker Corp. Add +239.2% 0.98% +0.58
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. New 0.53% +0.53
ALGN Align Technology Inc. Add +724.6% 0.60% +0.50
WNC Wabash National Corp. New 0.49% +0.49
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings Add +27.1% 2.17% +0.48
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. New 0.40% +0.40
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Add +4.9% 2.24% +0.38
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. Add +23.6% 1.39% +0.36
WHD Cactus Inc. Class A Add +96.5% 1.01% +0.36
VVV Valvoline Inc. Add +36.9% 1.38% +0.34
NLOP Net Lease Office Property New 0.31% +0.31
WIX Wix.com Ltd. Add +74.8% 1.06% +0.27
ADBE Adobe Inc. New 0.26% +0.26
AGM Federal Agric MTG Corp. Class C Add +48.3% 0.84% +0.25
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. Add +9.7% 1.79% +0.23
ZTS Zoetis Inc. Add +42.7% 0.72% +0.22
T AT&T Inc. Add +0.0% 1.07% +0.21
SEMR Semrush Holdings Inc. Class A Add +115.0% 0.50% +0.21
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv Add +29.7% 1.14% +0.19
IBP Installed Building Products New 0.19% +0.19
JBI Janus International Group Inc. Add +48.3% 0.58% +0.18
CRTO Criteo SA-Spon Add +20.2% 2.29% +0.17
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A Add +45.6% 0.39% +0.15
MO Altria Group Inc. Add +0.2% 1.03% +0.14
ELV Elevance Health Inc. Add +28.9% 0.40% +0.14
MPLX MPLX LP Add +11.9% 0.66% +0.14
DOW Dow Inc. New 0.13% +0.13
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. Add +102.5% 0.39% +0.13
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. Add +25.9% 0.39% +0.13
WOR Worthington Enterprises Inc. Add +2.1% 0.54% +0.12
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A Add +73.3% 0.28% +0.11
UPS United Parcel Service Class B New 0.11% +0.11
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Add +20.5% 1.59% +0.11
SEB Seaboard Corp. Add +1.1% 0.89% +0.10
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Class A Add +66.7% 0.23% +0.08
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. Add +9.3% 0.33% +0.08
SU Suncor Energy Inc. Add +0.1% 0.86% +0.07
MOV Movado Group Inc. Add +26.3% 0.82% +0.06
EA Electronic Arts Inc. Add +47.6% 0.18% +0.06
BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C Add +0.2% 1.05% +0.05
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. Add +22.9% 0.35% +0.04
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Add +14.9% 0.14% +0.03
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Add +27.1% 0.17% +0.03
HD Home Depot Inc. Add +14.0% 0.44% +0.03
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding Add +24.3% 0.54% +0.03
DNLI Denali Therapeutics Inc. Add +77.6% 0.13% +0.02
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. Add +8.6% 1.26% +0.02

Options Activity Q4 2024 → Q1 2025

NVDA Nvidia Corp. put Sold out 55,000 $7.4Mbefore exit
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US put Reduce -47.9% 12,500 $7.0M
TSLA Tesla Inc. put Sold out 12,000 $4.8Mbefore exit
NVDA Nvidia Corp. call Sold out 20,000 $2.7Mbefore exit
QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust Series 1 put Sold out 5,000 $2.6Mbefore exit
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. put Reduce -50.0% 10,000 $1.9M
MSFT Microsoft Corp. put Reduce -28.6% 5,000 $1.9M
GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. put Sold out 3,200 $1.8Mbefore exit
CRM Salesforce Inc. put Sold out 5,000 $1.7Mbefore exit
TSLA Tesla Inc. call Add +300.0% 6,000 $1.6M
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A put Reduce -7.4% 2,500 $1.4M
ACN Accenture PLC Class A put Sold out 4,000 $1.4Mbefore exit
ARKK ARK Innovation ETF put Sold out 23,000 $1.3Mbefore exit
EPD Enterprise Products Partners put Sold out 40,000 $1.3Mbefore exit
C Citigroup Inc. put Reduce -16.7% 15,000 $1.1M
ADBE Adobe Inc. call New 2,500 $959K
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. put Add +64.1% 12,800 $933K
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. put New 200 $921K
JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. put New 5,000 $740K
BKR Baker Hughes Co. put Reduce -34.8% 16,300 $716K
FDX FedEx Corp. put Sold out 2,500 $703Kbefore exit
HUM Humana Inc. call Sold out 2,700 $685Kbefore exit
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. put Add +33.3% 4,000 $675K
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. put Add +200.0% 12,000 $581K
NOW ServiceNow Inc. put Reduce -78.8% 700 $557K
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A put Reduce -84.1% 3,500 $541K
DOW Dow Inc. put New 15,000 $524K
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A put New 7,000 $493K
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A put New 1,700 $397K
ADSK Autodesk Inc. put Reduce -71.4% 1,200 $314K
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. put Sold out 3,000 $256Kbefore exit
ALGN Align Technology Inc. put New 1,000 $159K

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