VELA Investment Management, LLC

In its 13F for Q2 2025 (holdings as of June 30, 2025, filed July 29, 2025), VELA Investment Management, LLC reported 132 stock positions worth $336.4 million. Its top holding was Kirby (KEX) at 4.8% of the portfolio, followed by Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 4.2%) and Hub Class A (HUBG, 3.1%). Compared with Q1 2025, it opened 13 new positions, sold out of 11, added to 69 and reduced 35. The biggest buy was Valvoline (VVV, shares +81%) and the biggest sale an exit from Civitas Resources (CIVI).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
NEW ALBANY, OH
CIK
0001895612
Portfolio Value
$336.4M (Q2 2025)
SEC Filing
0001895612-25-000008 ↗ filed Jul 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 Q1 2025 Q2 2025: $336.4M $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 132 stocks · $336.4M

KEX Kirby Corp. 4.85% 143,860 $16.3M Add +10.4%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 4.19% 29,030 $14.1M Add +49.0%
HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A 3.07% 309,220 $10.3M Add +23.8%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 2.60% 49,686 $8.8M Reduce -0.1%
CRTO Criteo SA-Spon 2.51% 351,940 $8.4M Add +86.5%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.46% 37,753 $8.3M Add +15.6%
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings 2.46% 39,863 $8.3M Add +19.5%
VVV Valvoline Inc. 2.35% 208,970 $7.9M Add +81.1%
SYY Sysco Corp. 1.96% 87,238 $6.6M Add +3.1%
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B 1.96% 6,977 $6.6M Reduce -16.4%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 1.85% 50,271 $6.2M Add +7.2%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 1.74% 38,273 $5.8M Reduce -2.9%
AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. 1.70% 24,584 $5.7M Add +12.8%
CSX CSX Corp. 1.69% 174,103 $5.7M Add +12.7%
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.54% 56,820 $5.2M Add +5.0%
BRKR Bruker Corp. 1.51% 123,591 $5.1M Add +80.0%
WHD Cactus Inc. Class A 1.50% 115,440 $5.0M Add +79.6%
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. 1.44% 55,305 $4.8M Add +18.7%
WIX Wix.com Ltd. 1.43% 30,432 $4.8M Add +61.3%
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. 1.37% 44,458 $4.6M Add +6.3%
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. 1.32% 39,735 $4.4M Add +0.6%
TER Teradyne Inc. 1.22% 45,700 $4.1M Add +119.7%
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A 1.20% 152,430 $4.0M Reduce -9.2%
CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A 1.17% 35,741 $3.9M Add +2.0%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 1.15% 28,425 $3.9M Reduce -13.3%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 1.13% 7,632 $3.8M Reduce -4.1%
GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. 1.11% 81,364 $3.7M Add +21.7%
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. 1.11% 7,485 $3.7M Reduce -5.4%
BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C 1.10% 79,232 $3.7M Add +4.0%
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv 1.08% 44,479 $3.6M Reduce -0.4%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 1.05% 26,765 $3.5M Reduce -10.7%
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 1.04% 18,540 $3.5M Add +68.5%
TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. 1.03% 96,363 $3.5M Add +32.5%
RRC Range Resources Corp. 1.02% 84,176 $3.4M Add +19.2%
T AT&T Inc. 0.95% 110,609 $3.2M Add +0.0%
POOL Pool Corp. 0.94% 10,891 $3.2M New
MOV Movado Group Inc. 0.91% 199,760 $3.0M Add +39.3%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. 0.89% 34,428 $3.0M No change
EHC Encompass Health Corp. 0.89% 24,411 $3.0M Reduce -14.9%
AGM Federal Agric MTG Corp. Class C 0.89% 15,350 $3.0M Add +18.2%
WNC Wabash National Corp. 0.88% 277,206 $2.9M Add +115.7%
MO Altria Group Inc. 0.87% 50,193 $2.9M No change
AR Antero Resources Corp. 0.85% 71,024 $2.9M Add +26.6%
MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. 0.84% 339,726 $2.8M Reduce -28.7%
NKE Nike Inc. Class B 0.80% 37,685 $2.7M Add +39.3%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.77% 3,519 $2.6M Reduce -0.3%
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding filed as SUN CTRY AIRLS HLDGS INC 0.74% 211,048 $2.5M Add +63.9%
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 0.74% 66,147 $2.5M Add +2.2%
BWXT BWX Technologies Inc. 0.73% 17,021 $2.5M Add +3.6%
SIBN Si-Bone Inc. 0.71% 126,174 $2.4M Add +2.9%
JBI Janus International Group Inc. 0.70% 287,443 $2.3M Add +22.7%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. 0.69% 14,827 $2.3M Add +16.0%
IBP Installed Building Products 0.68% 12,750 $2.3M Add +288.6%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 0.68% 5,622 $2.3M Add +138.3%
BOKF Bok Financial Corporation 0.65% 22,561 $2.2M Add +3.9%
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.63% 23,196 $2.1M Add +0.3%
SRCE 1ST Source Corp. 0.62% 33,487 $2.1M Add +3.6%
SEB Seaboard Corp. 0.62% 724 $2.1M Reduce -25.0%
WOR Worthington Enterprises Inc. 0.59% 31,363 $2.0M Add +0.7%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.58% 10,558 $2.0M Reduce -12.3%
MPLX MPLX LP 0.56% 36,685 $1.9M Add +1.6%
C Citigroup Inc. 0.56% 22,032 $1.9M Reduce -13.9%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. 0.53% 308 $1.8M No change
MET Metlife Inc. 0.52% 21,738 $1.7M Add +11.2%
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. 0.51% 20,361 $1.7M Add +4.6%
FOUR SHIFT4 Payments Inc. Class A 0.50% 16,905 $1.7M New
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.46% 1,519 $1.6M No change
INDV Indivior Ltd. 0.46% 105,027 $1.5M Reduce -41.5%
ADSK Autodesk Inc. 0.45% 4,930 $1.5M Reduce -39.8%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.45% 4,225 $1.5M Reduce -13.0%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 0.44% 4,991 $1.5M Add +20.3%
ASH Ashland Inc. 0.44% 29,586 $1.5M Reduce -13.8%
MMM 3M Co. 0.44% 9,761 $1.5M Reduce -8.7%
SBUX Starbucks Corp. 0.44% 16,098 $1.5M Reduce -50.9%
NLOP Net Lease Office Property 0.44% 45,215 $1.5M Add +59.3%
SEMR Semrush Holdings Inc. Class A 0.44% 162,020 $1.5M Add +3.4%
NEU Newmarket Corp. 0.43% 2,112 $1.5M New
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.42% 30,185 $1.4M Reduce -8.4%
FROG Jfrog Ltd. 0.41% 31,617 $1.4M Reduce -46.9%
BKR Baker Hughes Co. 0.39% 34,333 $1.3M Add +0.2%
DE Deere & Co. 0.39% 2,588 $1.3M Reduce -0.5%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.38% 3,516 $1.3M No change
CRM Salesforce Inc. 0.38% 4,692 $1.3M No change
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. 0.37% 74,000 $1.3M Add +27.8%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.35% 9,572 $1.2M Reduce -6.9%
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. 0.34% 12,252 $1.1M Reduce -7.8%
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. 0.33% 8,360 $1.1M Add +316.1%
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdi 0.33% 8,396 $1.1M Reduce -38.5%
DOO BRP Inc./Ca- Sub Voting 0.32% 22,420 $1.1M New
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 0.31% 14,964 $1.0M Add +16.5%
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A 0.31% 18,028 $1.0M Add +55.3%
ELV Elevance Health Inc. 0.31% 2,674 $1.0M No change
FDX FedEx Corp. 0.31% 4,535 $1.0M Add +10.2%
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. 0.31% 5,818 $1.0M Add +6.3%
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 0.29% 17,678 $989K No change
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Class A 0.28% 34,300 $952K Add +37.2%
IMKTA Ingles Markets Inc. Class A 0.27% 14,516 $920K New
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. 0.27% 7,148 $919K Reduce -14.6%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. 0.27% 2,232 $908K New
OSG Octave Specialty Group Inc. filed as AMBAC FINL GROUP INC 0.26% 122,770 $872K Add +32.9%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.25% 2,209 $855K Add +10.5%
ARCO Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Class A 0.24% 102,000 $805K New
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. 0.23% 10,552 $784K Reduce -0.4%
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. 0.22% 7,296 $736K Reduce -22.4%
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A 0.21% 2,943 $706K No change
HALO Halozyme Therapeutics Inc. 0.20% 12,989 $676K Add +2.0%
MAS Masco Corp. 0.19% 10,113 $651K Add +32.4%
MDT Medtronic PLC 0.19% 7,366 $642K Reduce -31.1%
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. 0.18% 8,641 $608K Reduce -65.9%
MRVI Maravai Lifesciences Hldgs-A 0.17% 242,962 $586K Add +55.4%
COOP Mr Cooper Group Inc. 0.17% 3,917 $584K No change
EA Electronic Arts Inc. 0.17% 3,607 $576K No change
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp. 0.16% 5,312 $548K New
GPC Genuine Parts Co. 0.16% 4,361 $529K Add +12.9%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 0.15% 4,555 $518K New
LIN Linde PLC 0.14% 1,004 $471K No change
MTN Vail Resorts Inc. 0.13% 2,844 $447K Add +17.3%
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.13% 1,537 $446K No change
GRMN Garmin Ltd. 0.13% 2,070 $432K Add +70.5%
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. 0.12% 2,614 $420K Add +55.3%
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A 0.12% 11,376 $406K Reduce -12.7%
JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. 0.11% 2,575 $370K Reduce -68.4%
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. 0.10% 1,612 $335K Add +22.6%
UPS United Parcel Service Class B 0.10% 3,301 $333K Add +16.2%
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A 0.10% 4,923 $332K Reduce -20.4%
BXP BXP Inc. 0.09% 4,728 $319K New
AIG American International Group 0.09% 3,594 $308K No change
AMD Advanced Micro Devices 0.09% 2,061 $292K New
AVY Avery Dennison Corp. 0.09% 1,651 $290K No change
WCC Wesco International Inc. 0.06% 1,146 $212K New
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US 0.03% 166 $103K Add +10.7%
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. 0.00% 4 $1K New

Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($4.6M), MSFT puts ($2.5M), NOW puts ($1.7M), C puts ($1.7M), META puts ($1.6M), ARKK puts ($1.5M), JNJ puts ($1.5M), NKE puts ($1.4M), BAC puts ($1.3M), BKNG puts ($1.2M), MPLX puts ($984K), LYB puts ($984K), and 17 more.

Portfolio Sells Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

CIVI Civitas Resources Inc. Sold out 0.00% −1.18
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B Reduce -16.4% 1.96% −0.79
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Reduce -50.9% 0.44% −0.67
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -2.9% 1.74% −0.50
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -10.7% 1.05% −0.49
CASY Casey's General Stores Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.38
GTX Garrett Motion Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.35
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -13.3% 1.15% −0.34
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A Reduce -9.2% 1.20% −0.34
JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. Reduce -68.4% 0.11% −0.30
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -12.3% 0.58% −0.28
ADSK Autodesk Inc. Reduce -39.8% 0.45% −0.28
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. Reduce -5.4% 1.11% −0.28
SEB Seaboard Corp. Reduce -25.0% 0.62% −0.28
ASH Ashland Inc. Reduce -13.8% 0.44% −0.26
FROG Jfrog Ltd. Reduce -46.9% 0.41% −0.24
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. Reduce -65.9% 0.18% −0.24
MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. Reduce -28.7% 0.84% −0.23
BHVN Biohaven Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −0.22
FLO Flowers Foods Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.22
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdi Reduce -38.5% 0.33% −0.22
ONTO Onto Innovation Inc. Reduce -22.4% 0.22% −0.17
KHC The Kraft Heinz Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.16
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.16
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -31.1% 0.19% −0.14
V Visa Inc. Class A Reduce -13.0% 0.45% −0.14
DOW Dow Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
DNLI Denali Therapeutics Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.13
INDV Indivior Ltd. Reduce -41.5% 0.46% −0.12
EHC Encompass Health Corp. Reduce -14.9% 0.89% −0.11
MMM 3M Co. Reduce -8.7% 0.44% −0.10
CFR Cullen/Frost Bankers Inc. Reduce -14.6% 0.27% −0.09
XRAY Dentsply Sirona Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.09
TJX TJX Companies Inc. Reduce -6.9% 0.35% −0.08
RCKT Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.07
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv Reduce -0.4% 1.08% −0.07
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -13.9% 0.56% −0.07
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -8.4% 0.42% −0.05
MDLZ Mondelez International Inc. Class A Reduce -20.4% 0.10% −0.05
CMCSA Comcast Corp. Class A Reduce -12.7% 0.12% −0.04
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Reduce -0.1% 2.60% −0.04
DE Deere & Co. Reduce -0.5% 0.39% −0.03
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. Reduce -0.4% 0.23% −0.00
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. Reduce -7.8% 0.34% +0.01
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -0.3% 0.77% +0.07
MSFT Microsoft Corp. Reduce -4.1% 1.13% +0.10

Portfolio Buys Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

VVV Valvoline Inc. Add +81.1% 2.35% +0.97
POOL Pool Corp. New 0.94% +0.94
TER Teradyne Inc. Add +119.7% 1.22% +0.63
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Add +49.0% 4.19% +0.63
BRKR Bruker Corp. Add +80.0% 1.51% +0.53
FOUR SHIFT4 Payments Inc. Class A New 0.50% +0.50
IBP Installed Building Products Add +288.6% 0.68% +0.49
WHD Cactus Inc. Class A Add +79.6% 1.50% +0.49
ALGN Align Technology Inc. Add +68.5% 1.04% +0.44
NEU Newmarket Corp. New 0.43% +0.43
WNC Wabash National Corp. Add +115.7% 0.88% +0.39
WIX Wix.com Ltd. Add +61.3% 1.43% +0.38
KEX Kirby Corp. Add +10.4% 4.85% +0.33
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +15.6% 2.46% +0.33
DOO BRP Inc./Ca- Sub Voting New 0.32% +0.32
TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. Add +32.5% 1.03% +0.30
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings Add +19.5% 2.46% +0.29
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Add +138.3% 0.68% +0.27
IMKTA Ingles Markets Inc. Class A New 0.27% +0.27
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. New 0.27% +0.27
DIS The Walt Disney Co. Add +7.2% 1.85% +0.26
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. Add +316.1% 0.33% +0.25
ARCO Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Class A New 0.24% +0.24
CRTO Criteo SA-Spon Add +86.5% 2.51% +0.21
NKE Nike Inc. Class B Add +39.3% 0.80% +0.21
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding Add +63.9% 0.74% +0.19
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. Add +18.7% 1.44% +0.18
BWXT BWX Technologies Inc. Add +3.6% 0.73% +0.17
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp. New 0.16% +0.16
PPG PPG Industries Inc. New 0.15% +0.15
NLOP Net Lease Office Property Add +59.3% 0.44% +0.13
CSX CSX Corp. Add +12.7% 1.69% +0.13
JBI Janus International Group Inc. Add +22.7% 0.70% +0.12
SIBN Si-Bone Inc. Add +2.9% 0.71% +0.12
BXP BXP Inc. New 0.09% +0.09
AMD Advanced Micro Devices New 0.09% +0.09
MOV Movado Group Inc. Add +39.3% 0.91% +0.08
AR Antero Resources Corp. Add +26.6% 0.85% +0.07
WCC Wesco International Inc. New 0.06% +0.06
WOR Worthington Enterprises Inc. Add +0.7% 0.59% +0.06
CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A Add +2.0% 1.17% +0.06
MRVI Maravai Lifesciences Hldgs-A Add +55.4% 0.17% +0.06
BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C Add +4.0% 1.10% +0.06
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Class A Add +37.2% 0.28% +0.05
AGM Federal Agric MTG Corp. Class C Add +18.2% 0.89% +0.05
RRC Range Resources Corp. Add +19.2% 1.02% +0.05
GRMN Garmin Ltd. Add +70.5% 0.13% +0.04
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A Add +55.3% 0.31% +0.03
SPG Simon Property Group Inc. Add +55.3% 0.12% +0.03
TXN Texas Instruments Inc. Add +22.6% 0.10% +0.02

Options Activity Q1 2025 → Q2 2025

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US put Reduce -40.0% 7,500 $4.6M
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. put Sold out 10,000 $1.9Mbefore exit
NOW ServiceNow Inc. put Add +142.9% 1,700 $1.7M
C Citigroup Inc. put Add +36.7% 20,500 $1.7M
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A put Reduce -12.0% 2,200 $1.6M
TSLA Tesla Inc. call Sold out 6,000 $1.6Mbefore exit
ARKK ARK Innovation ETF put New 22,000 $1.5M
JNJ Johnson & Johnson put New 10,000 $1.5M
NKE Nike Inc. Class B put New 20,000 $1.4M
MPLX MPLX LP put New 19,100 $984K
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A put Add +142.9% 17,000 $984K
ZTS Zoetis Inc. put New 6,000 $936K
UBER Uber Technologies Inc. put Reduce -21.9% 10,000 $933K
ADSK Autodesk Inc. put Add +150.0% 3,000 $929K
ABBV Abbvie Inc. put New 5,000 $928K
CRM Salesforce Inc. put New 3,300 $900K
ACN Accenture PLC Class A put New 3,000 $897K
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A put Add +42.9% 5,000 $881K
DE Deere & Co. put Sold out 1,600 $751Kbefore exit
JBHT Hunt (jb) Transprt SVCS Inc. put Sold out 5,000 $740Kbefore exit
ALGN Align Technology Inc. put Add +280.0% 3,800 $719K
SBUX Starbucks Corp. put New 7,800 $715K
MMM 3M Co. put Reduce -73.3% 4,000 $609K
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc. put Sold out 12,000 $581Kbefore exit
ADBE Adobe Inc. call Reduce -40.0% 1,500 $580K
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. put Reduce -25.0% 3,000 $530K
DOW Dow Inc. put Sold out 15,000 $524Kbefore exit
BKR Baker Hughes Co. put Reduce -18.4% 13,300 $510K
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp. put New 3,900 $402K
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. call New 1,000 $312K
ELV Elevance Health Inc. put New 800 $311K
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A put Reduce -58.8% 700 $168K

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