VELA Investment Management, LLC

In its 13F for Q4 2025 (holdings as of December 31, 2025, filed August 27, 2026), VELA Investment Management, LLC reported 130 stock positions worth $367.1 million. Its top holding was Kirby (KEX) at 4.6% of the portfolio, followed by Hub Class A (HUBG, 3.7%) and Berkshire Hathaway Class B (BRK.B, 3.2%). Compared with Q3 2025, it opened 14 new positions, sold out of 15, added to 48 and reduced 47. The biggest buy was a new position in Carlisle Cos (CSL) and the biggest sale Valvoline (VVV, shares −40%).

Most Recent 13F
Q2 2026
Location
NEW ALBANY, OH
CIK
0001895612
Portfolio Value
$367.1M (Q4 2025)
SEC Filing
0001895612-26-000012 ↗ filed Aug 27, 2026

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 Q2 2025 Q3 2025: $347.1M Q3 2025 Q4 2025: $367.1M $367.1M Q4 2025 Q1 2026: $386.6M Q1 2026 Q2 2026: $406.5M Q2 2026

Holdings 130 stocks · $367.1M

KEX Kirby Corp. 4.56% 151,946 $16.7M Reduce -5.3%
HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A 3.67% 316,637 $13.5M Add +0.5%
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B 3.21% 23,410 $11.8M Reduce -0.7%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A 3.19% 37,476 $11.7M Reduce -10.9%
CRTO Criteo SA-Spon 3.04% 541,979 $11.2M Add +26.0%
WIX Wix.com Ltd. 2.73% 96,528 $10.0M Add +68.3%
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. 2.46% 39,184 $9.0M Add +2.8%
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings 2.43% 37,204 $8.9M Add +6.1%
CSX CSX Corp. 1.90% 191,927 $7.0M Reduce -5.3%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 1.87% 33,116 $6.9M Reduce -12.7%
WHD Cactus Inc. Class A 1.79% 143,782 $6.6M Add +22.3%
SYY Sysco Corp. 1.69% 84,008 $6.2M Reduce -0.4%
DIS The Walt Disney Co. filed as DISNEY WALT CO 1.61% 52,087 $5.9M Add +4.8%
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. 1.58% 60,457 $5.8M Add +0.2%
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B 1.47% 4,919 $5.4M Reduce -28.9%
AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. 1.42% 20,338 $5.2M Reduce -20.4%
AXS Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. 1.40% 48,136 $5.2M Reduce -3.7%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 1.34% 8,508 $4.9M Reduce -8.6%
CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. 1.33% 15,318 $4.9M New
BRKR Bruker Corp. 1.30% 101,018 $4.8M Add +48.6%
PEP Pepsico Inc. 1.29% 32,979 $4.7M Reduce -5.5%
POOL Pool Corp. 1.25% 20,028 $4.6M Add +82.6%
CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A 1.21% 36,743 $4.4M Add +4.2%
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A 1.21% 114,781 $4.4M Reduce -25.0%
AR Antero Resources Corp. 1.19% 126,914 $4.4M Add +4.3%
TER Teradyne Inc. 1.16% 22,060 $4.3M Reduce -50.5%
GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. 1.15% 90,511 $4.2M Add +12.5%
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc. 1.14% 27,355 $4.2M Reduce -9.7%
WOR Worthington Enterprises Inc. 1.07% 76,415 $3.9M Add +98.1%
ACN Accenture PLC Class A 1.06% 14,503 $3.9M Add +22.2%
MOV Movado Group Inc. 1.04% 185,006 $3.8M Reduce -6.7%
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. 1.04% 9,446 $3.8M Add +40.7%
VVV Valvoline Inc. 1.03% 130,449 $3.8M Reduce -40.1%
MSFT Microsoft Corp. 0.96% 7,268 $3.5M No change
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. 0.95% 6,087 $3.5M Reduce -13.8%
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding filed as SUN CTRY AIRLS HLDGS INC 0.94% 239,179 $3.4M Add +14.2%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 0.93% 27,229 $3.4M Reduce -2.4%
BATRK Atlanta Braves Holdings in-C 0.92% 85,602 $3.4M Add +9.8%
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv 0.90% 49,551 $3.3M Add +5.4%
FOUR SHIFT4 Payments Inc. Class A 0.88% 51,197 $3.2M Add +80.2%
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. 0.88% 15,699 $3.2M Add +6.9%
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. 0.85% 34,551 $3.1M Add +0.8%
MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. 0.83% 226,551 $3.1M Reduce -26.9%
GIL Gildan Activewear Inc. 0.82% 48,412 $3.0M New
ALGN Align Technology Inc. 0.81% 19,103 $3.0M Add +119.8%
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. 0.76% 31,194 $2.8M Reduce -27.9%
SIBN Si-Bone Inc. 0.75% 140,412 $2.8M Reduce -0.6%
IBP Installed Building Products 0.75% 10,568 $2.7M Reduce -9.8%
SEB Seaboard Corp. 0.73% 599 $2.7M Reduce -15.8%
PPG PPG Industries Inc. 0.70% 24,998 $2.6M Add +102.2%
JKHY Jack Henry & Associates Inc. filed as HENRY JACK & ASSOC INC 0.68% 13,645 $2.5M New
JBI Janus International Group Inc. 0.67% 375,487 $2.5M Add +34.7%
NLOP Net Lease Office Property 0.66% 94,327 $2.4M Add +30.4%
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc. 0.66% 15,047 $2.4M New
SU Suncor Energy Inc. 0.66% 54,368 $2.4M Reduce -12.3%
SUPN Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. 0.65% 48,294 $2.4M Add +20.0%
PAL Proficient Auto Logistics Inc. 0.63% 239,980 $2.3M Add +19.4%
RRC Range Resources Corp. 0.62% 65,052 $2.3M Reduce -30.4%
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A 0.62% 26,004 $2.3M Add +2.0%
TTC Toro Co. 0.58% 27,198 $2.1M New
BOKF Bok Financial Corporation 0.58% 17,849 $2.1M Reduce -20.0%
NFG National Fuel Gas Co. 0.55% 25,029 $2.0M Add +8.3%
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A 0.54% 3,000 $2.0M Reduce -6.8%
C Citigroup Inc. 0.52% 16,504 $1.9M Reduce -25.1%
MPLX MPLX LP 0.51% 35,346 $1.9M Reduce -1.6%
ZTS Zoetis Inc. 0.51% 14,873 $1.9M Reduce -0.1%
MET Metlife Inc. 0.50% 23,444 $1.9M Reduce -7.2%
CRM Salesforce Inc. 0.49% 6,843 $1.8M Add +3.7%
SPSC SPS Commerce Inc. 0.48% 19,577 $1.7M New
EHC Encompass Health Corp. 0.46% 16,060 $1.7M Add +15.9%
IMKTA Ingles Markets Inc. Class A 0.46% 24,833 $1.7M Reduce -0.9%
ABBV Abbvie Inc. 0.46% 7,445 $1.7M Reduce -28.6%
TDW Tidewater Inc. 0.44% 31,980 $1.6M Add +10.3%
DOO BRP Inc./Ca- Sub Voting 0.44% 22,670 $1.6M Add +2.1%
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. 0.42% 122,400 $1.5M Add +119.0%
V Visa Inc. Class A 0.40% 4,239 $1.5M No change
TTE Totalenergies SE 0.40% 22,600 $1.5M New
NEU Newmarket Corp. 0.40% 2,142 $1.5M Add +2.6%
BKR Baker Hughes Co. 0.40% 32,122 $1.5M Reduce -0.1%
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Class A 0.39% 43,100 $1.4M Add +6.4%
TJX TJX Companies Inc. filed as TJX COS INC NEW 0.39% 9,358 $1.4M Reduce -2.5%
NKE Nike Inc. Class B 0.39% 22,495 $1.4M No change
SCHW Schwab (charles) Corp. 0.39% 14,273 $1.4M Reduce -3.5%
OSG Octave Specialty Group Inc. 0.38% 178,752 $1.4M Reduce -0.7%
BAC Bank of America Corp. filed as BANK AMERICA CORP 0.38% 25,065 $1.4M Reduce -17.1%
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. 0.37% 255 $1.4M Reduce -13.3%
FDX FedEx Corp. 0.37% 4,722 $1.4M Reduce -7.4%
HD Home Depot Inc. 0.37% 3,927 $1.4M Add +11.7%
ADSK Autodesk Inc. 0.36% 4,470 $1.3M No change
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A 0.36% 22,339 $1.3M Add +26.4%
CPAY Corpay Inc. 0.36% 4,345 $1.3M New
AZN Astrazeneca PLC-Spons ADR 0.35% 13,987 $1.3M No change
NOW ServiceNow Inc. 0.32% 7,595 $1.2M No change
PRCT Procept Biorobotics Corp. 0.32% 36,822 $1.2M New
ARCO Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. Class A 0.30% 151,000 $1.1M No change
GLOB Globant SA 0.30% 16,800 $1.1M Add +43.6%
ETSY Etsy Inc. 0.29% 19,120 $1.1M New
MMM 3M Co. 0.28% 6,474 $1.0M Reduce -29.7%
ADBE Adobe Inc. 0.28% 2,920 $1.0M Add +16.7%
KKR KKR & Co. Inc. 0.27% 7,880 $1.0M No change

Show all 130 holdings

Options reported separately and not counted above: SPY puts ($6.8M), ARKK puts ($5.4M), GLD puts ($3.6M), UNH calls ($2.6M), AMZN puts ($2.3M), GOOGL puts ($2.2M), C puts ($2.2M), MSFT puts ($1.9M), FDX puts ($1.7M), META puts ($1.5M), BAC puts ($1.4M), MMM puts ($1.3M), and 25 more.

Other holdings (1): bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants · $240K (not counted above)
SecurityClassShares / PrincipalValueChange
SHIFT4 PAYMENTS INC (FOUR 6 05/01/28) 6 SER A CNV PREF 3,000$240KNew

Total filed on the 13F, all lines: $367.4M.

Portfolio Sells Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

VVV Valvoline Inc. Reduce -40.1% 1.03% −1.22
INDV Indivior Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −0.99
GHC Graham Holdings Co. Class B Reduce -28.9% 1.47% −0.87
TTEK Tetra Tech Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.78
AGM Federal Agric MTG Corp. Class C Reduce -81.6% 0.14% −0.62
TER Teradyne Inc. Reduce -50.5% 1.16% −0.60
SRCE 1ST Source Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.59
PFGC Performance Food Group Co. Reduce -27.9% 0.76% −0.53
AIT Applied Industrial Tech Inc. Reduce -20.4% 1.42% −0.50
BWXT BWX Technologies Inc. Reduce -58.4% 0.27% −0.46
FROG Jfrog Ltd. Sold out 0.00% −0.42
RRC Range Resources Corp. Reduce -30.4% 0.62% −0.39
AGI Alamos Gold Inc. Class A Reduce -25.0% 1.21% −0.33
SYY Sysco Corp. Reduce -0.4% 1.69% −0.31
OLLI Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdi Sold out 0.00% −0.29
NOC Northrop Grumman Corp. Reduce -13.8% 0.95% −0.29
MAS Masco Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.25
COOP Mr Cooper Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.24
ABBV Abbvie Inc. Reduce -28.6% 0.46% −0.23
BRK.B Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B Reduce -0.7% 3.21% −0.21
PYPL PayPal Holdings Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.20
WNC Wabash National Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.19
CSX CSX Corp. Reduce -5.3% 1.90% −0.18
JNJ Johnson & Johnson Reduce -12.7% 1.87% −0.16
ABT Abbott Laboratories Reduce -2.4% 0.93% −0.15
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A Reduce -6.8% 0.54% −0.14
BOKF Bok Financial Corporation Reduce -20.0% 0.58% −0.14
MMM 3M Co. Reduce -29.7% 0.28% −0.13
PEP Pepsico Inc. Reduce -5.5% 1.29% −0.12
C Citigroup Inc. Reduce -25.1% 0.52% −0.12
UHG United Homes Group Inc. Sold out 0.00% −0.12
ZTS Zoetis Inc. Reduce -0.1% 0.51% −0.12
JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. Sold out 0.00% −0.11
MAMA Mama's Creations Inc. Reduce -26.9% 0.83% −0.11
MET Metlife Inc. Reduce -7.2% 0.50% −0.10
DE Deere & Co. Reduce -24.4% 0.25% −0.09
SU Suncor Energy Inc. Reduce -12.3% 0.66% −0.09
IBP Installed Building Products Reduce -9.8% 0.75% −0.09
BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Reduce -13.3% 0.37% −0.09
SBUX Starbucks Corp. Reduce -18.2% 0.25% −0.08
BAC Bank of America Corp. Reduce -17.1% 0.38% −0.07
OSG Octave Specialty Group Inc. Reduce -0.7% 0.38% −0.05
BKR Baker Hughes Co. Reduce -0.1% 0.40% −0.05
MDT Medtronic PLC Reduce -21.6% 0.15% −0.05
MOV Movado Group Inc. Reduce -6.7% 1.04% −0.04
IMKTA Ingles Markets Inc. Class A Reduce -0.9% 0.46% −0.04
LIN Linde PLC Reduce -11.3% 0.10% −0.03
NVDA Nvidia Corp. Sold out 0.00% −0.03
SEMR Semrush Holdings Inc. Class A Sold out 0.00% −0.03
SEB Seaboard Corp. Reduce -15.8% 0.73% −0.02

Portfolio Buys Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

CSL Carlisle Cos Inc. New 1.33% +1.33
GIL Gildan Activewear Inc. New 0.82% +0.82
JKHY Jack Henry & Associates Inc. New 0.68% +0.68
SSD Simpson Manufacturing Co. Inc. New 0.66% +0.66
BRKR Bruker Corp. Add +48.6% 1.30% +0.66
TTC Toro Co. New 0.58% +0.58
HUBG Hub Group Inc. Class A Add +0.5% 3.67% +0.55
ALGN Align Technology Inc. Add +119.8% 0.81% +0.50
SPSC SPS Commerce Inc. New 0.48% +0.48
WOR Worthington Enterprises Inc. Add +98.1% 1.07% +0.46
WHD Cactus Inc. Class A Add +22.3% 1.79% +0.45
TTE Totalenergies SE New 0.40% +0.40
CPAY Corpay Inc. New 0.36% +0.36
PPG PPG Industries Inc. Add +102.2% 0.70% +0.32
PRCT Procept Biorobotics Corp. New 0.32% +0.32
ETSY Etsy Inc. New 0.29% +0.29
MUSA Murphy USA Inc. Add +40.7% 1.04% +0.29
NI Nisource Inc. New 0.27% +0.27
POOL Pool Corp. Add +82.6% 1.25% +0.27
FOUR SHIFT4 Payments Inc. Class A Add +80.2% 0.88% +0.24
CRTO Criteo SA-Spon Add +26.0% 3.04% +0.24
EPAM Epam Systems Inc. Add +6.9% 0.88% +0.24
PAL Proficient Auto Logistics Inc. Add +19.4% 0.63% +0.23
RKT Rocket Cos Inc. Class A New 0.23% +0.23
SNCY Sun Country Airlines Holding Add +14.2% 0.94% +0.22
ACN Accenture PLC Class A Add +22.2% 1.06% +0.22
NOMD Nomad Foods Ltd. Add +119.0% 0.42% +0.21
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A Add +2.0% 0.62% +0.20
GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C New 0.18% +0.18
GLOB Globant SA Add +43.6% 0.30% +0.11
UNP Union Pacific Corp. New 0.11% +0.11
SUPN Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc. Add +20.0% 0.65% +0.10
GBX Greenbrier Companies Inc. Add +12.5% 1.15% +0.08
TSN Tyson Foods Inc. Class A Add +26.4% 0.36% +0.08
TBBB BBB Foods Inc. Class A Add +6.4% 0.39% +0.08
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp. Add +45.7% 0.26% +0.08
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. Add +2.8% 2.46% +0.05
DOO BRP Inc./Ca- Sub Voting Add +2.1% 0.44% +0.05
LECO Lincoln Electric Holdings Add +6.1% 2.43% +0.05
NLOP Net Lease Office Property Add +30.4% 0.66% +0.04
CRM Salesforce Inc. Add +3.7% 0.49% +0.04
SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US Add +97.0% 0.06% +0.03
AVY Avery Dennison Corp. Add +25.2% 0.11% +0.03
ADBE Adobe Inc. Add +16.7% 0.28% +0.02
MTN Vail Resorts Inc. Add +35.4% 0.14% +0.02
AR Antero Resources Corp. Add +4.3% 1.19% +0.02
AGO Assured Guaranty Ltd. Add +0.8% 0.85% +0.01
FIS Fidelity National Info Serv Add +5.4% 0.90% +0.00
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. Add +0.2% 1.58% +0.00
CPA Copa Holdings SA Class A Add +4.2% 1.21% −0.00

Options Activity Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust-US put Reduce -58.3% 10,000 $6.8M
ARKK ARK Innovation ETF put New 70,000 $5.4M
GLD SPDR Gold Shares put New 9,000 $3.6M
NVDA Nvidia Corp. put Sold out 15,500 $2.9Mbefore exit
UNH Unitedhealth Group Inc. call Add +300.0% 8,000 $2.6M
AMZN Amazon.com Inc. put Add +11.1% 10,000 $2.3M
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A put Reduce -56.3% 7,000 $2.2M
C Citigroup Inc. put Reduce -5.1% 18,500 $2.2M
MSFT Microsoft Corp. put Reduce -42.9% 4,000 $1.9M
JNJ Johnson & Johnson put Sold out 10,000 $1.9Mbefore exit
FDX FedEx Corp. put New 6,000 $1.7M
META Meta Platforms Inc. Class A put Reduce -31.3% 2,200 $1.5M
BAC Bank of America Corp. put Reduce -9.1% 25,000 $1.4M
V Visa Inc. Class A put Sold out 4,000 $1.4Mbefore exit
NVDA Nvidia Corp. call Sold out 7,000 $1.3Mbefore exit
MMM 3M Co. put Reduce -11.1% 8,000 $1.3M
TSM Taiwan Semiconductor-SP ADR call New 4,000 $1.2M
ABBV Abbvie Inc. put Sold out 5,000 $1.2Mbefore exit
INTC Intel Corp. put New 30,000 $1.1M
TJX TJX Companies Inc. put New 7,000 $1.1M
NKE Nike Inc. Class B put Reduce -16.7% 15,000 $956K
NOW ServiceNow Inc. put Reduce -20.0% 6,000 $919K
BKR Baker Hughes Co. put Reduce -23.9% 20,000 $911K
AIG American International Group call New 10,000 $856K
ACN Accenture PLC Class A put Reduce -66.7% 3,000 $805K
CRM Salesforce Inc. put Reduce -43.4% 3,000 $795K
MET Metlife Inc. put New 10,000 $789K
AXSM Axsome Therapeutics Inc. call Add +33.3% 4,000 $731K
ADBE Adobe Inc. put Sold out 2,000 $706Kbefore exit
AVGO Broadcom Inc. put Sold out 2,000 $660Kbefore exit
WDAY Workday Inc. Class A put New 3,000 $644K
ZTS Zoetis Inc. put Reduce -43.8% 4,500 $566K
DECK Deckers Outdoor Corp. put Reduce -16.7% 5,000 $518K
CNC Centene Corp. call New 12,500 $514K
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. call Sold out 20,000 $510Kbefore exit
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. put New 5,000 $480K
TER Teradyne Inc. put Sold out 3,100 $427Kbefore exit
WIX Wix.com Ltd. put Add +33.3% 4,000 $416K
IONS Ionis Pharmaceuticals Inc. call Reduce -33.3% 5,000 $396K
GMED Globus Medical Inc. Class A call Sold out 6,500 $372Kbefore exit
TSLA Tesla Inc. call Sold out 700 $311Kbefore exit
AMD Advanced Micro Devices put Sold out 1,900 $307Kbefore exit
CVS CVS Health Corp. call Sold out 4,000 $302Kbefore exit
LYB Lyondellbasell Indu Class A put Sold out 6,000 $294Kbefore exit
ETOR Etoro Group Ltd. Class A put Sold out 6,000 $248Kbefore exit

Calls and puts are listed by the shares they cover; their value is not part of the stock holdings above.

Notes & Other Activity Q3 2025 → Q4 2025

SHIFT4 PAYMENTS INC (FOUR 6 05/01/28) 6 SER A CNV PREF New 3,000 $240K

Bonds, preferreds, convertibles and warrants; not part of the stock holdings or percentages 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