VELA Investment Management, LLC
VELA Investment Management, LLC reported 132 US-listed holdings worth $406.8 million in its 13F for the quarter ended 30 June 2026, filed 27 August 2026. Its largest: Kirby Corp. (4.3%), Criteo S A (3.4%) and Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (2.9%). Against the quarter before, it opened 13 positions, added to 57, trimmed 43 and sold out of 15.
The 14 largest of its 132 positions, each sized by its share of the reported holdings, coloured by the change in shares against Q1 2026.
What the fund reported holding at each quarter's end; hover a bar for the number of positions
What its reported holdings returned
Held through each quarter, the holdings it reported returned +9.8% over the 7 quarters to 30 June 2026, against +30.2% for the S&P 500.
Not the fund's own return: each 13F's holdings are kept unchanged until the next one, so trades inside a quarter, dividends, cash and fees are left out. A rough guide to how its picks have done over time.
What it did on the quarter
Its positions against its 13F for the quarter to 31 March 2026; a change under 0.1% of a position counts as held
Opened 13
- Zebra Technologies Corp. ZBRA$5.6 million
- Allegiant Travel Co. ALGT$4.5 million
- MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. MSM$3.8 million
- Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. OLLI$1.9 million
- Copart Inc. CPRT$1.7 million
- NVR Inc. NVR$517,818
- Sherwin Williams Co. SHW$468,964
- Hershey Co. HSY$313,529
and 5 more in the table below
Added to 57
- Jack Henry & Associates Inc. JKHY+28,474 shares · +77%
- Abbott Laboratories ABT+34,106 shares · +164%
- ICON plc ICLR+10,198 shares · +511%
- Encompass Health Corp. EHC+17,105 shares · +54%
- Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL+32,005 shares · +44%
- Houlihan Lokey, Inc. HLI+9,734 shares · +62%
- BRP Inc. DOO+16,629 shares · +61%
- Epam Systems, Inc. EPAM+12,528 shares · +49%
and 49 more in the table below
Trimmed 43
- Movado Group Inc. MOV-68,082 shares · -38%
- Shift4 Payments, Inc. FOUR-49,530 shares · -92%
- Kirby Corp. KEX-13,355 shares · -9%
- Hub Group Inc. HUBG-38,363 shares · -13%
- Bruker Corp. BRKR-22,370 shares · -23%
- Alphabet Inc. GOOGL-3,648 shares · -10%
- Murphy USA Inc. MUSA-2,172 shares · -19%
- Accenture plc ACN-8,757 shares · -32%
and 35 more in the table below
Sold out of 15
- Wix.com Ltd. WIX$11.1 million last quarter
- Sun Ctry Airls Hldgs Inc. SNCY$4.0 million last quarter
- Sysco Corp. SYY$3.7 million last quarter
- Janus International Group in JBI$2.5 million last quarter
- NET Lease Office Properties NLOP$1.5 million last quarter
- Nike, Inc. NKE$1.3 million last quarter
- BWX Technologies, Inc. BWXT$1.1 million last quarter
- Starbucks Corp. SBUX$347,126 last quarter
What it holds
| Company | Shares | Value | Of its book | Change in shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirby Corp. KEX | 128.4K | $17.5 million | 4.29% | -13.4K |
| Criteo S A CRTO | 761.2K | $13.9 million | 3.42% | -44.8K |
| Worthington Enterprises, Inc. WOR | 222.6K | $12.0 million | 2.94% | +10.8K |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOGL | 33.1K | $11.8 million | 2.91% | -3.6K |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Class B BRKB | 23.6K | $11.8 million | 2.90% | +356 |
| Hub Group Inc. HUBG | 259.4K | $11.4 million | 2.79% | -38.4K |
| Amazon.com Inc. AMZN | 40.9K | $9.7 million | 2.39% | -2.8K |
| Lincoln Electric Holdings Inc. LECO | 34.1K | $9.0 million | 2.22% | +111 |
| Jack Henry & Associates Inc. JKHY | 65.3K | $9.0 million | 2.21% | +28.5K |
| Carlisle Companies Inc. CSL | 22.2K | $8.0 million | 1.98% | +1.8K |
| CSX Corp. CSX | 165.7K | $7.9 million | 1.94% | -16.9K |
| Cactus, Inc. WHD | 145.4K | $7.4 million | 1.83% | +4.0K |
| Pool Corp. POOL | 33.1K | $7.1 million | 1.75% | -3.3K |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ | 26.1K | $6.6 million | 1.63% | -3.7K |
| Walt Disney Co. DIS | 68.6K | $6.6 million | 1.62% | +7.6K |
| Copa Holdings SA CPA | 39.1K | $6.1 million | 1.50% | +85 |
| Arch Capital Group Ltd. ACGL | 62.0K | $6.0 million | 1.48% | -589 |
| Zebra Technologies Corp. ZBRA | 21.3K | $5.6 million | 1.38% | new |
| Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. TMO | 11.2K | $5.6 million | 1.38% | +1.5K |
| Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. AXS | 51.5K | $5.5 million | 1.36% | +3.5K |
| Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc BATRK | 104.6K | $5.4 million | 1.33% | no change |
| Gildan Activewear Inc. GIL | 104.7K | $5.4 million | 1.33% | +32.0K |
| Murphy USA Inc. MUSA | 9.4K | $5.1 million | 1.24% | -2.2K |
| Abbott Laboratories ABT | 54.9K | $5.0 million | 1.22% | +34.1K |
| Encompass Health Corp. EHC | 49.0K | $5.0 million | 1.22% | +17.1K |
| Graham Holdings Co. GHC | 4.3K | $4.9 million | 1.20% | -35 |
| Interparfums Inc. IPAR | 42.3K | $4.7 million | 1.16% | +3.9K |
| PepsiCo Inc. PEP | 34.5K | $4.7 million | 1.15% | +1.2K |
| Greenbrier Companies Inc. GBX | 94.8K | $4.6 million | 1.14% | +2.5K |
| Antero Resources Corp. AR | 128.8K | $4.5 million | 1.11% | +27.6K |
| Bruker Corp. BRKR | 74.9K | $4.5 million | 1.11% | -22.4K |
| Allegiant Travel Co. ALGT | 37.9K | $4.5 million | 1.10% | new |
| Movado Group Inc. MOV | 111.3K | $4.4 million | 1.08% | -68.1K |
| Performance Food Group Co. PFGC | 38.9K | $4.3 million | 1.07% | -271 |
| Booking Holdings Inc. BKNG | 24.0K | $4.3 million | 1.05% | +2.3K |
| Valvoline Inc. VVV | 104.8K | $4.1 million | 1.02% | no change |
| Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. SSD | 19.0K | $4.0 million | 0.98% | +3.2K |
| Equifax Inc. EFX | 24.6K | $3.9 million | 0.96% | +5.1K |
| MSC Industrial Direct Co. Inc. MSM | 31.9K | $3.8 million | 0.93% | new |
| Align Technology Inc. ALGN | 22.0K | $3.7 million | 0.91% | +2.9K |
| Applied Industrial Technologies Inc. AIT | 10.8K | $3.6 million | 0.90% | -2.3K |
| Etsy Inc. ETSY | 47.8K | $3.6 million | 0.89% | no change |
| Microsoft Corp. MSFT | 9.6K | $3.6 million | 0.88% | +419 |
| National Fuel Gas Co. NFG | 45.3K | $3.5 million | 0.86% | +11.4K |
| Proficient Auto Logistics in PAL | 510.8K | $3.5 million | 0.86% | +98.2K |
| Limbach Hldgs Inc. LMB | 45.2K | $3.5 million | 0.85% | +3.6K |
| Houlihan Lokey, Inc. HLI | 25.3K | $3.4 million | 0.84% | +9.7K |
| Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. LW | 78.7K | $3.4 million | 0.84% | +553 |
| Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp. AGM | 16.6K | $3.3 million | 0.82% | +952 |
| Si-Bone Inc. SIBN | 201.1K | $3.3 million | 0.81% | +13.9K |
| Epam Systems, Inc. EPAM | 38.1K | $3.0 million | 0.74% | +12.5K |
| Toro Co. TTC | 30.1K | $2.9 million | 0.72% | +2.6K |
| Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. SUPN | 61.7K | $2.9 million | 0.71% | +12.4K |
| Assured Guaranty Ltd. AGO | 34.9K | $2.8 million | 0.69% | no change |
| BRP Inc. DOO | 43.7K | $2.7 million | 0.66% | +16.6K |
| Range Resources Corp. RRC | 71.7K | $2.7 million | 0.66% | +13.4K |
| PPG Industries Inc. PPG | 21.9K | $2.7 million | 0.65% | -3.0K |
| Tidewater Inc. TDW | 38.5K | $2.6 million | 0.63% | +5.8K |
| Procept Biorobotics Corp. PRCT | 113.7K | $2.6 million | 0.63% | +43.5K |
| Essent Group Ltd. ESNT | 39.3K | $2.5 million | 0.62% | +508 |
| Accenture plc ACN | 18.3K | $2.3 million | 0.56% | -8.8K |
| Globus Medical Inc. GMED | 27.2K | $2.2 million | 0.53% | +792 |
| ICON plc ICLR | 12.2K | $2.1 million | 0.52% | +10.2K |
| Metlife Inc. MET | 25.0K | $2.1 million | 0.52% | -68 |
| Mamas Creations Inc. MAMA | 115.4K | $2.1 million | 0.51% | -282 |
| Suncor Energy Inc. SU | 36.8K | $2.0 million | 0.49% | -2.0K |
| Installed Building Products, Inc. IBP | 8.4K | $1.9 million | 0.47% | +548 |
| Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. OLLI | 24.1K | $1.9 million | 0.46% | new |
| Coca Cola Cons Inc. COKE | 9.6K | $1.8 million | 0.45% | no change |
| Corpay, Inc. CPAY | 5.4K | $1.8 million | 0.44% | +25 |
| Baker Hughes Co. BKR | 31.8K | $1.8 million | 0.43% | no change |
| BBB Foods Inc. TBBB | 41.6K | $1.7 million | 0.43% | +2.5K |
| Ingles Mkts Inc. IMKTA | 19.2K | $1.7 million | 0.42% | -6.0K |
| Nomad Foods Limited NOMD | 153.6K | $1.7 million | 0.41% | -33.4K |
| Copart Inc. CPRT | 59.6K | $1.7 million | 0.41% | new |
| Alamos Gold Inc. New AGI | 53.0K | $1.6 million | 0.40% | -33.3K |
| Zoetis Inc. ZTS | 22.3K | $1.6 million | 0.39% | +6.8K |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. META | 2.8K | $1.6 million | 0.38% | -161 |
| Citigroup Inc. C | 11.0K | $1.5 million | 0.38% | -3.1K |
| Home Depot, Inc. HD | 4.3K | $1.5 million | 0.37% | +366 |
| SPS Commerce Inc. SPSC | 26.1K | $1.5 million | 0.37% | +400 |
| Visa Inc. V | 4.2K | $1.4 million | 0.36% | -14 |
| Bank of America Corp. BAC | 25.0K | $1.4 million | 0.35% | -70 |
| Globant S A GLOB | 48.9K | $1.4 million | 0.35% | +14.8K |
| TotalEnergies SE TTE | 18.0K | $1.4 million | 0.34% | no change |
| Netflix Inc. NFLX | 19.5K | $1.4 million | 0.34% | +13.8K |
| Nisource Inc. NI | 28.5K | $1.4 million | 0.33% | -568 |
| Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc. ARCO | 167.4K | $1.3 million | 0.33% | no change |
| Tyson Foods, Inc. TSN | 21.6K | $1.2 million | 0.30% | +1.6K |
| 3M Co. MMM | 7.4K | $1.2 million | 0.29% | -8 |
| TJX Companies Inc. TJX | 7.8K | $1.2 million | 0.29% | -977 |
| Charles Schwab Corp. SCHW | 12.4K | $1.1 million | 0.28% | -16 |
| Autodesk, Inc. ADSK | 5.8K | $1.1 million | 0.28% | +749 |
| Salesforce, Inc. CRM | 7.0K | $1.1 million | 0.27% | -2.1K |
| Deere & Co. DE | 1.6K | $1.0 million | 0.25% | -6 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER | 14.2K | $1.0 million | 0.25% | +2.2K |
| Mplx LP MPLX | 18.2K | $1.0 million | 0.25% | +1.7K |
| Deckers Outdoor Corp. DECK | 10.0K | $991,411 | 0.24% | +422 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. NOW | 9.5K | $939,983 | 0.23% | no change |
| AstraZeneca PLC AZN | 4.9K | $920,416 | 0.23% | -1.7K |
| FedEx Corp. FDX | 2.7K | $856,724 | 0.21% | no change |
| Mastercard Inc. MA | 1.7K | $853,090 | 0.21% | +703 |
| Advanced Micro Devices Inc. AMD | 1.4K | $841,158 | 0.21% | -136 |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOG | 2.0K | $710,949 | 0.17% | -44 |
| AbbVie Inc. ABBV | 2.4K | $613,498 | 0.15% | -16 |
| Medtronic plc MDT | 7.7K | $605,031 | 0.15% | +1.0K |
| Vail Resorts Inc. MTN | 4.3K | $581,633 | 0.14% | -606 |
| KKR & Co. Inc. KKR | 6.3K | $579,132 | 0.14% | no change |
| First Interstate Bancsystem Inc. FIBK | 14.6K | $563,015 | 0.14% | no change |
| Simon Property Group Inc. SPG | 2.5K | $554,652 | 0.14% | -225 |
| Rocket Companies, Inc. RKT | 34.9K | $549,297 | 0.14% | no change |
| Bxp, Inc. BXP | 8.0K | $527,894 | 0.13% | -1.2K |
| NVR Inc. NVR | 76 | $517,818 | 0.13% | new |
| Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. FIS | 12.7K | $493,932 | 0.12% | -368 |
| Union Pacific Corp. UNP | 1.7K | $475,456 | 0.12% | -13 |
| Sherwin Williams Co. SHW | 1.4K | $468,964 | 0.12% | new |
| Northrop Grumman Corp. NOC | 899 | $457,870 | 0.11% | no change |
| Linde plc LIN | 859 | $445,769 | 0.11% | no change |
| Comcast Corp. CMCSA | 18.1K | $445,141 | 0.11% | +5.7K |
| SHIFT4 Pmts Inc. FOURPRA | 6.0K | $373,620 | 0.09% | no change |
| Wesco International Inc. WCC | 1.1K | $366,156 | 0.09% | no change |
| Garmin Ltd. GRMN | 1.5K | $358,685 | 0.09% | no change |
| Domino's Pizza, Inc. DPZ | 1.2K | $351,696 | 0.09% | +77 |
| Hershey Co. HSY | 1.8K | $313,529 | 0.08% | new |
| Vanguard S&P 500 VOO | 446 | $306,613 | 0.08% | +13 |
| Teradyne, Inc. TER | 619 | $299,497 | 0.07% | new |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. AXSM | 1.2K | $293,724 | 0.07% | new |
| Cimpress plc CMPR | 2.7K | $278,963 | 0.07% | no change |
| Roivant Sciences Ltd. ROIV | 5.8K | $206,996 | 0.05% | new |
| Fedex Fght Hldg Co. Inc. Common Stock FDXF | 1.4K | $206,417 | 0.05% | new |
| Shift4 Payments, Inc. FOUR | 4.2K | $202,634 | 0.05% | -49.5K |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR | 40 | $4,667 | 0.00% | new |
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Change is shares against its 13F for the quarter before; the 15 it sold out of are in the box above.Options it reported
| Company | Option | Shares under the options | Value of those shares |
|---|---|---|---|
| iShares Trust SOXX | Puts | 22.5K | $14.4 million |
| Microsoft Corp. MSFT | Puts | 9.0K | $3.4 million |
| Alphabet Inc. GOOGL | Puts | 8.5K | $3.0 million |
| Citigroup Inc. C | Puts | 18.5K | $2.6 million |
| Amazon.com Inc. AMZN | Puts | 10.0K | $2.4 million |
| Bank of America Corp. BAC | Puts | 40.0K | $2.3 million |
| Booking Holdings Inc. BKNG | Puts | 10.0K | $1.8 million |
| Johnson & Johnson JNJ | Puts | 7.0K | $1.8 million |
| Blue OWL Capital Inc. OWL | Puts | 200.0K | $1.8 million |
| Roundhill ETF Trust DRAM | Puts | 20.0K | $1.5 million |
| Palantir Technologies Inc. PLTR | Puts | 12.0K | $1.4 million |
| 3M Co. MMM | Puts | 8.0K | $1.3 million |
| Metlife Inc. MET | Puts | 15.0K | $1.3 million |
| FedEx Corp. FDX | Puts | 4.0K | $1.3 million |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. META | Puts | 2.2K | $1.2 million |
| Salesforce, Inc. CRM | Puts | 7.5K | $1.2 million |
| Baker Hughes Co. BKR | Puts | 20.0K | $1.1 million |
| Micron Technology Inc. MU | Calls | 900 | $1.0 million |
| CSX Corp. CSX | Puts | 20.0K | $950,600 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. UBER | Puts | 10.0K | $721,600 |
| Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited TSM | Calls | 1.5K | $716,355 |
| Deckers Outdoor Corp. DECK | Puts | 7.0K | $695,030 |
| Align Technology Inc. ALGN | Puts | 4.0K | $674,640 |
| Strategy Inc. MSTR | Puts | 7.0K | $608,510 |
| ServiceNow, Inc. NOW | Puts | 6.0K | $595,680 |
| Autodesk, Inc. ADSK | Puts | 3.0K | $583,260 |
| Epam Systems, Inc. EPAM | Puts | 7.0K | $555,450 |
| PayPal Holdings, Inc. PYPL | Calls | 10.0K | $431,800 |
| FS KKR Cap Corp. FSK | Puts | 40.0K | $420,000 |
| Axsome Therapeutics, Inc. AXSM | Puts | 1.2K | $293,724 |
| Snowflake Inc. SNOW | Calls | 1.0K | $254,500 |
31 option lines. A 13F lists calls and puts by the shares they cover and what those shares were worth at the quarter's end, not what the options cost; they are not counted in the holdings above.