Stocks/Funds/CIK 1895612

VELA Investment Management, LLC

long-term holder
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1895612
Assets
$394M
+35.3% YoY
Holdings
136
Lifetime alpha vs market
-4.06% annual
Average hold time
2.5 yr
median 2.3 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +29% vs S&P +52% · α -23% lifetimeAUM $394M · peak $394MFlow $26M (+7%)2021-122022-092023-062024-032024-122025-092026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
+10.04%
adds when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
+3.11%
steady accumulation
Rally response
-3.47%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 30

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
KEXKirby Corporation$19M4.8%+31.6%4.5 yr
CRTOCriteo S.A.$15M3.7%-49.4%3.3 yr
WIXWix.com Ltd.$11M2.9%-44.9%2.3 yr
WORWorthington Industries, $11M2.9%+5.5%1.5 yr
BRK-BBerkshire Hathaway Inc.$11M2.8%4.5 yr
HUBGHub Group, Inc.$11M2.8%-1.7%4.5 yr
GOOGLAlphabet Inc.$11M2.7%4.5 yr
AMZNAmazon.com, Inc.$9M2.3%+9.5%2.8 yr
LECOLincoln Electric Holding$9M2.2%+33.0%2.8 yr
POOLPool Corporation$8M1.9%-35.2%1.0 yr
CSXCSX Corporation$7M1.9%+41.6%4.5 yr
JNJJohnson & Johnson$7M1.9%+51.5%4.0 yr
CSLCarlisle Companies Incor$7M1.8%-0.9%0.5 yr
WHDCactus, Inc.$7M1.7%+4.6%1.5 yr
ACGLArch Capital Group Ltd.$6M1.6%-0.2%4.5 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Marine Shipping4.8%+0.3pp$19M
Software - Infrastructure4.7%+2.7pp$19M
Specialty Retail4.4%+1.8pp$17M
Insurance - Diversified4.4%-1.0pp$17M
Information Technology Services4.4%+2.5pp$17M
Medical - Devices4.1%+0.1pp$16M
Advertising Agencies3.8%+1.5pp$15M
Integrated Freight & Logistics3.7%-0.3pp$15M
Railroads3.3%+0.4pp$13M
Internet Content & Information3.3%-0.1pp$13M
Country
US79.1%-5.6pp
FR4.2%+1.9pp
BM4.1%-0.1pp
CA3.2%+0.8pp
IL2.9%+1.8pp
Unknown2.0%-0.4pp
IE1.6%+0.8pp
PA1.1%+0.0pp
Top 5: 17.2% · Top 10: 29.0% · Top 25: 51.1%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
KEX$13M+0.00B31.6%
JNJ$7M+0.00B51.5%
LECO$6M+0.00B33.0%
CSX$5M+0.00B41.6%
MOV$2M+0.00B56.4%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
CRTO$7M-0.00B-49.4%
WIX$3M-0.00B-44.9%
ACN$1M-0.00B-35.6%
HUBG$9M-0.00B-1.7%
DIS$5M-0.00B-1.3%

Top buys this quarter · 15

WOR Worthington Industries, Inc.+$7M
CRTO Criteo S.A.+$5M
JKHY Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.+$4M
EFX Equifax Inc.new+$4M
IPAR Inter Parfums, Inc.new+$4M
LW Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.new+$3M
POOL Pool Corporation+$3M
LMB Limbach Holdings, Inc.new+$3M
WIX Wix.com Ltd.+$3M
ACN Accenture plc+$2M

Top sells this quarter · 15

TER Teradyne, Inc.exit$7M
NOC Northrop Grumman Corporation$4M
SEB Seaboard Corporationexit$3M
COKE Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.$3M
SYY Sysco Corporation$2M
BOKF BOK Financial Corporationexit$2M
AIT Applied Industrial Technologie$2M
MAMA Mama's Creations, Inc.$2M
FIS Fidelity National Information $2M
NEU NewMarket Corporationexit$1M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$394M136+9.49%+17.59%-8.10%+0.03B
2025-12-31$372M131+8.44%+17.72%-9.27%+0.01B
2025-09-30$347M131+5.20%+17.52%-12.31%+0.00B
2025-06-30$336M132+8.48%+14.94%-6.46%+0.03B
2025-03-31$291M130+3.97%+8.30%-4.33%+0.00B
2024-12-31$292M137+17.41%+24.89%-7.48%-0.00B
2024-09-30$293M137+27.42%+36.04%-8.62%-0.01B
2024-06-30$283M141+17.13%+24.49%-7.36%+0.01B
2024-03-31$272M142+22.17%+29.62%-7.45%-0.00B
2023-12-31$247M145+11.55%+26.18%-14.62%-0.00B
2023-09-30$228M136+13.67%+21.57%-7.90%+0.02B
2023-06-30$217M136+10.29%+19.42%-9.13%-0.01B
2023-03-31$220M133-7.29%-7.82%+0.53%+0.02B
2022-12-31$202M137+10.54%+7.56%+2.98%+0.01B
2022-09-30$176M135-5.25%-4.93%-0.32%+0.01B
2022-06-30$175M136-12.45%-16.11%+3.66%+0.04B