Vela Investment Management 13F annual report

Vela Investment Management is an investment fund managing more than $283 billion ran by Jason Job. There are currently 141 companies in Mr. Job’s portfolio. The largest investments include Kirby and Berkshire Hathaway, together worth $25.1 billion.

Limited to 30 biggest holdings

$283 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 29th July 2024, Vela Investment Management’s top holding is 118,792 shares of Kirby currently worth over $14.2 billion and making up 5.0% of the portfolio value. Relative to the number of outstanding shares of Kirby, Vela Investment Management owns more than approximately 0.1% of the company. In addition, the fund holds 26,621 shares of Berkshire Hathaway worth $10.8 billion, whose value grew 8.8% in the past six months. The third-largest holding is Hub worth $10.3 billion and the next is Alphabet Inc worth $9.67 billion, with 53,087 shares owned.

Currently, Vela Investment Management's portfolio is worth at least $283 billion. The total portfolio value may be much higher due to cash assets that are not publicly disclosed such as fixed income, real estate, or cash equivalents.

Careers at Vela Investment Management

The Vela Investment Management office and employees reside in New Albany, Ohio. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, Jason Job serves as the CFO at Vela Investment Management.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Vela Investment Management revealed that it had opened a new position in Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc and bought 4,088 shares worth $4.44 billion. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc makes up 26.9% of the fund's Consumer Staples sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Hub by buying 20,971 additional shares. This makes their stake in Hub total 239,183 shares worth $10.3 billion. Hub dropped approximately 0.1% in the past year.

On the other hand, there are companies that Vela Investment Management is getting rid of from its portfolio. Vela Investment Management closed its position in Nutanix Inc on 5th August 2024. It sold the previously owned 41,563 shares for $2.57 billion. Jason Job also disclosed a decreased stake in Kirby by 0.2%. This leaves the value of the investment at $14.2 billion and 118,792 shares.

One of the smaller hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Vela Investment Management are Henry James International Management and Day & Ennis. They manage $283 billion and $283 billion respectively.


Jason Job investment strategy

Vela Investment Management’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Industrials — making up 19.2% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 66.7% of the portfolio companies are based in the United States.

The majority of the companies in the fund’s portfolio are large-cap stocks. Stocks with a size of more than $10 billion in market cap make up 41% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.1% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $115 billion.

The complete list of Vela Investment Management trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on August 5th based on the fund’s latest 13F filing. Quickly find out what the most recently closed or increased positions are.

Security Shares Owned Value Allocation
Kirby Corp.
16.78%
118,792
$14,222,966,000 5.03%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
4.13%
26,621
$10,829,423,000 3.83%
Hub Group, Inc.
9.61%
239,183
$10,296,828,000 3.64%
Alphabet Inc
2.05%
53,087
$9,669,797,000 3.42%
Graham Holdings Co.
13.73%
9,839
$6,882,872,000 2.44%
Civitas Resources Inc
8.48%
96,065
$6,628,485,000 2.35%
Greenbrier Cos Inc/the
14.31%
131,371
$6,509,433,000 2.30%
Applied Industrial Technologie
11.07%
25,936
$5,031,584,000 1.78%
Ashland Inc
0.46%
50,251
$4,748,217,000 1.68%
Sysco Corp.
2.03%
64,721
$4,620,432,000 1.64%
Johnson & Johnson
212.37%
31,434
$4,594,420,000 1.63%
Arch Capital Group Ltd
1.99%
44,627
$4,502,418,000 1.59%
Coca-Cola Consolidated Inc
Opened
4,088
$4,435,480,000 1.57%
Walt Disney Co/the
4.28%
42,375
$4,207,421,000 1.49%
Medtronic Plc
24.52%
51,037
$4,017,122,000 1.42%
Wabash National Corp.
18.95%
182,102
$3,977,108,000 1.41%
Microsoft Corporation
0.20%
8,511
$3,803,835,000 1.35%
Casey's General Stores Inc
35.46%
9,954
$3,798,048,000 1.34%
Amazon.com Inc.
33.36%
19,532
$3,774,559,000 1.34%
Starbucks Corp.
51.21%
47,097
$3,666,501,000 1.30%
Northrop Grumman Corp.
1.23%
8,381
$3,653,697,000 1.29%
Criteo Sa
2.52%
96,845
$3,652,993,000 1.29%
Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.
235.27%
18,678
$3,523,418,000 1.25%
Humana Inc.
29.18%
9,069
$3,388,632,000 1.20%
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd
5.95%
46,619
$3,293,632,000 1.17%
Encompass Health Corp
5.62%
36,652
$3,144,375,000 1.11%
Alamos Gold Inc.
No change
195,357
$3,063,198,000 1.08%
Suncor Energy, Inc.
0.94%
78,328
$2,984,297,000 1.06%
JFrog Ltd
39.20%
78,545
$2,949,365,000 1.04%
Fidelity National Information
11.67%
38,300
$2,886,288,000 1.02%
Range Resources Corp
8.13%
81,824
$2,743,559,000 0.97%
Copa Holdings Sa
84.79%
28,376
$2,700,828,000 0.96%
Mama's Creations Inc
87.88%
387,152
$2,609,404,000 0.92%
BWX Technologies Inc
16.38%
27,331
$2,596,445,000 0.92%
Abbott Laboratories
9.08%
24,831
$2,580,189,000 0.91%
Nutanix Inc
Closed
41,563
$2,565,268,000
Seaboard Corp.
173.56%
807
$2,550,717,000 0.90%
Atlanta Braves Holdings Inc
3.55%
64,378
$2,539,068,000 0.90%
Performance Food Group Company
12.82%
38,378
$2,537,170,000 0.90%
Autodesk Inc.
155.89%
9,885
$2,446,043,000 0.87%
Abbvie Inc
7.80%
14,097
$2,417,917,000 0.86%
Wendy's Co/the
No change
141,642
$2,402,248,000 0.85%
Apple Inc
0.01%
11,239
$2,367,068,000 0.84%
Altria Group Inc.
Opened
50,093
$2,281,736,000 0.81%
Tidewater Inc.
0.55%
22,249
$2,118,327,000 0.75%
AT&T Inc.
Opened
110,595
$2,113,468,000 0.75%
Meta Platforms Inc
1.27%
4,144
$2,089,488,000 0.74%
Zebra Technologies Corp.
0.39%
6,667
$2,059,636,000 0.73%
1st Source Corp.
No change
37,774
$2,025,442,000 0.72%
Flowers Foods, Inc.
4.37%
88,432
$1,963,190,000 0.69%
Core & Main, Inc.
No change
39,634
$1,939,688,000 0.69%
Huntington Ingalls Industries Inc
35.72%
7,709
$1,898,958,000 0.67%
U-hual Holding Co-non Voting P
Closed
28,467
$1,898,180,000
Teradyne, Inc.
25.56%
12,669
$1,878,686,000 0.66%
Valvoline Inc
No change
42,704
$1,844,813,000 0.65%
Assured Guaranty Ltd
14.92%
23,398
$1,805,156,000 0.64%
Papa Johns International Inc.
Closed
26,861
$1,788,943,000
Baker Hughes Co
1.59%
49,137
$1,728,148,000 0.61%
Charles Schwab Corp/the
37.73%
23,344
$1,720,219,000 0.61%
Lantheus Holdings Inc
No change
21,392
$1,717,564,000 0.61%
BOK Financial Corp.
No change
18,542
$1,699,189,000 0.60%
Vail Resorts Inc.
27.07%
9,155
$1,649,090,000 0.58%
Fedex Corp
No change
5,453
$1,635,028,000 0.58%
Jb Hunt Transport Services Inc
152.94%
9,819
$1,571,040,000 0.56%
Salesforce Inc
16.21%
6,065
$1,559,311,000 0.55%
Zoetis Inc
Opened
8,916
$1,545,678,000 0.55%
Enstar Group Ltd
110.00%
4,998
$1,527,889,000 0.54%
Tetra Tech, Inc.
10.64%
7,278
$1,488,205,000 0.53%
Pepsico Inc
7.69%
8,934
$1,473,485,000 0.52%
Energy Transfer Lp
No change
90,407
$1,466,402,000 0.52%
Houlihan Lokey Inc
No change
10,778
$1,453,521,000 0.51%
SI-BONE Inc
46.69%
112,088
$1,449,298,000 0.51%
ServiceNow Inc
No change
1,809
$1,423,086,000 0.50%
Citigroup Inc
1.07%
22,299
$1,415,095,000 0.50%
Kraft Heinz Co/the
11.42%
43,770
$1,410,269,000 0.50%
Wix.com Ltd
29.46%
8,823
$1,403,475,000 0.50%
Accenture plc
23.88%
4,560
$1,383,550,000 0.49%
MetLife, Inc.
11.37%
19,539
$1,371,442,000 0.49%
Microchip Technology, Inc.
No change
14,896
$1,362,984,000 0.48%
Enterprise Products Partners L
17.63%
46,541
$1,348,758,000 0.48%
3M Co.
23.92%
13,195
$1,348,397,000 0.48%
Ishares Russell 2000 Value Etf
Closed
8,279
$1,314,788,000
Tjx Cos Inc/the
No change
11,474
$1,263,287,000 0.45%
Adobe Inc
No change
2,267
$1,259,409,000 0.45%
Nike, Inc.
372.51%
16,708
$1,259,282,000 0.45%
Procept Biorobotics Corp
No change
20,487
$1,251,551,000 0.44%
Boston Scientific Corp.
No change
16,184
$1,246,330,000 0.44%
Astrazeneca plc
No change
15,533
$1,211,419,000 0.43%
Bank Of America Corp.
No change
30,392
$1,208,690,000 0.43%
RPM International, Inc.
Closed
10,148
$1,207,105,000
T-Mobile US Inc
15.09%
6,765
$1,191,858,000 0.42%
Envista Holdings Corp
12.69%
69,812
$1,160,974,000 0.41%
Goldman Sachs Group Inc/the
10.66%
2,564
$1,159,748,000 0.41%
Centerpoint Energy Inc.
10.61%
37,165
$1,151,372,000 0.41%
Home Depot Inc/the
17.36%
3,333
$1,147,352,000 0.41%
Visa Inc
No change
4,360
$1,144,369,000 0.41%
CSX Corp.
3.19%
33,552
$1,122,314,000 0.40%
Shockwave Medical Inc.
Closed
3,427
$1,115,934,000
National Healthcare Corporatio
Closed
11,617
$1,097,923,000
NVR Inc.
Closed
133
$1,077,295,000
Antero Resources Corp
38.36%
31,328
$1,022,233,000 0.36%
Malibu Boats Inc
Closed
23,070
$998,470,000
Ollie's Bargain Outlet Holding
21.26%
9,984
$980,129,000 0.35%
John B Sanfilippo & Son Inc
20.10%
9,989
$970,631,000 0.34%
Trustmark Corp.
15.70%
29,537
$887,291,000 0.31%
Booking Holdings Inc
2.37%
216
$855,684,000 0.30%
MPLX LP
145.87%
19,768
$841,919,000 0.30%
Deere & Co.
1.85%
2,206
$824,228,000 0.29%
PayPal Holdings Inc
15.34%
13,605
$789,498,000 0.28%
Wells Fargo & Co.
41.08%
11,599
$688,865,000 0.24%
Maravai Lifesciences Holdings, Inc.
29.00%
95,866
$686,401,000 0.24%
Uber Technologies Inc
15.38%
8,702
$632,461,000 0.22%
AMN Healthcare Services Inc.
Opened
12,190
$624,494,000 0.22%
Elevance Health Inc
No change
1,029
$557,574,000 0.20%
Smartsheet Inc
No change
12,291
$541,787,000 0.19%
Mr. Cooper Group Inc
No change
6,146
$499,240,000 0.18%
Biohaven Ltd
10.22%
13,958
$484,482,000 0.17%
Infineon Technologies Ag
Opened
12,779
$470,778,000 0.17%
Polaris Inc
Closed
4,635
$464,056,000
LyondellBasell Industries NV
33.09%
4,839
$462,899,000 0.16%
Agilent Technologies Inc.
147.22%
3,508
$454,742,000 0.16%
Rocket Pharmaceuticals Inc
No change
20,773
$447,243,000 0.16%
Norfolk Southern Corp.
14.08%
2,058
$441,832,000 0.16%
Linde Plc Shs
40.87%
1,004
$440,565,000 0.16%
Genuine Parts Co.
26.94%
3,124
$432,112,000 0.15%
NorthWestern Energy Group Inc
No change
8,237
$412,509,000 0.15%
Comcast Corp
No change
10,255
$401,586,000 0.14%
Realty Income Corp.
Closed
7,037
$380,702,000
Onto Innovation Inc.
No change
1,683
$369,519,000 0.13%
Workday Inc
No change
1,627
$363,732,000 0.13%
Avery Dennison Corp.
52.23%
1,651
$360,991,000 0.13%
Bbb Foods Inc
Opened
15,000
$357,900,000 0.13%
Roivant Sciences Ltd
No change
32,386
$342,320,000 0.12%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
37.38%
1,675
$338,785,000 0.12%
Tyson Foods, Inc.
Opened
5,919
$338,212,000 0.12%
AMGEN Inc.
Closed
1,163
$330,664,000
Johnson Controls International
No change
4,824
$320,651,000 0.11%
Omnicom Group, Inc.
No change
3,447
$309,196,000 0.11%
Texas Instruments Inc.
56.77%
1,523
$296,269,000 0.10%
Mondelez International Inc.
No change
4,311
$282,112,000 0.10%
EPAM Systems Inc
Opened
1,469
$276,334,000 0.10%
American Intl Group Inc
No change
3,594
$266,819,000 0.09%
Coca-cola Co/the
8.42%
4,183
$266,248,000 0.09%
Simon Property Group, Inc.
59.05%
1,734
$263,221,000 0.09%
Cimpress Plc Euro
No change
2,987
$261,691,000 0.09%
Cullen/frost Bankers Inc
35.77%
2,514
$255,498,000 0.09%
Indivior Plc
Opened
15,000
$235,122,000 0.08%
Wesco International, Inc.
No change
1,480
$234,610,000 0.08%
Mercury General Corp.
No change
4,397
$233,657,000 0.08%
KKR & Co. Inc
No change
2,009
$211,427,000 0.07%
Elanco Animal Health Inc
Opened
13,683
$197,446,000 0.07%
NVIDIA Corp
1,087.27%
653
$80,672,000 0.03%
Invesco Qqq Trust Series 1
Closed
151
$67,046,000
Foraco International Sa
Opened
17,829
$30,666,000 0.01%
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