Cambria ETF Trust - Cambria Value and Momentum ETF (VAMO) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that employs a quantitative strategy to select and manage a portfolio of U.S. equities emphasizing value and momentum factors; it tactically hedges up to 100% of its long equity exposure using S&P 500 Index futures to mitigate downside risk during periods of perceived market overvaluation or unfavorable trends. The fund targets approximately 100 stocks with market capitalizations greater than $200 million, ranked highest on composite value metrics (such as low valuations relative to intrinsic value) and medium-term momentum, across diversified sectors with a maximum 25% allocation per sector; it may also allocate up to 20% of net assets to money market instruments, high-quality debt securities, or ETFs. VAMO benchmarks its performance against the S&P 500 Index and distributes dividends quarterly, with a total expense ratio of 0.65%.
Launched on September 8, 2015, and domiciled in the United States, VAMO trades on the CBOE BZX exchange under the ticker VAMO (CUSIP: 132061888) and is managed by Cambria Investment Management, L.P. ("Cambria"), based in Manhattan Beach, California, with co-management by Tidal Investments LLC and portfolio managers Mebane T. Faber and Jonathan Keetz.
VAMO serves investors seeking equity income and capital appreciation through a hedged U.S. large-, mid-, and small-cap value-momentum strategy, with net assets of approximately $55-67 million as of recent data.
Cambria Investment Management, the fund's adviser, recently partnered with ETF Architect in 2024 to launch the Cambria Tax Aware ETF (TAX), a new tax-optimized product seeded with $27 million via 351 exchanges focusing on low-dividend U.S. value and quality stocks; this partnership continued into 2025 with the introduction of the Cambria Endowment Style ETF (ENDW), expanding Cambria's lineup amid over $2.7 billion in total assets under management across its quantitative ETF offerings.