Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker 13F annual report

Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker is an investment fund managing more than $171 billion ran by David Middleton. There are currently 100 companies in Mr. Middleton’s portfolio. The largest investments include Ishares Tr and Schwab Strategic Tr, together worth $44.6 billion.

$171 billion Assets Under Management (AUM)

As of 9th July 2024, Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker’s top holding is 427,371 shares of Ishares Tr currently worth over $27.7 billion and making up 16.2% of the portfolio value. In addition, the fund holds 253,590 shares of Schwab Strategic Tr worth $17 billion. The third-largest holding is Microsoft worth $5.69 billion and the next is Home Depot worth $5.12 billion, with 14,874 shares owned.

Currently, Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker's portfolio is worth at least $171 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 Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker

The Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker office and employees reside in Thomasville, Georgia. According to the last 13-F report filed with the SEC, David Middleton serves as the Managing Director at Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker.

Recent trades

In the most recent 13F filing, Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker revealed that it had opened a new position in Mckesson and bought 372 shares worth $217 million. This means they effectively own approximately 0.1% of the company. Mckesson makes up 2.2% of the fund's Health Care sector allocation and has decreased its share price by approximately 0.1% in the past year.

The investment fund also strengthened its position in Ishares Tr by buying 3,877 additional shares. This makes their stake in Ishares Tr total 427,371 shares worth $27.7 billion.

On the other hand, there are companies that Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker is getting rid of from its portfolio. Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker closed its position in Global Pmts Inc on 16th July 2024. It sold the previously owned 1,790 shares for $239 million. David Middleton also disclosed a decreased stake in Microsoft by approximately 0.1%. This leaves the value of the investment at $5.69 billion and 12,723 shares.

One of the smallest hedge funds

The two most similar investment funds to Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker are Discovery Value Fund and Peterson. They manage $171 billion and $171 billion respectively.


David Middleton investment strategy

Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker’s portfolio is diversified across 13 sectors. Currently, their heaviest sector is Consumer Discretionary — making up 7.9% of the total portfolio value. The fund focuses on investments in the United States as 58.0% 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 58% of the total holdings value. On the other hand, small-cap stocks make up only 2.0% of the portfolio. The average market cap of the portfolio companies is close to $212 billion.

The complete list of Murphy, Middleton, Hinkle & Parker trades based on 13F SEC filings

These positions were updated on July 16th 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
Ishares Tr
0.92%
427,371
$27,678,835,000 16.21%
Schwab Strategic Tr
2.68%
253,590
$16,969,242,000 9.94%
Microsoft Corporation
1.08%
12,723
$5,686,720,000 3.33%
Home Depot, Inc.
0.02%
14,874
$5,120,298,000 3.00%
Spdr S&p 500 Etf Tr
0.06%
9,315
$5,069,430,000 2.97%
Spdr S&p Midcap 400 Etf Tr
2.13%
8,304
$4,443,481,000 2.60%
Apple Inc
0.74%
20,906
$4,403,290,000 2.58%
Johnson & Johnson
0.01%
27,323
$3,993,557,000 2.34%
Eli Lilly & Co
0.65%
4,272
$3,867,820,000 2.26%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
1.70%
4,622
$5,551,235,000 3.25%
Walmart Inc
0.01%
50,348
$3,409,054,000 2.00%
Capital City Bk Group Inc
No change
116,494
$3,313,089,000 1.94%
Procter And Gamble Co
0.48%
18,089
$2,983,276,000 1.75%
Coca-Cola Co
0.36%
45,927
$2,923,260,000 1.71%
BP plc
0.13%
76,910
$2,776,468,000 1.63%
The Southern Co.
0.03%
35,203
$2,730,698,000 1.60%
Caterpillar Inc.
3.95%
8,017
$2,670,602,000 1.56%
Duke Energy Corp.
0.58%
24,548
$2,460,446,000 1.44%
Genuine Parts Co.
No change
17,180
$2,376,364,000 1.39%
Vanguard Intl Equity Index F
2.19%
53,555
$2,500,088,000 1.46%
Texas Instrs Inc
No change
11,007
$2,141,167,000 1.25%
First Tr Exchange-traded Fd
0.55%
77,553
$3,554,995,000 2.08%
Chevron Corp.
1.24%
11,993
$1,876,007,000 1.10%
Emerson Elec Co
0.02%
15,618
$1,720,484,000 1.01%
Honeywell International Inc
No change
7,694
$1,642,977,000 0.96%
Disney Walt Co
No change
15,805
$1,569,259,000 0.92%
Trane Technologies plc
5.25%
4,514
$1,484,790,000 0.87%
NNN REIT Inc
0.22%
34,335
$1,462,691,000 0.86%
Merck & Co Inc
1.26%
11,140
$1,379,089,000 0.81%
Waste Mgmt Inc Del
0.02%
6,096
$1,300,567,000 0.76%
First Tr Stoxx European Sele
0.12%
109,516
$1,282,395,000 0.75%
Exxon Mobil Corp.
0.06%
10,932
$1,258,545,000 0.74%
Target Corp
0.02%
8,501
$1,258,449,000 0.74%
Flowers Foods, Inc.
1.17%
55,627
$1,234,928,000 0.72%
Vanguard Tax-managed Fds
5.31%
24,461
$1,208,856,000 0.71%
Amazon.com Inc.
0.05%
5,974
$1,154,541,000 0.68%
Qualcomm, Inc.
0.02%
5,727
$1,140,655,000 0.67%
AMGEN Inc.
2.93%
3,639
$1,137,006,000 0.67%
Pfizer Inc.
2.00%
40,131
$1,122,876,000 0.66%
Wells Fargo Co New
No change
18,518
$1,099,755,000 0.64%
International Business Machs
0.43%
6,251
$1,081,063,000 0.63%
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
1.93%
5,091
$1,072,776,000 0.63%
Bank America Corp
0.05%
26,209
$1,042,323,000 0.61%
Verizon Communications Inc
2.05%
24,961
$1,029,412,000 0.60%
General Dynamics Corp.
No change
3,214
$932,639,000 0.55%
Aflac Inc.
0.03%
9,627
$859,762,000 0.50%
Vanguard Whitehall Fds
14.25%
7,065
$837,852,000 0.49%
Pepsico Inc
0.06%
5,043
$831,703,000 0.49%
Cardinal Health, Inc.
0.01%
7,845
$771,348,000 0.45%
Alphabet Inc
2.84%
7,348
$1,343,630,000 0.79%
3M Co.
0.03%
7,299
$745,852,000 0.44%
First Tr Value Line Divid In
0.17%
17,201
$700,925,000 0.41%
Cisco Sys Inc
No change
14,479
$687,897,000 0.40%
Dow Inc
0.01%
12,959
$687,454,000 0.40%
Intel Corp.
0.44%
20,299
$628,667,000 0.37%
Idacorp, Inc.
No change
6,161
$573,897,000 0.34%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
No change
2,837
$573,728,000 0.34%
Truist Finl Corp
0.38%
14,721
$571,911,000 0.33%
Spdr Dow Jones Indl Average
No change
1,445
$565,183,000 0.33%
Chubb Limited
No change
2,132
$543,831,000 0.32%
GE Aerospace
No change
3,319
$527,550,000 0.31%
DuPont de Nemours Inc
No change
6,506
$523,668,000 0.31%
Oracle Corp.
No change
3,562
$502,954,000 0.29%
Ingersoll Rand Inc.
1.57%
5,535
$502,806,000 0.29%
Union Pac Corp
No change
2,192
$495,962,000 0.29%
Visa Inc
10.96%
1,836
$481,895,000 0.28%
Mcdonalds Corp
3.82%
1,886
$480,640,000 0.28%
Enbridge Inc
No change
12,813
$456,015,000 0.27%
Meta Platforms Inc
No change
896
$452,014,000 0.26%
Prudential Finl Inc
5.03%
3,720
$435,938,000 0.26%
Medtronic Plc
1.85%
5,310
$417,950,000 0.24%
Vanguard Index Fds
No change
7,265
$1,070,153,000 0.63%
Booking Holdings Inc
No change
100
$396,150,000 0.23%
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
No change
4,345
$388,551,000 0.23%
United Parcel Service, Inc.
No change
2,696
$368,910,000 0.22%
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
No change
2,618
$361,850,000 0.21%
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.
No change
8,478
$352,091,000 0.21%
Celsius Holdings Inc
No change
6,000
$342,540,000 0.20%
Paychex Inc.
0.04%
2,857
$338,671,000 0.20%
Nuveen Municipal Credit Inc
14.09%
25,612
$316,308,000 0.19%
Kellanova Co
No change
5,254
$303,051,000 0.18%
American Express Co.
No change
1,306
$302,459,000 0.18%
Sysco Corp.
0.05%
4,102
$292,867,000 0.17%
Abbvie Inc
No change
1,592
$273,060,000 0.16%
Mid-amer Apt Cmntys Inc
No change
1,810
$258,124,000 0.15%
NextEra Energy Inc
4.01%
3,522
$249,393,000 0.15%
Global Pmts Inc
Closed
1,790
$239,238,000
Corteva Inc
No change
4,284
$231,079,000 0.14%
Eaton Corp Plc
No change
730
$228,892,000 0.13%
AT&T Inc.
2.89%
11,895
$227,307,000 0.13%
Comcast Corp New
No change
5,769
$225,914,000 0.13%
Mondelez International Inc.
No change
3,422
$223,936,000 0.13%
Cummins Inc.
No change
791
$219,052,000 0.13%
Capital One Finl Corp
No change
1,570
$217,367,000 0.13%
Mckesson Corporation
Opened
372
$217,263,000 0.13%
Altria Group Inc.
No change
4,625
$210,669,000 0.12%
Illinois Tool Wks Inc
Closed
783
$210,102,000
Novartis AG
Opened
1,966
$209,300,000 0.12%
Blackrock Mun Income Tr
No change
20,100
$205,221,000 0.12%
Lockheed Martin Corp.
9.64%
431
$201,320,000 0.12%
Norfolk Southn Corp
Closed
785
$200,073,000
Blackrock Muni Income Tr Ii
No change
13,205
$142,746,000 0.08%
Pimco Mun Income Fd Ii
No change
10,439
$89,045,000 0.05%
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