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Argent Capital Management LLC

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Client assets under management

$3,420,871,881

Clients

1,071

18% high-net worth

Advisors

4

of 23 employees

Firm type

Multi Team

Clients per advisor

268

Very High

Average account size

$3,194,091

About

Argent Capital Management, LLC is an employee‑owned registered investment adviser that managed roughly $3.99 billion in client assets as of December 31, 2025. It provides discretionary domestic equity portfolio management to endowments, foundations, pension funds, investment companies and high net worth individuals, offering its strategies as separately managed accounts.

The firm follows a team‑based, collaborative investment process focused on concentrated, low‑turnover portfolios of what it describes as high‑quality, enduring businesses with growing cash flows and durable competitive positions. Argent runs multiple capitalization‑based strategies (Large Cap, Dividend Select, Mid Cap, SMID, and Focused Small Cap), blends fundamental and quantitative research in some strategies, and uses an Investment Committee and sell discipline to manage risk and holdings.

Argent’s client mix and fee history are distinctive for a firm of its type: it serves investment companies and institutional clients such as pension funds and acts as a sub‑advisor (including to several Argent ETFs), and it maintains legacy performance‑based fee arrangements for existing qualified clients while no longer offering such arrangements to new clients. The firm does not provide comprehensive financial planning within Argent itself and has an affiliation with Moneta, a separate adviser that offers planning services and may refer or receive referrals related to equity management.

Client services

Portfolio management

Expertise

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management

Fee options

Percentage

$0 - $1,000,000: 1.00% $1,000,001 - $3,000,000: 0.80% $3,000,001+: 0.65% $0 - $10,000,000: 0.75% $10,000,001 - $25,000,000: 0.55% $25,000,001+: 0.50%

Performance-based

No longer offered to new clients; maintained with existing clients under prior agreements; minimum $500,000 for performance fee accounts (may be waived)

Other

Account minimum: $150,000 for standard accounts; $2,000,000 for institutional accounts (both may be waived or lowered at discretion)

Main office location

Argent Capital Management LLC

100 South Brentwood Blvd., Suite 110

Clayton MO 63105, United States

Number of offices

1

Most active in

California · Colorado · Florida · Georgia · Illinois · Kansas · Louisiana · Maryland · Massachusetts · Michigan · Missouri · Nebraska · New Hampshire · New York · North Carolina · Ohio · Oregon · South Carolina · Texas

Disclosures

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Business activities & affiliations

Advisors at this firm

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Edward B

Series 63, Series 65

Clayton, MO

Argent Capital Management LLC

Edward Brown is a financial advisor at Argent Capital Management LLC with 4 years of industry experience. He holds Series 63 and Series 65 licenses and has been with Argent since 2013. Outside of his advisory work, he is an owner in trust of a private duty nursing home, Advanced Nursing Services, held jointly with his siblings. Argent Capital Management provides investment advisory services to endowments, foundations, pension funds, investment companies, and high net worth individuals, specializing in separately managed domestic equity strategies. The firm employs a team-based investment process focused on concentrated, low-turnover portfolios of high-quality companies and manages various institutional and individual client mandates.

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management
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Krystal P

Series 65

Clayton, MO

Argent Capital Management LLC

Krystal Proctor is a financial advisor at Argent Capital Management LLC with a Series 65 designation and 10 years of industry experience. She has worked at Argent Capital Management since 2016 and previously spent five years at The Greitens Group. Argent Capital Management provides investment advisory services to endowments, foundations, pension funds, investment companies, and high net worth individuals, focusing on separately managed domestic equity strategies. The firm employs a team-based investment process centered on concentrated, low-turnover portfolios of high-quality companies and manages a range of strategies including large cap, dividend select, mid cap, focused small cap, and SMID mandates.

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management
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Trenton P

Series 65

Clayton, MO

Argent Capital Management LLC

Trenton Paluczak is a financial advisor at Argent Capital Management LLC with four years of industry experience. He holds a Series 65 designation and has been with Argent Capital Management since 2013. Argent Capital Management provides investment advisory services to endowments, foundations, pension funds, investment companies, and high net worth individuals. The firm employs a team-based investment process focused on concentrated, low-turnover portfolios of high-quality companies, combining fundamental and quantitative research across a range of equity strategies.

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management
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Kenneth C

Series 65

St. Louis, MO

Argent Capital Management LLC

Kenneth Crawford is a Series 65 licensed advisor with Argent Capital Management LLC in St. Louis, Missouri, where he has worked since 2002. He has 22 years of industry experience. Argent Capital Management provides investment advisory services to endowments, foundations, pension funds, investment companies, and high net worth individuals. The firm employs a team-based investment process focused on concentrated, low-turnover portfolios of high-quality companies and manages various separately managed domestic equity strategies as well as investment company vehicles including a collective fund and ETF.

Active portfolio management Concentrated stock management
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