Argent Capital Management 13F-HR Quarterly holdings report by institutional manager

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FORM 13F

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			VALUE	SHRS OR	SH/	PUT/	INVESTMENT	OTHER	VOTING AUTHORITY
NAME OF ISSUER	TITLE OF CLASS	CUSIP	(x$1000)	PRN AMT	PRN	CALL	DISCRETION	MANAGER	SOLE	SHARED	NONE
1/100 Berkshire Hthwy Cl A (Sc	COM	084990175	255	100	SH		SOLE		100	0	0
3M Company	COM	88579y101	287	1,377	SH		SOLE		1,377	0	0
AT&T Inc.	COM	00206r102	8,981	238,045	SH		SOLE		238,045	0	0
AbbVie Inc.	COM	00287y109	221	3,050	SH		SOLE		3,050	0	0
Abraxas Petroleum Corp	COM	003830106	2,238	1,381,685	SH		SOLE		1,381,685	0	0
Aerovironment Inc.	COM	008073108	1,331	34,850	SH		SOLE		34,850	0	0
Agilent Technologies Inc.	COM	00846u101	505	8,510	SH		SOLE		8,510	0	0
Allison Transmission Holdings,	COM	01973r101	502	13,390	SH		SOLE		13,390	0	0
Alphabet Inc. Class A	COM	02079k305	84,000	90,354	SH		SOLE		89,726	0	628
Alphabet Inc. Class C	COM	02079k107	44,353	48,808	SH		SOLE		48,460	0	348
Altria Group, Inc.	COM	02209s103	343	4,600	SH		SOLE		4,600	0	0
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc	COM	03209r103	1,069	59,850	SH		SOLE		59,850	0	0
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	56,551	392,663	SH		SOLE		389,963	0	2,700
Applied Materials, Inc.	COM	038222105	695	16,820	SH		SOLE		16,820	0	0
AptarGroup, Inc.	COM	038336103	463	5,325	SH		SOLE		5,325	0	0
Automatic Data Processing	COM	053015103	533	5,200	SH		SOLE		5,200	0	0
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.	COM	g0750c108	401	12,500	SH		SOLE		12,500	0	0
BGC Partners, Inc.	COM	05541t101	2,151	170,150	SH		SOLE		170,150	0	0
Baxter International Inc.	COM	071813109	84,397	1,394,075	SH		SOLE		1,384,275	0	9,800
Berkshire Hathaway Cl B	COM	084670702	889	5,248	SH		SOLE		5,248	0	0
BioTelementry, Inc.	COM	090672106	4,106	122,737	SH		SOLE		122,737	0	0
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc	COM	09238e104	1,603	36,775	SH		SOLE		36,775	0	0
Blue Baffalo Pet Products, Inc	COM	09531u102	474	20,780	SH		SOLE		20,780	0	0
Boise Cascade Corp	COM	09739d100	1,306	42,975	SH		SOLE		42,975	0	0
Boston Scientific Corporation	COM	101137107	57,955	2,090,720	SH		SOLE		2,076,120	0	14,600
Bright Horizons Family Solutio	COM	109194100	483	6,250	SH		SOLE		6,250	0	0
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	COM	110122108	12,200	218,950	SH		SOLE		218,950	0	0
CBS Corporation	COM	124857202	37,597	589,478	SH		SOLE		585,478	0	4,000
CDW Corporation	COM	12514g108	615	9,835	SH		SOLE		9,835	0	0
CNO Financial Group, Inc.	COM	12621e103	424	20,305	SH		SOLE		20,305	0	0
Canadian Pac Ltd New	COM	13645t100	257	1,600	SH		SOLE		1,600	0	0
Carbonite Inc.	COM	141337105	5,744	263,475	SH		SOLE		263,475	0	0
Celgene Corp.	COM	151020104	45,870	353,199	SH		SOLE		350,749	0	2,450
Charter Communications, Inc.	COM	16119p108	372	1,104	SH		SOLE		1,104	0	0
Chemical Financial Corporation	COM	163731102	1,900	39,256	SH		SOLE		39,256	0	0
Chesapeake Utilities Corp	COM	165303108	2,039	27,202	SH		SOLE		27,202	0	0
Chevron Corp	COM	166764100	16,271	155,952	SH		SOLE		155,952	0	0
Cigna Corp	COM	125509109	437	2,613	SH		SOLE		2,613	0	0
Cintas Corporation	COM	172908105	566	4,490	SH		SOLE		4,490	0	0
Cirrus Logic, Inc.	COM	172755100	3,127	49,850	SH		SOLE		49,850	0	0
Cisco Systems, Inc.	COM	17275R102	308	9,850	SH		SOLE		9,850	0	0
Coca-Cola	COM	191216100	246	5,485	SH		SOLE		5,485	0	0
Cognizant Technology Solutions	COM	192446102	38,135	574,320	SH		SOLE		570,320	0	4,000
Colfax Corportaion	COM	194014106	576	14,630	SH		SOLE		14,630	0	0
CommScope Holding Company, Inc	COM	20337x109	34,088	896,335	SH		SOLE		890,135	0	6,200
Commerce Bancshares Inc.	COM	200525103	249	4,390	SH		SOLE		4,390	0	0
Conagra Brands, Inc.	COM	205887102	63,850	1,785,506	SH		SOLE		1,775,856	0	9,650
ConocoPhillips	COM	20825c104	15,002	341,263	SH		SOLE		341,263	0	0
Cousins Properties, Inc.	COM	222795106	2,077	236,325	SH		SOLE		236,325	0	0
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.	COM	227483104	1,299	100,614	SH		SOLE		100,614	0	0
Danaher Corp.	COM	235851102	56,930	674,600	SH		SOLE		669,907	0	4,693
Darden Restaurants, Inc.	COM	237194105	464	5,125	SH		SOLE		5,125	0	0
Daseke, Inc.	COM	23753f107	116	10,450	SH		SOLE		10,450	0	0
Discover Financial Services	COM	254709108	495	7,958	SH		SOLE		7,958	0	0
Dish Network Corp.	COM	25470M109	33,752	537,795	SH		SOLE		534,045	0	3,750
Dycom Industries, Inc.	COM	267475101	376	4,195	SH		SOLE		4,195	0	0
E Trade Financial Corporation	COM	269246401	40,134	1,055,330	SH		SOLE		1,048,030	0	7,300
EMCORE Corporation	COM	290846203	4,843	454,750	SH		SOLE		454,750	0	0
Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc.	COM	269796108	686	8,700	SH		SOLE		8,700	0	0
Earthstone Energy Inc.	COM	27032d304	1,389	138,765	SH		SOLE		138,765	0	0
Eastman Chemical Co.	COM	277432100	12,436	148,070	SH		SOLE		148,070	0	0
Eaton Corporation PLC	COM	g29183103	17,452	224,238	SH		SOLE		224,238	0	0
Emerson Electric Co.	COM	291011104	15,193	254,838	SH		SOLE		254,838	0	0
Evolution Petroleum Corporatio	COM	30049a107	2,089	257,860	SH		SOLE		257,860	0	0
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	616	7,626	SH		SOLE		7,626	0	0
F.N.B. Corporation	COM	302520101	3,812	269,188	SH		SOLE		269,188	0	0
Fabrinet	COM	g3323l100	4,872	114,202	SH		SOLE		114,202	0	0
Facebook, Inc.	COM	30303m102	53,067	351,486	SH		SOLE		349,016	0	2,470
Fastenal Co.	COM	311900104	40,208	923,695	SH		SOLE		917,245	0	6,450
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	COM	313148306	2,651	40,971	SH		SOLE		40,971	0	0
Ferro Corporation	COM	315405100	3,166	173,095	SH		SOLE		173,095	0	0
First Internet Bancorp	COM	320557101	3,423	122,030	SH		SOLE		122,030	0	0
Flex Ltd	COM	Y2573F102	523	32,065	SH		SOLE		32,065	0	0
Flotek Industries Inc.	COM	343389102	1,566	175,175	SH		SOLE		175,175	0	0
Fortinet Inc.	COM	34959e109	3,439	91,849	SH		SOLE		91,849	0	0
Fortive Corporation	COM	34959j108	66,758	1,053,797	SH		SOLE		1,046,451	0	7,346
Fox Factory Holding Corp	COM	35138v102	1,606	45,100	SH		SOLE		45,100	0	0
Franklin Financial Network Inc	COM	35352p104	3,258	78,976	SH		SOLE		78,976	0	0
General Dynamics Corp	COM	369550108	528	2,665	SH		SOLE		2,665	0	0
General Electric Company	COM	369604103	13,497	499,710	SH		SOLE		499,710	0	0
General Mills, Inc.	COM	370334104	14,631	264,097	SH		SOLE		264,097	0	0
Globus Medical, Inc.	COM	379577208	476	14,345	SH		SOLE		14,345	0	0
Granite Construction Inc.	COM	387328107	2,177	45,125	SH		SOLE		45,125	0	0
HCA Healthcare Inc.	COM	40412c101	381	4,370	SH		SOLE		4,370	0	0
Health Insurance Innovations I	COM	42225k106	4,135	175,975	SH		SOLE		175,975	0	0
Home Depot	COM	437076102	637	4,151	SH		SOLE		4,151	0	0
Hooker Furniture Corporation	COM	439038100	3,941	95,761	SH		SOLE		95,761	0	0
Hyster-Yale Materials	COM	449172105	2,359	33,580	SH		SOLE		33,580	0	0
II-VI Incorporated	COM	902104108	1,610	46,925	SH		SOLE		46,925	0	0
INC Research Holdings Inc	COM	45329r109	450	7,695	SH		SOLE		7,695	0	0
INTL FCStone Inc	COM	46116v105	2,186	57,904	SH		SOLE		57,904	0	0
Intel Corp.	COM	458140100	12,859	381,113	SH		SOLE		381,113	0	0
International Business Machine	COM	459200101	413	2,687	SH		SOLE		2,687	0	0
Itron Inc.	COM	465741106	4,197	61,950	SH		SOLE		61,950	0	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	COM	46625H100	95,856	1,048,755	SH		SOLE		1,043,455	0	5,300
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	20,672	156,265	SH		SOLE		156,265	0	0
Johnson Outdoors Inc	COM	479167108	2,229	46,225	SH		SOLE		46,225	0	0
Juniper Networks	COM	48203r104	377	13,535	SH		SOLE		13,535	0	0
Kennametal Inc	COM	489170100	438	11,715	SH		SOLE		11,715	0	0
LGI Homes, Inc.	COM	50187t106	1,622	40,360	SH		SOLE		40,360	0	0
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	COM	517834107	18,115	283,529	SH		SOLE		283,529	0	0
Legget & Platt	COM	524660107	424	8,075	SH		SOLE		8,075	0	0
Lennox International Inc.	COM	526107107	479	2,607	SH		SOLE		2,607	0	0
Lincoln National	COM	534187109	64,368	952,475	SH		SOLE		945,975	0	6,500
Lockheed Martin Corp	COM	539830109	12,250	44,127	SH		SOLE		44,127	0	0
Lowe's Companies Inc.	COM	548661107	50,808	655,339	SH		SOLE		650,789	0	4,550
Lumentum Holdings Inc.	COM	55024u109	3,879	67,990	SH		SOLE		67,990	0	0
MACOM Technology Solutions Hol	COM	55405y100	4,679	83,900	SH		SOLE		83,900	0	0
Marcus Corporation	COM	566330106	4,612	152,700	SH		SOLE		152,700	0	0
Marvell Technology Group LTD	COM	g5876h105	87,175	5,276,960	SH		SOLE		5,247,010	0	29,950
Masco Corporation	COM	574599106	77,648	2,032,145	SH		SOLE		2,017,995	0	14,150
Mastec, Inc.	COM	576323109	5,706	126,375	SH		SOLE		126,375	0	0
Mastercard, Inc.	COM	57636q104	54,194	446,228	SH		SOLE		443,128	0	3,100
Mattel, Inc.	COM	577081102	8,481	393,922	SH		SOLE		393,922	0	0
MaxLinear, Inc.	COM	57776j100	2,893	103,725	SH		SOLE		103,725	0	0
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc	COM	57772k101	10,234	227,918	SH		SOLE		227,918	0	0
McDonald's Corp.	COM	580135101	11,863	77,454	SH		SOLE		77,454	0	0
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.	COM	589889104	4,690	122,925	SH		SOLE		122,925	0	0
Metlife Inc.	COM	59156r108	13,329	242,607	SH		SOLE		242,607	0	0
MiMedx Group Inc.	COM	602496101	2,780	185,725	SH		SOLE		185,725	0	0
Microsoft Corp.	COM	594918104	13,892	201,537	SH		SOLE		201,537	0	0
Midland States Bancorp, Inc.	COM	597742105	1,458	43,500	SH		SOLE		43,500	0	0
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.	COM	609027107	2,761	91,283	SH		SOLE		91,283	0	0
Monsanto	COM	61166w101	237	2,000	SH		SOLE		2,000	0	0
NCR Corp.	COM	62886e108	484	11,850	SH		SOLE		11,850	0	0
NVIDIA Corporation	COM	67066g104	1,042	7,205	SH		SOLE		7,205	0	0
NVR, Inc.	COM	62944t105	646	268	SH		SOLE		268	0	0
NetApp Inc.	COM	64110d104	33,472	835,765	SH		SOLE		829,965	0	5,800
Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd	COM	m7516k103	1,726	78,145	SH		SOLE		78,145	0	0
Nuance Communications, Inc.	COM	67020y100	329	18,890	SH		SOLE		18,890	0	0
ON Semiconductor Corp.	COM	682189105	62,328	4,439,320	SH		SOLE		4,407,770	0	31,550
Occidental Petroleum Corp.	COM	674599105	13,786	230,260	SH		SOLE		230,260	0	0
Omnicom Group	COM	681919106	381	4,590	SH		SOLE		4,590	0	0
Ooma, Inc.	COM	683416101	1,501	187,600	SH		SOLE		187,600	0	0
Orion Group Holdings Inc	COM	68628V308	1,487	199,025	SH		SOLE		199,025	0	0
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.	COM	69478x105	3,889	105,400	SH		SOLE		105,400	0	0
Panera Bread Co.	COM	69840w108	514	1,635	SH		SOLE		1,635	0	0
Pentair PLC	COM	g7s00t104	41,437	622,740	SH		SOLE		618,390	0	4,350
PepsiCo, Inc.	COM	713448108	20,853	180,563	SH		SOLE		180,563	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	COM	717081103	18,322	545,468	SH		SOLE		545,468	0	0
Philip Morris International	COM	718172109	383	3,260	SH		SOLE		3,260	0	0
Phillips 66	COM	718546104	223	2,700	SH		SOLE		2,700	0	0
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc	COM	72348y105	1,992	100,825	SH		SOLE		100,825	0	0
Pinnacle Foods Inc.	COM	72348p104	529	8,910	SH		SOLE		8,910	0	0
Ply Gem Holdings Inc	COM	72941w100	1,458	81,200	SH		SOLE		81,200	0	0
Post Holdings, Inc.	COM	737446104	68,804	886,074	SH		SOLE		879,864	0	6,210
Premier, Inc.	COM	74051n102	2,777	77,150	SH		SOLE		77,150	0	0
Primo Water Corp.	COM	74165n105	1,631	128,425	SH		SOLE		128,425	0	0
Principal Financial Group, Inc	COM	74251v102	22,204	346,556	SH		SOLE		346,556	0	0
Procter & Gamble	COM	742718109	9,190	105,445	SH		SOLE		105,445	0	0
Prudential Financial Inc.	COM	744320102	18,890	174,682	SH		SOLE		174,682	0	0
QUALCOMM Incorporated	COM	747525103	10,532	190,723	SH		SOLE		190,723	0	0
Quanta Services, Inc.	COM	74762e102	1,630	49,500	SH		SOLE		49,500	0	0
REV Group, Inc.	COM	749527107	2,581	93,250	SH		SOLE		93,250	0	0
Radian Group, Inc.	COM	750236101	457	27,960	SH		SOLE		27,960	0	0
Red Hat, Inc.	COM	756577102	67,268	702,535	SH		SOLE		697,635	0	4,900
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.	COM	759509102	364	5,000	SH		SOLE		5,000	0	0
Schlumberger LTD	COM	806857108	29,579	449,255	SH		SOLE		446,105	0	3,150
ServiceMaster Global Holdings	COM	81761r109	407	10,390	SH		SOLE		10,390	0	0
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.	COM	83088m102	65,542	683,090	SH		SOLE		678,290	0	4,800
Solar Capital Ltd.	COM	83413u100	2,380	108,833	SH		SOLE		108,833	0	0
SolarEdge Technologies Inc.	COM	83417m104	851	42,545	SH		SOLE		42,545	0	0
South State Corporation	COM	840441109	1,973	23,025	SH		SOLE		23,025	0	0
Spire Inc	COM	84857l101	2,000	28,675	SH		SOLE		28,675	0	0
Sterling Bancorp	COM	85917a100	3,959	170,300	SH		SOLE		170,300	0	0
Sterling Construction Company,	COM	859241101	4,568	349,505	SH		SOLE		349,505	0	0
Summit Materials, Inc.	COM	86614u100	4,391	152,095	SH		SOLE		152,095	0	0
Suntrust Banks, Inc.	COM	867914103	55,670	981,480	SH		SOLE		974,680	0	6,800
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.	COM	868459108	3,949	91,625	SH		SOLE		91,625	0	0
Teligent, Inc.	COM	87960w104	3,590	392,350	SH		SOLE		392,350	0	0
The Boeing Company	COM	097023105	11,845	59,898	SH		SOLE		59,898	0	0
The Dow Chemical Company	COM	260543103	78,616	1,246,487	SH		SOLE		1,239,887	0	6,600
The Southern Company	COM	842587107	11,158	233,033	SH		SOLE		233,033	0	0
Travelers Companies, Inc.	COM	89417e109	468	3,701	SH		SOLE		3,701	0	0
Triton International Limited o	COM	g9078f107	2,577	77,075	SH		SOLE		77,075	0	0
Turning Point Brands, Inc.	COM	90041l105	2,552	166,374	SH		SOLE		166,374	0	0
U.S. Bancorp	COM	902973304	1,062	20,461	SH		SOLE		20,461	0	0
US Concrete Inc.	COM	90333l201	2,378	30,275	SH		SOLE		30,275	0	0
United Parcel Service, Inc.	COM	911312106	13,080	118,274	SH		SOLE		118,274	0	0
United Therapeutics Corporatio	COM	91307c102	328	2,530	SH		SOLE		2,530	0	0
Uniti Group Inc.	COM	91325V108	1,963	78,100	SH		SOLE		78,100	0	0
Universal Electronics Inc.	COM	913483103	2,039	30,505	SH		SOLE		30,505	0	0
Universal Forest Products, Inc	COM	913543104	991	11,351	SH		SOLE		11,351	0	0
Valmont Industries	COM	920253101	397	2,652	SH		SOLE		2,652	0	0
Vantiv, Inc.	COM	92210h105	455	7,185	SH		SOLE		7,185	0	0
Verizon Communications	COM	92343v104	7,466	167,166	SH		SOLE		167,166	0	0
Visteon Corporation	COM	92839u206	4,204	41,190	SH		SOLE		41,190	0	0
Vonage Holdings Corporation	COM	92886t201	3,598	550,090	SH		SOLE		550,090	0	0
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.	COM	930059100	1,001	53,000	SH		SOLE		53,000	0	0
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	COM	931142103	585	7,735	SH		SOLE		7,735	0	0
Walker & Dunlop Inc.	COM	93148p102	4,574	93,675	SH		SOLE		93,675	0	0
Walt Disney Co.	COM	254687106	775	7,292	SH		SOLE		7,292	0	0
Wells Fargo & Co.	COM	949746101	18,764	338,639	SH		SOLE		338,639	0	0
Winnebago Industries	COM	974637100	1,927	55,070	SH		SOLE		55,070	0	0
Wintrust Financial Corporation	COM	97650w108	6,561	85,833	SH		SOLE		85,833	0	0
Wynn Resorts Ltd.	COM	983134107	69,097	515,185	SH		SOLE		511,585	0	3,600
Xilinx Inc.	COM	983919101	447	6,945	SH		SOLE		6,945	0	0
iCAD, Inc.	COM	44934s206	2,990	713,650	SH		SOLE		713,650	0	0
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar	COM	46434g103	304	6,070	SH		SOLE		6,070	0	0
iShares International Select D	COM	464288448	304	9,285	SH		SOLE		9,285	0	0