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

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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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	275	100	SH		SOLE		100	0	0
3M Company	COM	88579y101	289	1,377	SH		SOLE		1,377	0	0
AT&T Inc.	COM	00206r102	11,064	282,458	SH		SOLE		282,458	0	0
AbbVie Inc.	COM	00287y109	316	3,560	SH		SOLE		3,560	0	0
Abraxas Petroleum Corp	COM	003830106	2,618	1,392,335	SH		SOLE		1,392,335	0	0
Aerovironment Inc.	COM	008073108	2,227	41,145	SH		SOLE		41,145	0	0
Agilent Technologies Inc.	COM	00846u101	546	8,512	SH		SOLE		8,512	0	0
Allison Transmission Holdings,	COM	01973r101	503	13,390	SH		SOLE		13,390	0	0
Alphabet Inc. Class A	COM	02079k305	84,563	86,845	SH		SOLE		86,217	0	628
Alphabet Inc. Class C	COM	02079k107	43,810	45,678	SH		SOLE		45,330	0	348
Altria Group, Inc.	COM	02209s103	247	3,900	SH		SOLE		3,900	0	0
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc	COM	03209r103	2,167	121,275	SH		SOLE		121,275	0	0
Apple Inc.	COM	037833100	57,580	373,608	SH		SOLE		370,908	0	2,700
Applied Materials, Inc.	COM	038222105	876	16,810	SH		SOLE		16,810	0	0
AptarGroup, Inc.	COM	038336103	460	5,332	SH		SOLE		5,332	0	0
Asure Software, Inc.	COM	04649u102	1,691	136,175	SH		SOLE		136,175	0	0
Automatic Data Processing	COM	053015103	570	5,215	SH		SOLE		5,215	0	0
Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.	COM	g0750c108	361	12,470	SH		SOLE		12,470	0	0
B. Riley Financial, Inc.	COM	05580m108	966	56,675	SH		SOLE		56,675	0	0
BGC Partners, Inc.	COM	05541t101	2,481	171,475	SH		SOLE		171,475	0	0
Baxter International Inc.	COM	071813109	82,994	1,322,611	SH		SOLE		1,312,811	0	9,800
Berkshire Hathaway Cl B	COM	084670702	971	5,297	SH		SOLE		5,297	0	0
BioTelementry, Inc.	COM	090672106	1,583	47,977	SH		SOLE		47,977	0	0
Biogen Inc.	COM	09062x103	41,167	131,472	SH		SOLE		130,502	0	970
Blackhawk Network Holdings Inc	COM	09238e104	2,582	58,950	SH		SOLE		58,950	0	0
Blue Baffalo Pet Products, Inc	COM	09531u102	590	20,810	SH		SOLE		20,810	0	0
Boise Cascade Corp	COM	09739d100	3,188	91,340	SH		SOLE		91,340	0	0
Boston Scientific Corporation	COM	101137107	58,017	1,988,931	SH		SOLE		1,974,331	0	14,600
Bright Horizons Family Solutio	COM	109194100	538	6,235	SH		SOLE		6,235	0	0
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company	COM	110122108	16,291	255,582	SH		SOLE		255,582	0	0
CBS Corporation	COM	124857202	804	13,870	SH		SOLE		13,870	0	0
CDW Corporation	COM	12514g108	649	9,832	SH		SOLE		9,832	0	0
CNO Financial Group, Inc.	COM	12621e103	474	20,307	SH		SOLE		20,307	0	0
Canadian Pac Ltd New	COM	13645t100	269	1,600	SH		SOLE		1,600	0	0
Carbonite Inc.	COM	141337105	5,830	265,000	SH		SOLE		265,000	0	0
Catalent, Inc.	COM	148806102	466	11,671	SH		SOLE		11,671	0	0
Celgene Corp.	COM	151020104	74,243	509,140	SH		SOLE		505,390	0	3,750
Charter Communications, Inc.	COM	16119p108	403	1,108	SH		SOLE		1,108	0	0
Chemical Financial Corporation	COM	163731102	2,065	39,516	SH		SOLE		39,516	0	0
Chesapeake Utilities Corp	COM	165303108	2,145	27,417	SH		SOLE		27,417	0	0
Chevron Corp	COM	166764100	21,275	181,060	SH		SOLE		181,060	0	0
Cigna Corp	COM	125509109	489	2,616	SH		SOLE		2,616	0	0
Cintas Corporation	COM	172908105	648	4,490	SH		SOLE		4,490	0	0
Cisco Systems, Inc.	COM	17275R102	335	9,976	SH		SOLE		9,976	0	0
Coca-Cola	COM	191216100	247	5,485	SH		SOLE		5,485	0	0
Cognizant Technology Solutions	COM	192446102	62,720	864,620	SH		SOLE		858,270	0	6,350
Colfax Corportaion	COM	194014106	609	14,635	SH		SOLE		14,635	0	0
Commerce Bancshares Inc.	COM	200525103	254	4,390	SH		SOLE		4,390	0	0
ConocoPhillips	COM	20825c104	17,027	340,195	SH		SOLE		340,195	0	0
Cousins Properties, Inc.	COM	222795106	2,888	309,200	SH		SOLE		309,200	0	0
Cross Country Healthcare, Inc.	COM	227483104	1,854	130,289	SH		SOLE		130,289	0	0
Cutera, Inc.	COM	232109108	1,320	31,925	SH		SOLE		31,925	0	0
Danaher Corp.	COM	235851102	55,084	642,150	SH		SOLE		637,457	0	4,693
Darden Restaurants, Inc.	COM	237194105	404	5,132	SH		SOLE		5,132	0	0
Daseke, Inc.	COM	23753f107	1,670	128,000	SH		SOLE		128,000	0	0
Discover Financial Services	COM	254709108	525	8,143	SH		SOLE		8,143	0	0
Dish Network Corp.	COM	25470M109	27,548	507,992	SH		SOLE		504,242	0	3,750
DowDuPont Inc.	COM	26078j100	85,983	1,241,996	SH		SOLE		1,235,396	0	6,600
ETrade Financial Corporation	COM	269246401	43,635	1,000,572	SH		SOLE		993,272	0	7,300
EMCORE Corporation	COM	290846203	3,760	458,575	SH		SOLE		458,575	0	0
Earthstone Energy Inc.	COM	27032d304	1,024	93,215	SH		SOLE		93,215	0	0
Eastman Chemical Co.	COM	277432100	15,606	172,460	SH		SOLE		172,460	0	0
Eaton Corporation PLC	COM	g29183103	19,797	257,804	SH		SOLE		257,804	0	0
Emerson Electric Co.	COM	291011104	18,426	293,227	SH		SOLE		293,227	0	0
Estee Lauder	COM	518439104	216	2,000	SH		SOLE		2,000	0	0
Evolution Petroleum Corporatio	COM	30049a107	1,249	173,410	SH		SOLE		173,410	0	0
Expedia, Inc.	COM	30212p303	33,603	233,450	SH		SOLE		231,740	0	1,710
Exxon Mobil Corp	COM	30231G102	625	7,626	SH		SOLE		7,626	0	0
F.N.B. Corporation	COM	302520101	3,392	241,763	SH		SOLE		241,763	0	0
Fabrinet	COM	g3323l100	3,323	89,662	SH		SOLE		89,662	0	0
Facebook, Inc.	COM	30303m102	57,019	333,699	SH		SOLE		331,229	0	2,470
Federal Agricultural Mortgage	COM	313148306	3,513	48,301	SH		SOLE		48,301	0	0
Ferro Corporation	COM	315405100	4,201	188,405	SH		SOLE		188,405	0	0
Finisar Corporation	COM	31787a507	687	31,000	SH		SOLE		31,000	0	0
First Internet Bancorp	COM	320557101	4,030	124,755	SH		SOLE		124,755	0	0
Flex Ltd	COM	Y2573F102	531	32,047	SH		SOLE		32,047	0	0
Flotek Industries Inc.	COM	343389102	815	175,175	SH		SOLE		175,175	0	0
FormFactor Inc.	COM	346375108	1,830	108,600	SH		SOLE		108,600	0	0
Fortinet Inc.	COM	34959e109	3,393	94,674	SH		SOLE		94,674	0	0
Fortive Corporation	COM	34959j108	70,794	1,000,057	SH		SOLE		992,711	0	7,346
Fox Factory Holding Corp	COM	35138v102	1,690	39,200	SH		SOLE		39,200	0	0
General Dynamics Corp	COM	369550108	548	2,668	SH		SOLE		2,668	0	0
General Electric Company	COM	369604103	9,891	409,066	SH		SOLE		409,066	0	0
General Mills, Inc.	COM	370334104	15,614	301,662	SH		SOLE		301,662	0	0
Gilead Sciences, Inc.	COM	375558103	15,871	195,889	SH		SOLE		195,889	0	0
Globus Medical, Inc.	COM	379577208	1,482	49,867	SH		SOLE		49,867	0	0
GoPro, Inc.	COM	38268t103	1,028	93,325	SH		SOLE		93,325	0	0
Granite Construction Inc.	COM	387328107	3,208	55,355	SH		SOLE		55,355	0	0
HCA Healthcare Inc.	COM	40412c101	347	4,360	SH		SOLE		4,360	0	0
Home Depot	COM	437076102	766	4,682	SH		SOLE		4,682	0	0
Hooker Furniture Corporation	COM	439038100	4,596	96,261	SH		SOLE		96,261	0	0
Hyster-Yale Materials	COM	449172105	3,467	45,350	SH		SOLE		45,350	0	0
II-VI Incorporated	COM	902104108	2,375	57,710	SH		SOLE		57,710	0	0
INC Research Holdings Inc	COM	45329r109	402	7,677	SH		SOLE		7,677	0	0
Ichor Holdings, Ltd.	COM	g4740b105	2,662	99,330	SH		SOLE		99,330	0	0
Intel Corp.	COM	458140100	16,731	439,371	SH		SOLE		439,371	0	0
International Business Machine	COM	459200101	386	2,663	SH		SOLE		2,663	0	0
Itron Inc.	COM	465741106	3,768	48,655	SH		SOLE		48,655	0	0
JP Morgan Chase & Co.	COM	46625H100	100,848	1,055,888	SH		SOLE		1,050,588	0	5,300
Johnson & Johnson	COM	478160104	23,280	179,067	SH		SOLE		179,067	0	0
Johnson Outdoors Inc	COM	479167108	2,380	32,475	SH		SOLE		32,475	0	0
Juniper Networks	COM	48203r104	376	13,502	SH		SOLE		13,502	0	0
Kennametal Inc	COM	489170100	471	11,687	SH		SOLE		11,687	0	0
LGI Homes, Inc.	COM	50187t106	1,634	33,645	SH		SOLE		33,645	0	0
Las Vegas Sands Corp.	COM	517834107	20,935	326,292	SH		SOLE		326,292	0	0
Legget & Platt	COM	524660107	385	8,057	SH		SOLE		8,057	0	0
Lennox International Inc.	COM	526107107	466	2,601	SH		SOLE		2,601	0	0
Lincoln National	COM	534187109	66,506	905,089	SH		SOLE		898,589	0	6,500
Lockheed Martin Corp	COM	539830109	15,660	50,470	SH		SOLE		50,470	0	0
Lumentum Holdings Inc.	COM	55024u109	4,474	82,315	SH		SOLE		82,315	0	0
MACOM Technology Solutions Hol	COM	55405y100	3,772	84,550	SH		SOLE		84,550	0	0
Marvell Technology Group LTD	COM	g5876h105	93,233	5,208,525	SH		SOLE		5,178,575	0	29,950
Masco Corporation	COM	574599106	75,286	1,929,912	SH		SOLE		1,915,762	0	14,150
Mastec, Inc.	COM	576323109	5,902	127,200	SH		SOLE		127,200	0	0
Mastercard, Inc.	COM	57636q104	59,876	424,050	SH		SOLE		420,950	0	3,100
Maxim Integrated Products, Inc	COM	57772k101	12,476	261,500	SH		SOLE		261,500	0	0
McDonald's Corp.	COM	580135101	13,820	88,204	SH		SOLE		88,204	0	0
Merit Medical Systems, Inc.	COM	589889104	4,156	98,140	SH		SOLE		98,140	0	0
Metlife Inc.	COM	59156r108	14,578	280,620	SH		SOLE		280,620	0	0
MiMedx Group Inc.	COM	602496101	3,027	254,810	SH		SOLE		254,810	0	0
Microsoft Corp.	COM	594918104	17,138	230,070	SH		SOLE		230,070	0	0
Midland States Bancorp, Inc.	COM	597742105	1,389	43,850	SH		SOLE		43,850	0	0
Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc.	COM	609027107	3,146	79,585	SH		SOLE		79,585	0	0
NVIDIA Corporation	COM	67066g104	1,287	7,197	SH		SOLE		7,197	0	0
NVR, Inc.	COM	62944t105	765	268	SH		SOLE		268	0	0
NetApp, Inc.	COM	64110d104	458	10,475	SH		SOLE		10,475	0	0
Nuance Communications, Inc.	COM	67020y100	296	18,845	SH		SOLE		18,845	0	0
ON Semiconductor Corp.	COM	682189105	77,844	4,214,595	SH		SOLE		4,183,045	0	31,550
Occidental Petroleum Corp.	COM	674599105	7,326	114,100	SH		SOLE		114,100	0	0
Omnicom Group	COM	681919106	341	4,600	SH		SOLE		4,600	0	0
OneMain Holdgins, Inc.	COM	68268w103	1,600	56,775	SH		SOLE		56,775	0	0
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc.	COM	69478x105	4,010	106,225	SH		SOLE		106,225	0	0
Pentair PLC	COM	g7s00t104	40,085	589,836	SH		SOLE		585,486	0	4,350
PepsiCo, Inc.	COM	713448108	22,600	202,815	SH		SOLE		202,815	0	0
Pfizer Inc.	COM	717081103	22,513	630,625	SH		SOLE		630,625	0	0
Philip Morris International	COM	718172109	362	3,260	SH		SOLE		3,260	0	0
Phillips 66	COM	718546104	247	2,700	SH		SOLE		2,700	0	0
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc	COM	72348y105	3,395	159,300	SH		SOLE		159,300	0	0
Pinnacle Foods Inc.	COM	72348p104	509	8,910	SH		SOLE		8,910	0	0
Planet Fitness, Inc.	COM	72703h101	1,105	40,965	SH		SOLE		40,965	0	0
Post Holdings, Inc.	COM	737446104	74,284	841,554	SH		SOLE		835,344	0	6,210
Premier, Inc.	COM	74051n102	2,925	89,800	SH		SOLE		89,800	0	0
Primo Water Corp.	COM	74165n105	1,911	161,300	SH		SOLE		161,300	0	0
Principal Financial Group, Inc	COM	74251v102	25,731	399,929	SH		SOLE		399,929	0	0
Procter & Gamble	COM	742718109	10,979	120,677	SH		SOLE		120,677	0	0
Prudential Financial Inc.	COM	744320102	21,250	199,869	SH		SOLE		199,869	0	0
QUALCOMM Incorporated	COM	747525103	4,384	84,571	SH		SOLE		84,571	0	0
Quanta Services, Inc.	COM	74762e102	2,212	59,185	SH		SOLE		59,185	0	0
REV Group, Inc.	COM	749527107	2,703	94,000	SH		SOLE		94,000	0	0
Radian Group, Inc.	COM	750236101	521	27,895	SH		SOLE		27,895	0	0
Red Hat, Inc.	COM	756577102	73,868	666,315	SH		SOLE		661,415	0	4,900
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.	COM	759509102	380	4,987	SH		SOLE		4,987	0	0
Restaurant Brands Internationa	COM	76131d103	33,235	520,275	SH		SOLE		516,425	0	3,850
STAG Industrial Inc.	COM	85254j102	1,176	42,825	SH		SOLE		42,825	0	0
Schlumberger LTD	COM	806857108	27,761	397,951	SH		SOLE		394,801	0	3,150
ServiceMaster Global Holdings	COM	81761r109	484	10,365	SH		SOLE		10,365	0	0
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.	COM	83088m102	37,935	372,276	SH		SOLE		369,676	0	2,600
Solar Capital Ltd.	COM	83413u100	2,295	106,043	SH		SOLE		106,043	0	0
SolarEdge Technologies Inc.	COM	83417m104	2,775	97,185	SH		SOLE		97,185	0	0
South State Corporation	COM	840441109	2,087	23,175	SH		SOLE		23,175	0	0
Spire Inc	COM	84857l101	2,169	29,049	SH		SOLE		29,049	0	0
Sterling Bancorp	COM	85917a100	4,231	171,625	SH		SOLE		171,625	0	0
Sterling Construction Company,	COM	859241101	5,400	354,580	SH		SOLE		354,580	0	0
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	COM	864909106	1,067	90,400	SH		SOLE		90,400	0	0
Summit Financial Group, Inc.	COM	86606g101	660	25,723	SH		SOLE		25,723	0	0
Summit Materials, Inc.	COM	86614u100	4,902	153,045	SH		SOLE		153,045	0	0
SunTrust Banks, Inc.	COM	867914103	55,699	931,883	SH		SOLE		925,083	0	6,800
Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.	COM	868459108	2,778	69,450	SH		SOLE		69,450	0	0
T.Rowe Price Group Inc.	COM	74144T108	12,684	139,921	SH		SOLE		139,921	0	0
Teligent, Inc.	COM	87960w104	2,061	307,175	SH		SOLE		307,175	0	0
Teradyne, Inc.	COM	880770102	47,393	1,270,920	SH		SOLE		1,261,670	0	9,250
The Boeing Company	COM	097023105	17,484	68,777	SH		SOLE		68,777	0	0
The Southern Company	COM	842587107	13,100	266,586	SH		SOLE		266,586	0	0
Travelers Companies, Inc.	COM	89417e109	448	3,656	SH		SOLE		3,656	0	0
Triton International Limited o	COM	g9078f107	2,783	83,620	SH		SOLE		83,620	0	0
Turning Point Brands, Inc.	COM	90041l105	3,076	180,929	SH		SOLE		180,929	0	0
U.S. Bancorp	COM	902973304	1,078	20,111	SH		SOLE		20,111	0	0
US Concrete Inc.	COM	90333l201	3,210	42,075	SH		SOLE		42,075	0	0
United Parcel Service, Inc.	COM	911312106	16,310	135,813	SH		SOLE		135,813	0	0
United Rentals, Inc.	COM	911363109	565	4,072	SH		SOLE		4,072	0	0
Universal Forest Products, Inc	COM	913543104	424	4,320	SH		SOLE		4,320	0	0
VMware, Inc.	COM	928563402	26,853	245,930	SH		SOLE		244,130	0	1,800
Valmont Industries	COM	920253101	420	2,656	SH		SOLE		2,656	0	0
Vantiv, Inc.	COM	92210h105	505	7,167	SH		SOLE		7,167	0	0
Verizon Communications	COM	92343v104	9,351	188,947	SH		SOLE		188,947	0	0
Visteon Corporation	COM	92839u206	3,845	31,062	SH		SOLE		31,062	0	0
Vonage Holdings Corporation	COM	92886t201	2,841	349,050	SH		SOLE		349,050	0	0
Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc.	COM	930059100	1,630	81,200	SH		SOLE		81,200	0	0
Wal-Mart Stores Inc.	COM	931142103	543	6,950	SH		SOLE		6,950	0	0
Walker & Dunlop Inc.	COM	93148p102	4,927	94,150	SH		SOLE		94,150	0	0
Walt Disney Co.	COM	254687106	720	7,304	SH		SOLE		7,304	0	0
Wells Fargo & Co.	COM	949746101	21,528	390,357	SH		SOLE		390,357	0	0
Winnebago Industries	COM	974637100	2,141	47,840	SH		SOLE		47,840	0	0
Wintrust Financial Corporation	COM	97650w108	6,672	85,195	SH		SOLE		85,195	0	0
Wynn Resorts Ltd.	COM	983134107	72,700	488,179	SH		SOLE		484,579	0	3,600
Xilinx Inc.	COM	983919101	493	6,960	SH		SOLE		6,960	0	0
iCAD, Inc.	COM	44934s206	3,097	700,629	SH		SOLE		700,629	0	0
iShares Core MSCI Emerging Mar	COM	46434g103	328	6,070	SH		SOLE		6,070	0	0
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	COM	464287200	1,745	6,900	SH		SOLE		6,900	0	0
iShares Core S&P Smallcap - ET	COM	464287804	3,650	49,175	SH		SOLE		49,175	0	0
iShares International Select D	COM	464288448	324	9,585	SH		SOLE		9,585	0	0