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Cargile Investment Management

Midland, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 116982

Filed as CARGILE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT · Legal name Cargile Investment Management, Inc.

Cargile Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Midland, TX, registered since 2005, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026.

21 years
registered since 2005
$394,568,839
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
3
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Cargile Investment Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Cargile Investment Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management.

What does Cargile Investment Management's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 24, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it). Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement.

Where is Cargile Investment Management located?

Cargile Investment Management's principal office is in Midland, TX, according to its Form ADV.

Is Cargile Investment Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Cargile Investment Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2005. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 116982.

How much does Cargile Investment Management manage?

Cargile Investment Management reports $394,568,839 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 24, 2026 (100% discretionary).

How have Cargile Investment Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Cargile Investment Management: Regulatory assets under management: $235,468,567 in the October 2021 data and $394,568,839 in the October 2026 data, up 68%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Cargile Investment Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (138); high net worth individuals (58); corporations or other businesses not listed above (7).

Which custodians does Cargile Investment Management use?

Cargile Investment Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. and National Financial Services LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Cargile Investment Management report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.C(2) (SEC or CFTC finding of a violation), 11.C(4) (SEC or CFTC order), and 11.C(5) (SEC or CFTC civil money penalty or cease-and-desist order). Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates, and one event can produce several yes answers. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/116982

From the Form ADV filing

Every figure below is as the firm filed it with regulators, as of October 2026.

How the firm is compensated

Item 5.E
  • A percentage of assets under your management

Item 5.E lists how the firm is compensated for its advice; Items 5.B, 6.A, and 7.A show whether its people or related companies can also earn commissions. Percentage of assets, fixed, hourly, subscription, and performance-based fees come from clients (a performance-based fee depends on investment results); commissions come with a sale or a trade, often from the company behind the product. How fees, commissions, and other arrangements differ

Fees and minimums

Form ADV Part 2A

Asset-based fee: 0.1% to 2% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
Our annual fee for portfolio management services varies between 0.10% to 2.0% depending upon the market value of your assets under our management, the type and complexity of the asset management services provided, as well as the level of administration requested either directly or assumed by the client.

Minimum annual fee: $1,500

The brochure's wording
The minimum annual account fee is $1,500.00. The minimum may be waived at the firm's sole discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated March 24, 2026. Fees can differ by service and may be negotiable; the brochure is the complete statement. Read the brochure on the SEC's IAPD site

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$394,568,839

$394,568,839 as of October 2026, filing dated March 24, 2026.

Discretionary: $394,568,839.Non-discretionary: $0.

A measure of scale, not skill or returns. Discretionary means the firm decides trades; non-discretionary means clients approve each one. What assets under management means

Who the firm serves

Item 5.D
Individuals (other than high net worth individuals)
Clients 138 Assets $21,651,658 (5%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 58 Assets $294,302,285 (75%)
Investment companies
Clients 1 Assets $12,858,167 (3%)
Charitable organizations
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $3,995,196 (1%)
State or municipal government entities (including government pension plans)
Clients Fewer than 5 Assets $1,342,719 (0%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 7 Assets $60,418,814 (15%)

A firm with no individual clients is an institutional manager even if it manages billions; the mix tells you whom the practice is built around.

Advisory services

Item 5.G
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for investment companies (and business development companies)
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Cargile Investment Management, Inc.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2005 (21 years)
Employees
Total: 3. Performing investment advisory functions: 1.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Custodians (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3))

Custodians holding 10% or more of the firm's separately managed account assets, as filed on Form ADV (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)). A custodian holds client assets; it does not endorse or supervise the firm. AdvisorCensus has no relationship with any custodian.

States registered or notice-filed
2 states or jurisdictions
LATX

SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

3 Reports 3 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Questions answered yes on this filing

Regulatory matters Items 11.C to 11.G

  • 11.C(2) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of SEC or CFTC regulations or statutes?
  • 11.C(4) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever entered an order against the firm or an advisory affiliate in connection with investment-related activity?
  • 11.C(5) Has the SEC or the CFTC ever imposed a civil money penalty on the firm or an advisory affiliate, or ordered the firm or an advisory affiliate to cease and desist from an activity?

Each question covers the firm and its advisory affiliates: its current employees other than clerical staff, its officers, partners, and directors, and anyone who controls the firm or is controlled by it. One event can produce yes answers to several questions. SEC-registered advisers and exempt reporting advisers may leave out events more than ten years old, and may answer 11.A(2) and 11.B(2) for pending charges only. What happened, and who was involved, is on the Disclosure Reporting Pages of the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$235M 2021 $261M 2022 $281M 2023 $289M 2024 $383M 2025 $395M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$394,568,8393March 24, 2026
October 2025$383,040,1423March 10, 2025
October 2024$288,624,5603March 13, 2024
October 2023$281,069,8293March 22, 2023
October 2022$260,705,4213March 21, 2022
October 2021$235,468,5673March 25, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $235,468,567 in the October 2021 data and $394,568,839 in the October 2026 data, up 68%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 3 in October 2026.

As filed in each year's data for the same month. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going; they measure scale, not skill or returns. Most firms update these figures once a year.

Changes in the filing

Last 12 months

No changes to these filed facts in the last 12 months of filing data.

Compared month to month from the SEC's monthly adviser data and the state compilation feed. Owners and control persons are summarized, never named.

Websites listed on Form ADV

Item 1.I
cargileinvestments.com

Source: Form ADV, as of October 2026. Values appear as filed; a value the firm did not report is shown as "Not reported."

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