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First Dallas Securities, Inc.

Dallas, TXSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 24549

Filed as FIRST DALLAS SECURITIES, INC.

First Dallas Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Dallas, TX, registered since 2006, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 31, 2025.

20 years
registered since 2006
$335,711,026
assets under management
1 arrangement
Commissions
2
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is First Dallas Securities, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), First Dallas Securities, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: commissions.

Where is First Dallas Securities, Inc. located?

First Dallas Securities, Inc.'s principal office is in Dallas, TX, according to its Form ADV.

Is First Dallas Securities, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

First Dallas Securities, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2006. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 24549.

How much does First Dallas Securities, Inc. manage?

First Dallas Securities, Inc. reports $335,711,026 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated October 31, 2025 (100% discretionary).

How have First Dallas Securities, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for First Dallas Securities, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $191,470,536 in the October 2021 data and $335,711,026 in the October 2026 data, up 75%. Total employees: 22 in October 2021 and 20 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does First Dallas Securities, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (154); high net worth individuals (99); corporations or other businesses not listed above (8).

Which custodians does First Dallas Securities, Inc. use?

First Dallas Securities, Inc.'s most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does First Dallas Securities, Inc. report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports 2 disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11: yes answers to 11.D(2) (another regulator's finding of a violation) and 11.E(2) (self-regulatory organization's finding of a rule violation). 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/24549

Does First Dallas Securities, Inc. state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated October 31, 2025 says: "The minimum to establish an advisory account with First Dallas Securities’ is $100,000. First Dallas Securities has accepted accounts that are smaller and reserves the right to do so in the future at its discretion."

What changed in First Dallas Securities, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the December 2025 filing data: Regulatory assets under management went from $297,314,357 to $335,711,026 (+13%).

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
  • Commissions

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

Account minimum: $100,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
The minimum to establish an advisory account with First Dallas Securities’ is $100,000. First Dallas Securities has accepted accounts that are smaller and reserves the right to do so in the future at its discretion.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated October 31, 2025. 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
$335,711,026

$335,711,026 as of October 2026, filing dated October 31, 2025.

Discretionary: $335,711,026.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 154 Assets $45,981,837 (14%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 99 Assets $240,014,528 (71%)
Banking or thrift institutions
Clients 2 Assets $16,947,235 (5%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 3 Assets $6,856,393 (2%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $25,911,033 (8%)

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

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2006 (20 years)
Employees
Total: 20. Performing investment advisory functions: 9.
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
11 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

2 Reports 2 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.D(2) Has another federal regulator, a state regulator, or a foreign financial regulator ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of investment-related regulations or statutes?
  • 11.E(2) Has a self-regulatory organization or a commodities exchange ever found that the firm or an advisory affiliate was involved in a violation of its rules, other than a minor rule violation under a plan the SEC approved?

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
$191M 2021 $191M 2022 $221M 2023 $234M 2024 $297M 2025 $336M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$335,711,02620October 31, 2025
October 2025$297,314,35720October 29, 2024
October 2024$234,332,27320November 29, 2023
October 2023$221,058,88320October 17, 2022
October 2022$191,470,53622August 3, 2022
October 2021$191,470,53622September 14, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $191,470,536 in the October 2021 data and $335,711,026 in the October 2026 data, up 75%.

Total employees: 22 in October 2021 and 20 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
  1. December 2025
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $297,314,357 to $335,711,026 (+13%).

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
firstdallas.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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AdvisorCensus. First Dallas Securities, Inc. (CRD 24549): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/first-dallas-securities-inc-dallas-tx-24549