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Hilton Capital Management, LLC

Garden City, NYSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 116357

Filed as HILTON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC

Hilton Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Garden City, NY, registered since 2002, reporting $1 billion to $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 3, 2026.

24 years
registered since 2002
$3,161,983,610
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Hilton Capital Management, LLC compensated?

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

What does Hilton Capital Management, LLC's brochure say about its fees?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 3, 2026 states: Asset-based fee: 0.12% to 1.25% 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 Hilton Capital Management, LLC located?

Hilton Capital Management, LLC's principal office is in Garden City, NY, according to its Form ADV; the July 2026 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Hilton Capital Management, LLC registered with the SEC or a state?

Hilton Capital Management, LLC is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2002. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 116357.

How much does Hilton Capital Management, LLC manage?

Hilton Capital Management, LLC reports $3,161,983,610 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated June 3, 2026 (47% discretionary).

How have Hilton Capital Management, LLC's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Hilton Capital Management, LLC: Regulatory assets under management: $1,885,899,918 in the October 2021 data and $3,161,983,610 in the October 2026 data, up 68%. Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 27 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Hilton Capital Management, LLC serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (1,384); high net worth individuals (153); corporations or other businesses not listed above (45).

Which custodians does Hilton Capital Management, LLC use?

Hilton Capital Management, LLC's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Northern Trust Securities, Inc., US Bank Global Fund Services and Wells Fargo Clearing Services, LLC as custodians holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Hilton Capital Management, LLC report any disciplinary disclosures?

Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. The detail of any item is on the firm's SEC record: https://adviserinfo.sec.gov/firm/summary/116357

What changed in Hilton Capital Management, LLC's recent Form ADV filings?

In the May 2026 filing data: Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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: 0.12% to 1.25% a year (a range, as the brochure states it)

The brochure's wording
The annual fee rate varies (between 0.12% and 1.25%), depending upon the market value of the assets under management and the type of investment management services to be rendered.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated June 3, 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
$3,161,983,610

$3,161,983,610 as of October 2026, filing dated June 3, 2026.

Discretionary: $1,479,145,649.Non-discretionary: $1,682,837,961.

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 1,384 Assets $398,589,466 (13%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 153 Assets $305,229,193 (10%)
Investment companies
Clients 5 Assets $374,438,451 (12%)
Pension and profit sharing plans (but not the plan participants or government pension plans)
Clients 19 Assets $8,045,292 (0%)
Insurance companies
Clients 7 Assets $516,459,671 (16%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 45 Assets $181,422,851 (6%)
Other
Clients 34 Assets $1,377,798,686 (44%)

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
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
2002 (24 years)
Employees
Total: 27. Performing investment advisory functions: 6.
Wrap fee program participation
Yes.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the July 2026 filing
Jupiter, FL
States registered or notice-filed
30 states or jurisdictions
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SEC-registered investment advisers are examined by the SEC. SEC, state, and exempt registration

Disclosures

Item 11

None Reports no disclosure items on Form ADV Item 11. View on IAPD.

Item 11 asks about criminal, regulatory, and civil events involving the firm and its advisory personnel. The detail of each yes answer is on the IAPD record. Reading a firm's disclosures

Assets and staff over time

Items 5.A, 5.F
$1.89B 2021 $2.45B 2022 $2.31B 2023 $2.41B 2024 $2.93B 2025 $3.16B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$3,161,983,61027June 3, 2026
October 2025$2,931,323,33627June 11, 2025
October 2024$2,411,710,38124March 29, 2024
October 2023$2,309,263,12025May 16, 2023
October 2022$2,448,223,07120March 29, 2022
October 2021$1,885,899,91817March 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,885,899,918 in the October 2021 data and $3,161,983,610 in the October 2026 data, up 68%.

Total employees: 17 in October 2021 and 27 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. May 2026
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).
  2. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 7 to 6.
    • Updated its list of owners and control persons (Schedule A).

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
hiltoncapitalmanagement.comhiltoncm.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. Hilton Capital Management, LLC (CRD 116357): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/hilton-capital-management-llc-garden-city-ny-116357