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Pecaut Wealth Management

Sioux City, IASEC-registered investment adviserCRD 2997

Filed as PECAUT WEALTH MANAGEMENT · Legal name Pecaut & Co.

Pecaut Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Sioux City, IA, registered since 1995, reporting $100 million to $500 million in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated November 19, 2025.

31 years
registered since 1995
$381,753,129
assets under management
2 arrangements
Percentage of assets, Fixed fees
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Pecaut Wealth Management compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Pecaut Wealth Management reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management; fixed fees (other than subscription fees).

Where is Pecaut Wealth Management located?

Pecaut Wealth Management's principal office is in Sioux City, IA, according to its Form ADV; the December 2025 filing also lists 1 other office (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Pecaut Wealth Management registered with the SEC or a state?

Pecaut Wealth Management is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 1995. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 2997.

How much does Pecaut Wealth Management manage?

Pecaut Wealth Management reports $381,753,129 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated November 19, 2025 (96% discretionary).

How have Pecaut Wealth Management's assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Pecaut Wealth Management: Regulatory assets under management: $229,972,191 in the October 2021 data and $381,753,129 in the October 2026 data, up 66%. Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 6 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Pecaut Wealth Management serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: individuals (other than high net worth individuals) (144); high net worth individuals (75); charitable organizations (10).

Which custodians does Pecaut Wealth Management use?

Pecaut Wealth Management's most recent Form ADV filing (Schedule D, Section 5.K(3)) lists Charles Schwab & Co., Inc. as a custodian holding 10% or more of its separately managed account assets.

Does Pecaut Wealth Management 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/2997

Does Pecaut Wealth Management state an account minimum?

Its Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated November 19, 2025 says: "In general, we require a minimum of $500,000 to open and maintain an advisory account. At our discretion, we may waive this minimum account size."

What changed in Pecaut Wealth Management's recent Form ADV filings?

In the December 2025 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
  • Fixed fees (other than subscription fees)

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: $500,000 (the brochure says it may be waived or negotiated)

The brochure's wording
In general, we require a minimum of $500,000 to open and maintain an advisory account. At our discretion, we may waive this minimum account size.

As stated in the firm's Form ADV Part 2A brochure dated November 19, 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
$381,753,129

$381,753,129 as of October 2026, filing dated November 19, 2025.

Discretionary: $365,036,294.Non-discretionary: $16,716,835.

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 144 Assets $70,063,708 (18%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 75 Assets $296,848,795 (78%)
Charitable organizations
Clients 10 Assets $11,077,319 (3%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 2 Assets $3,763,307 (1%)

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
  • Financial planning services
  • Portfolio management for individuals and/or small businesses
  • Portfolio management for businesses (other than small businesses) or institutional clients
  • Publication of periodicals or newsletters
  • Other

Registration and firm details

Items 1, 2, 5
Legal name
Pecaut & Co.
Registration
SEC-registered investment adviser. Status as filed: Approved.
Registered since
1995 (31 years)
Employees
Total: 6. Performing investment advisory functions: 4.
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.

Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
1 other office, as of the December 2025 filing
Lake Oswego, OR
States registered or notice-filed
11 states or jurisdictions
AZCAIAILMNNENYORSDTXWA

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
$230M 2021 $305M 2022 $269M 2023 $307M 2024 $351M 2025 $382M 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$381,753,1296November 19, 2025
October 2025$350,524,5444November 14, 2024
October 2024$306,587,8054November 17, 2023
October 2023$268,773,6344November 23, 2022
October 2022$305,453,6254March 1, 2022
October 2021$229,972,1913June 30, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $229,972,191 in the October 2021 data and $381,753,129 in the October 2026 data, up 66%.

Total employees: 3 in October 2021 and 6 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
    • 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
investsiouxland.compecautandcompany.compecautwealthmanagement.compecautwm.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. Pecaut Wealth Management (CRD 2997): Form ADV filing data as of October 2026.
https://advisorcensus.com/firm/pecaut-wealth-management-sioux-city-ia-2997