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Smead Capital Management, Inc.

Phoenix, AZSEC-registered investment adviserCRD 143567

Filed as SMEAD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.

Smead Capital Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm in Phoenix, AZ, registered since 2007, reporting over $5 billion in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026.

19 years
registered since 2007
$5,515,720,920
assets under management
1 arrangement
Percentage of assets
None
disclosure items (Item 11)

Quick answers

From the filing

How is Smead Capital Management, Inc. compensated?

On its Form ADV (Item 5.E, October 2026), Smead Capital Management, Inc. reports these compensation arrangements: a percentage of assets under its management. The amounts are in Item 5 of its Form ADV Part 2A brochure.

Where is Smead Capital Management, Inc. located?

Smead Capital Management, Inc.'s principal office is in Phoenix, AZ, according to its Form ADV; the April 2026 filing also lists 2 other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F).

Is Smead Capital Management, Inc. registered with the SEC or a state?

Smead Capital Management, Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisory firm, registered since 2007. Status as filed: Approved. CRD 143567.

How much does Smead Capital Management, Inc. manage?

Smead Capital Management, Inc. reports $5,515,720,920 in regulatory assets under management in its Form ADV filing dated March 30, 2026 (97% discretionary).

How have Smead Capital Management, Inc.'s assets and staff changed since 2021?

In the Form ADV data for Smead Capital Management, Inc.: Regulatory assets under management: $1,773,456,493 in the October 2021 data and $5,515,720,920 in the October 2026 data, up 211%. Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 18 in October 2026. Assets under management move with markets as well as with clients coming and going.

What types of clients does Smead Capital Management, Inc. serve?

By number of clients on Form ADV Item 5.D: other (123); high net worth individuals (49); corporations or other businesses not listed above (8).

Does Smead Capital Management, Inc. 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/143567

What changed in Smead Capital Management, Inc.'s recent Form ADV filings?

In the April 2026 filing data: Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 10. Regulatory assets under management went from $7,168,225,918 to $5,515,720,920 (-23%). Changed its office addresses in London. 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

The brochure lists different fees for different services or strategies. See the firm's brochure (dated March 30, 2026) for its fees and any account minimum, on the SEC's IAPD site.

Regulatory assets under management

Item 5.F
$5,515,720,920

$5,515,720,920 as of October 2026, filing dated March 30, 2026.

Discretionary: $5,357,915,668.Non-discretionary: $157,805,252.

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 2 Assets $1,640,262 (0%)
High net worth individuals
Clients 49 Assets $43,195,752 (1%)
Investment companies
Clients 2 Assets $4,446,092,161 (81%)
Pooled investment vehicles (other than investment companies and business development companies)
Clients 1 Assets $410,178,449 (7%)
Corporations or other businesses not listed above
Clients 8 Assets $456,809,044 (8%)
Other
Clients 123 Assets $157,805,252 (3%)

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 pooled investment vehicles (other than investment 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
2007 (19 years)
Employees
Total: 18. Performing investment advisory functions: 10.
Wrap fee program participation
No.
Other offices (Schedule D, Section 1.F)
2 other offices, as of the April 2026 filing
Jersey City, NJLondon
States registered or notice-filed
3 states or jurisdictions
AZNJWA

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
$1.77B 2021 $4.01B 2022 $5.25B 2023 $6.07B 2024 $7.17B 2025 $5.52B 2026
Data periodAssets under managementEmployeesFiling dated
October 2026$5,515,720,92018March 30, 2026
October 2025$7,168,225,91819March 12, 2025
October 2024$6,072,332,26817February 26, 2024
October 2023$5,250,997,80616March 21, 2023
October 2022$4,008,191,72713March 16, 2022
October 2021$1,773,456,49314April 12, 2021

Regulatory assets under management: $1,773,456,493 in the October 2021 data and $5,515,720,920 in the October 2026 data, up 211%.

Total employees: 14 in October 2021 and 18 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. April 2026
    • Employees performing advisory functions went from 16 to 10.
    • Regulatory assets under management went from $7,168,225,918 to $5,515,720,920 (-23%).
    • Changed its office addresses in London.
    • 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
smeadcap.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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