Form 13F Cover Page
Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: SEPT 30, 2000
Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:
Name: ARGENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
Address: 700 Corporate Park Drive, Suite 320
St. Louis, MO 63105
13F File Number 28-
The institutional investment manager filing this report
and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that
the person signing the report is authorized to submit it,
that all information contained herein is true, correct and
complete, and that it is understood that all required items,
statements, schedules, lists and tables, are considered
integral parts of this form.
Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager:
Name: John F. Meara
Title: President
Phone: 314-727-3222
Signature, Place and Date of Signing:
John F. Meara, Argent Capital Management, 8-21-00.
Form 13F Summary Page
Report Summary:
Number of Other Included Managers: 0
Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: 98
Form 13F Information Table Value Total $206,498
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NAME OF TITLE OF Value Shares/Prn Invstm Other Sole
ISSUER CLASS CUSIP x$1000 Amt Sh/Prn Put/Ca Dscret Managers Voting
Abbott Labs COM 002824100 5450 114592 SH SOLE 114592
Aflac Inc COM 001055102 128 1991 SH SOLE 1991
Alcoa COM 013817101 109 4320 SH SOLE 4320
Allegheny Tech COM 01741r102 152 8377 SH SOLE 8377
AMEREN UE COM 023608102 248 5924 SH SOLE 5924
American General COM 026351106 239 3064 SH SOLE 3064
American Home Products COM 026609107 192 3400 SH SOLE 3400
American International COM 026874107 408 4265 SH SOLE 4265
Amgen COM 031162100 353 5049 SH SOLE 5049
Anheuser Busch COM 035229103 2888 68260 SH SOLE 68260
Argonaut Group Inc COM 040157109 161 9216 SH SOLE 9216
AT&T INC COM 001957109 2638 89788 SH SOLE 89788
AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESS COM 053015103 7826 117030 SH SOLE 117030
BANK AMERICA CORP COM 060505104 829 15819 SH SOLE 15819
BED BATH & BEYOND, INC COM 075896100 2547 104435 SH SOLE 104435
BELLSOUTH COM 079860102 263 6533 SH SOLE 6533
BESTFOODS COM 08658U101 761 10456 SH SOLE 10456
BP AMOCO COM 055622104 926 17492 SH SOLE 17492
BRISTOL-MYERS COM 110122108 4646 81329 SH SOLE 81329
CATERPILLAR COM 149123101 284 8400 SH SOLE 8400
CHASE MANHATTAN COM 16161A108 3295 71335 SH SOLE 71335
CHEVRON CORP COM 166751107 826 9692 SH SOLE 9692
CISCO SYSTEMS COM 17275R102 10652 192796 SH SOLE 192796
CITIGROUP COM 172967101 7129 31860 SH SOLE 131860
CLEAR CHANNEL COMM COM 184502102 2441 43208 SH SOLE 43208
COCA-COLA COM 191216100 648 11750 SH SOLE 11750
COLGATE-PALMOLIVE COM 194162103 255 5400 SH SOLE 5400
COMMERCE BANK COM 200525103 406 11031 SH SOLE 11031
CORNING INC COM 219350105 248 834 SH SOLE 834
DELL COMPUTERS COM 247025109 2382 77310 SH SOLE 77310
WALT DISNEY & CO COM 254687106 532 13911 SH SOLE 13911
EATON CORP COM 278058102 312 5066 SH SOLE 5066
EMC CORP COM 268648102 7509 75753 SH SOLE 75753
EMERSON ELECTRIC COM 291011104 3337 49807 SH SOLE 49807
EXXON MOBIL CORP COM 30231G102 4410 49484 SH SOLE 49484
FEDERAL NATL MTG ASSN COM 313586109 8171 114274 SH SOLE 114274
FIRST CITIZENS BANK COM 31946m103 447 6250 SH SOLE 6250
FIRSTAR CORP COM 33763V109 1443 64476 SH SOLE 64476
GAP, INC COM 364760108 2064 102540 SH SOLE 102540
GENERAL ELECTRIC COM 369604103 9285 160952 SH SOLE 160952
HOME DEPOT COM 437076102 5641 106301 SH SOLE 106301
HOUSEHOLD INTERNATIONAL COM 441815107 1837 32439 SH SOLE 32439
IBM CORP COM 459200101 237 2111 SH SOLE 2111
IDEC PHARMACEUTICAL COM 449370105 158 900 SH SOLE 900
ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS COM 452308109 5262 94180 SH SOLE 94180
INGERSOL-RAND COM 456866102 3760 111000 SH SOLE 111000
INTEL COM 458140100 5604 134842 SH SOLE 134842
JOHNSON & JOHNSON COM 478160104 6317 67245 SH SOLE 67245
KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT COM 4851341002 125 4700 SH SOLE 4700
KIMBERLY CLARK CORP COM 494368103 3122 55945 SH SOLE 55945
KROGER COM 501044101 226 10000 SH SOLE 10000
LEHMAN BROS COM 524908100 1463 9900 SH SOLE 9900
LILLY, ELI & CO COM 532457108 166 2050 SH SOLE 2050
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP COM 535678106 1088 16800 SH SOLE 16800
LOWES COS COM 548661107 367 8180 SH SOLE 8180
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES COM 549463107 861 28183 SH SOLE 28183
M&T BANK CORP COM 55261F104 257 494 SH SOLE 494
MAY DEPT STORES COM 577778103 148 7200 SH SOLE 7200
MBNA INTERNATIONAL COM 55262L100 4408 114500 SH SOLE 114500
MCDONALDS COM 580135101 130 4303 SH SOLE 4303
MEDICAL ASSURANCE COM 58449u100 135 11000 SH SOLE 11000
MEDTRONIC COM 585055106 4119 79501 SH SOLE 79501
MERCK & CO COM 589331107 3214 43179 SH SOLE 43179
MICROSOFT COM 594918104 6472 107312 SH SOLE 107312
MINNESOTA MNG & MFG COM 604059105 269 2950 SH SOLE 2950
MISSISSIPPI VY BANK COM 605720101 155 6000 SH SOLE 6000
MORGAN STANLEY DEN WITTER COM 617446448 1264 13820 SH SOLE 13820
NORTEL NETWORKS CORP COM 656568102 1915 32146 SH SOLE 32146
ORACLE CORP COM 68389X105 269 3414 SH SOLE 3414
PEPSICO INC COM 713448108 441 9590 SH SOLE 9590
PFIZER COM 717081103 5326 118517 SH SOLE 118517
PHARMACIA COM 71713U102 947 15737 SH SOLE 15737
PHILLIPS PETRO COM 718507106 167 2661 SH SOLE 2661
PROCTER & GAMBLE COM 742718109 154 2300 SH SOLE 2300
QWEST COM 749121109 225 4671 SH SOLE 4671
RALSTON PURINA COM 751277302 167 7055 SH SOLE 7055
SBC COMMUNICATIONS COM 78387G103 5682 113639 SH SOLE 113639
SCHERING PLOUGH CORP COM 806605101 367 7900 SH SOLE 7900
SCHLUMBERGER COM 806857108 112 1355 SH SOLE 1355
SCHWAB COM 808513105 1794 50535 SH SOLE 50535
SCIENTIFIC ATLANTA COM 808655104 1215 19100 SH SOLE 19100
SOUTHWEST AIRLINES COM 844741108 103 4267 SH SOLE 4267
STILWELL FINANCIAL COM 860831106 8703 200074 SH SOLE 200074
SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC COM 866810104 680 5822 SH SOLE 5822
TELLABS COM 879664100 296 6200 SH SOLE 6200
TEXACO COM 881694103 2099 39989 SH SOLE 39989
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS COM 882508104 1826 38706 SH SOLE 38706
TIME WARNER COM 887315109 213 2723 SH SOLE 2723
TYCO INTERNATIONAL COM 902124106 5082 97967 SH SOLE 97967
UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CO COM 913017109 350 5050 SH SOLE 5050
UNITRIN COM 913275103 823 25980 SH SOLE 25980
UNUMPROVIDENT CORP COM 91529Y106 1072 39336 SH SOLE 39336
VERIZON COM COM 92343v104 312 6447 SH SOLE 6447
VIACOM INC COM 925524308 189 3228 SH SOLE 3228
WALGREEN CO COM 931422109 3325 87636 SH SOLE 87636
WALMART COM 931142103 5895 122498 SH SOLE 112498
WELLS FARGO COM 949746101 154 3349 SH SOLE 3349
WORLDCOM, INC COM 98157D106 2950 97111 SH SOLE 97111
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