D. F. Dent and Company, Inc. was founded as an independent investment counseling firm by Dan Dent in 1976. The firm is wholly owned by its 6 principals and is unaffiliated with any other financial organization.

Since inception, D. F. Dent has developed a national clientele of pensions, endowments, corporations and individuals residing in 34 states and 4 foreign countries. Without marketing or distribution channels, the firm’s asset base has grown almost entirely from appreciation and referrals to over $2.1 billion in equities and fixed income securities. The principals have always concentrated on investment research and client portfolio management rather than marketing.

We are multi-cap growth managers who believe that the individual characteristics of a business are far more important than its size. We prefer to operate across the full market capitalization spectrum and invest in companies that are market leaders of an industry niche. Within these companies, we look for world class management teams with superior execution skills who deliver on a consistent basis in varied environments. We prefer managements which do not draw large salaries but rather have meaningful equity positions in their companies.

We do not consider equity investments as merely trading positions to be turned over rapidly but as representing participation in the long-term growth of successful enterprises.