MARTIN & COMPANY INVESTMENT COUNSEL

MARTIN & COMPANY INVESTMENT COUNSEL

MARTIN & COMPANY INVESTMENT COUNSEL was founded in 1980 by H. W. 'Hank' Martin Jr. in Nashville, Tennessee. The firm operates as an independently owned registered investment adviser, deliberately avoiding the institutional fundraising circuit or any affiliation with a larger financial conglomerate. Martin, a graduate of Vanderbilt University, set up the firm as a vehicle for high-conviction public-equity investing — a model that has remained essentially unchanged across more than forty years. The firm runs a concentrated, all-cap equity strategy anchored in enterprise software, financial technology, and payments. The portfolio typically holds 15–25 names, with top positions routinely absorbing more than half of net assets. Known holdings, per quarterly SEC 13F filings, have included Jack Henry & Associates, Tyler Technologies, and Fiserv — all multi-decade compounders serving banking and government-technology verticals. The strategy spans US-listed companies from mid-cap vertical-software providers to large-cap payment networks, with no dedicated international sleeve or private-market allocation. Martin's team remains deliberately small. The firm operates from a single office in Nashville, with no satellite locations. There is no identifiable philanthropic vehicle or adjacent operating company connected to the firm. In recent public commentary, Martin has emphasized the durable competitive moats of vertically integrated software companies that process mission-critical workflows for banks and municipalities. No material structural changes — such as a leadership transition, vehicle launch, or acquisition — have been reported in the last 24 months. MARTIN & COMPANY's structure is unusual for an equity manager of its longevity. It does not market actively to institutional consultants, does not participate in RFPs, and has built its asset base almost entirely through word-of-mouth among high-net-worth individuals in the Southeast. The firm carries no institutional separate-account infrastructure, no SMA platform relationships with major custodians, and no mutual fund or ETF wrapper — effectively operating as a permanent-capital vehicle for a small circle of long-standing clients and the Martin family itself.