# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0001321194
**File Stem:** 0001321194-23-000002
**Filing Date:** 2023-2
**Character Count:** 16475
**Document Hash:** f6af178d221df74c70486f8e5e63c9f2
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001321194-23-000002.hdr.sgml**: 20230206

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001321194-23-000002

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 13F-HR

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 2

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20221231

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20230206

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20230206

**EFFECTIVENESS DATE**: 20230206

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** Argyle Capital Management Inc.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0001321194
- **IRS NUMBER:** 232254066
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** PA
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 13F-HR
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 028-11319
- **FILM NUMBER:** 23588969

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 74 WEST MARKET STREET
- **CITY:** BETHLEHEM
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 18018
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 610-997-3777

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 74 WEST MARKET STREET
- **CITY:** BETHLEHEM
- **STATE:** PA
- **ZIP:** 18018

### FORM 13F COVER PAGE

**Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended:** 12-31-2022

**Check here if Amendment** [ ] **Amendment Number:** 

**This Amendment (Check only one.):** [ ] is a restatement.

[ ] adds new holdings entries.

**Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report:**

**Name:** Argyle Capital Management Inc.<br>**Address:** 74 WEST MARKET STREET<br>BETHLEHEM, PA 18018

**Form 13F File Number:** 028-11319

**CRD Number (if applicable):** 000106576

**SEC File Number (if applicable):** 801-19780

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:** Dawn E. Marx<br>**Title:** Operations Manager<br>**Phone:** 610-997-3777

**Signature, Place, and Date of Signing:**

Dawn E. Marx  Bethlehem, PA  02-06-2023<br>[Signature]  [City, State]  [Date]

**Report Type (Check only one.):**

[x] **13F HOLDINGS REPORT.** (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.)

[ ] **13F NOTICE.** (Check here if no holdings are reported in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

[ ] **13F COMBINATION REPORT.** (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).)

### Form 13F Summary Page

**Report Summary:**

**Number of Other Included Managers:** 0

**Form 13F Information Table Entry Total:** 127

**Form 13F Information Table Value Total:** $290881591

      (round to nearest dollar)

**List of Other Included Managers:**

Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report.

[If there are no entries in this list, state “NONE” and omit the column headings and list entries.]

**NONE**

### FORM 13F INFORMATION TABLE

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| NAME OF ISSUER | TITLE OF CLASS | CUSIP | FIGI | VALUE (x$1000) | SHRS OR PRN AMT | SH/PRN | PUT/CALL | INVESTMENT DISCRETION | OTHER MANAGER | VOTING AUTHORITY | VOTING AUTHORITY | VOTING AUTHORITY |
| NAME OF ISSUER | TITLE OF CLASS | CUSIP | FIGI | VALUE (x$1000) | SHRS OR PRN AMT | SH/PRN | PUT/CALL | INVESTMENT DISCRETION | OTHER MANAGER | SOLE | SHARED | NONE |
| Abbott Labs | COM | 002824100 |  | 1181889 | 10765 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 765 | 0 | 10000 |
| AbbVie Inc | COM | 00287Y109 |  | 1729227 | 10700 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 400 | 0 | 10300 |
| Aflac Inc | COM | 001055102 |  | 699257 | 9720 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 120 | 0 | 9600 |
| Air Products  Chem | COM | 009158106 |  | 1999066 | 6485 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 1675 | 0 | 4810 |
| Allstate Corp | COM | 020002101 |  | 3179142 | 23445 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 14945 | 0 | 8500 |
| Amcor PLC | ORD | G0250X107 |  | 1343924 | 112840 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 31440 | 0 | 81400 |
| Amgen Inc | COM | 031162100 |  | 6935272 | 26406 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 18106 | 0 | 8300 |
| Apple Inc | COM | 037833100 |  | 589362 | 4536 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 4536 | 0 | 0 |
| AT Inc | COM | 00206R102 |  | 2848679 | 154735 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 97881 | 0 | 56854 |
| Automatic Data Processing Inc | COM | 053015103 |  | 754798 | 3160 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 3160 | 0 | 0 |
| Avery Dennison Corp | COM | 053611109 |  | 479650 | 2650 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 2650 |
| Bank of America Corp | COM | 060505104 |  | 3950984 | 119293 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 73643 | 0 | 45650 |
| Barnes Group Inc | COM | 067806109 |  | 408500 | 10000 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 10000 |
| Baxter Intl Inc | COM | 071813109 |  | 2583924 | 50695 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 33195 | 0 | 17500 |
| Blackrock Muniassets Fund | COM | 09254J102 |  | 149316 | 13800 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 13800 |
| Block H Inc | COM | 093671105 |  | 1611916 | 44150 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 6200 | 0 | 37950 |
| BorgWarner Inc | COM | 099724106 |  | 406525 | 10100 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 10100 |
| BP PLC | SPONSORED ADR | 055622104 |  | 981812 | 28108 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 14433 | 0 | 13675 |
| Bristol Myers Squibb Co | COM | 110122108 |  | 5329658 | 74074 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 47049 | 0 | 27025 |
| Cardinal Health Inc | COM | 14149Y108 |  | 220540 | 2869 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 1154 | 0 | 1715 |
| Caterpillar Inc Del | COM | 149123101 |  | 4703761 | 19635 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 12135 | 0 | 7500 |
| CenterPoint Energy Inc | COM | 15189T107 |  | 317894 | 10600 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 9500 | 0 | 1100 |
| Charter Communications Inc | CL A | 16119P108 |  | 740933 | 2185 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 1381 | 0 | 804 |
| Chevron Corporation | COM | 166764100 |  | 5244159 | 29217 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 20117 | 0 | 9100 |
| Chubb Corp | COM | H1467J104 |  | 2522120 | 11433 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 8655 | 0 | 2778 |
| Cisco Sys Inc | COM | 17275R102 |  | 3999759 | 83958 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 61358 | 0 | 22600 |
| Coca Cola Co | COM | 191216100 |  | 5089245 | 80007 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 54157 | 0 | 25850 |
| Comcast Corp New | CL A | 20030N101 |  | 2066447 | 59092 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 27746 | 0 | 31346 |
| ConAgra Brands Inc | COM | 205887102 |  | 1351714 | 34928 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 29928 | 0 | 5000 |
| ConocoPhillips | COM | 20825C104 |  | 5916638 | 50141 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 34091 | 0 | 16050 |
| Constellation Energy Corp | COM | 21037T109 |  | 883221 | 10245 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 8281 | 0 | 1964 |
| Corning Inc | COM | 219350105 |  | 1291973 | 40450 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 9750 | 0 | 30700 |
| Corteva Inc | COM | 22052L104 |  | 1954729 | 33255 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 18257 | 0 | 14998 |
| Crane Co | COM | 224399105 |  | 321440 | 3200 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 3200 |
| CSX Corp | COM | 126408103 |  | 699281 | 22572 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 22572 |
| CVS Health Corp | COM | 126650100 |  | 3654073 | 39211 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 25011 | 0 | 14200 |
| Deere  Company | COM | 244199105 |  | 7179157 | 16744 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 9549 | 0 | 7195 |
| Dell Technologies Inc | CL C | 24703L202 |  | 467075 | 11613 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 9504 | 0 | 2109 |
| Devon Energy Corp New | COM | 25179M103 |  | 762785 | 12401 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 8901 | 0 | 3500 |
| Diageo PLC | SPON ADR NEW | 25243Q205 |  | 267285 | 1500 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 1500 |
| Dow Inc | COM | 260557103 |  | 3042296 | 60375 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 39625 | 0 | 20750 |
| Duke Energy Corp | COM | 26441C204 |  | 4037929 | 39207 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 26527 | 0 | 12680 |
| DuPont De Nemours Inc | COM | 26614N102 |  | 2335067 | 34024 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 20376 | 0 | 13648 |
| DXC Technology Co | COM | 23355L106 |  | 1114139 | 42043 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 31315 | 0 | 10728 |
| Eastman Chem Co | COM | 277432100 |  | 276896 | 3400 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 3400 |
| Emerson Elec Co | COM | 291011104 |  | 4231347 | 44049 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 29049 | 0 | 15000 |
| Enbridge Inc | COM | 29250N105 |  | 3503673 | 89608 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 61913 | 0 | 27695 |
| Exelon Corporation | COM | 30161N101 |  | 1450021 | 33542 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 24642 | 0 | 8900 |
| Exxon Mobil Corp | COM | 30231G102 |  | 1662111 | 15069 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 3689 | 0 | 11380 |
| Fifth Third Bancorp | COM | 316773100 |  | 1515822 | 46200 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 27400 | 0 | 18800 |
| Fiserv Inc | COM | 337738108 |  | 2234253 | 22106 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 11402 | 0 | 10704 |
| Flowers Foods Inc | COM | 343498101 |  | 2552629 | 88818 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 48218 | 0 | 40600 |
| Ford Mtr Co Del | COM PAR $0.01 | 345370860 |  | 1518494 | 130567 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 77867 | 0 | 52700 |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc | CL B | 35671D857 |  | 1155200 | 30400 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 18200 | 0 | 12200 |
| General Electric Co | COM | 369604103 |  | 897056 | 10706 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 5108 | 0 | 5598 |
| General Mtrs Corp | COM | 37045V100 |  | 2281633 | 67825 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 45350 | 0 | 22475 |
| Genuine Parts Co | COM | 372460105 |  | 5520000 | 31814 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 26064 | 0 | 5750 |
| Grainger W W Inc | COM | 384802104 |  | 1095812 | 1970 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 1970 | 0 | 0 |
| Halliburton Co | COM | 406216101 |  | 2496757 | 63450 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 33350 | 0 | 30100 |
| Hershey Foods Corp | COM | 427866108 |  | 4248152 | 18345 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 11068 | 0 | 7277 |
| Hewlett Packard Enterprises Co | COM | 42824C109 |  | 1309917 | 82075 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 33175 | 0 | 48900 |
| Honeywell Intl Inc | COM | 438516106 |  | 203585 | 950 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 950 | 0 | 0 |
| HP Inc | COM | 40434L105 |  | 1205791 | 44875 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 19375 | 0 | 25500 |
| Illinois Tool Wks Inc | COM | 452308109 |  | 1000162 | 4540 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 4540 |
| Intel Corp | COM | 458140100 |  | 3008078 | 113813 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 74963 | 0 | 38850 |
| International Business Mach | COM | 459200101 |  | 3836012 | 27227 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 19127 | 0 | 8100 |
| Johnson  Johnson | COM | 478160104 |  | 5347725 | 30273 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 17765 | 0 | 12508 |
| JP Morgan Chase  Co | COM | 46625H100 |  | 5662641 | 42227 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 24277 | 0 | 17950 |
| Kennametal Inc | COM | 489170100 |  | 343264 | 14267 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 9467 | 0 | 4800 |
| Kimberly Clark Corp | COM | 494368103 |  | 1372161 | 10108 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 4208 | 0 | 5900 |
| Laboratory Corp of Amer Hldgs | COM NEW | 50540R409 |  | 378416 | 1607 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 615 | 0 | 992 |
| Lamb Weston Holdings Inc | COM | 513272104 |  | 950790 | 10640 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 8975 | 0 | 1665 |
| Lilly Eli  Co | COM | 532457108 |  | 9169048 | 25063 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 13728 | 0 | 11335 |
| M Bank Corp | COM | 55261F104 |  | 629996 | 4343 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 127 | 0 | 4216 |
| McCormick  Co Inc | COM NON VTG | 579780206 |  | 920079 | 11100 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 8500 | 0 | 2600 |
| McKesson Corp | COM | 58155Q103 |  | 7033875 | 18751 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 12181 | 0 | 6570 |
| Medtronic Inc | COM | G5960L103 |  | 3308540 | 42570 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 26520 | 0 | 16050 |
| Merck  Co Inc | COM | 58933Y105 |  | 8468148 | 76324 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 51024 | 0 | 25300 |
| MetLife Inc | COM | 59156R108 |  | 3544321 | 48975 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 30925 | 0 | 18050 |
| Microsoft Corp | COM | 594918104 |  | 10691176 | 44580 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 26960 | 0 | 17620 |
| Moodys Corp | COM | 615369105 |  | 390068 | 1400 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 1400 |
| Motorola Solutions Inc | COM NEW | 620076307 |  | 514131 | 1995 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 1639 | 0 | 356 |
| Newell Brands | COM | 651229106 |  | 183120 | 14000 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 13050 | 0 | 950 |
| NextEra Energy Inc | COM | 65339F101 |  | 540725 | 6468 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 1268 | 0 | 5200 |
| Norfolk Southern Corp | COM | 655844108 |  | 1081537 | 4389 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 4389 |
| Novartis A G | SPONSORED ADR | 66987V109 |  | 548856 | 6050 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 250 | 0 | 5800 |
| nVent Electric Plc | SHS | G6700G107 |  | 384700 | 10000 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 10000 |
| Oracle Corp | COM | 68389X105 |  | 3580212 | 43800 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 20200 | 0 | 23600 |
| Orasure Technologies Inc | COM | 68554V108 |  | 48320 | 10025 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 10025 | 0 | 0 |
| Paychex Inc | COM | 704326107 |  | 5866981 | 50770 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 30420 | 0 | 20350 |
| Pentair Inc | COM | 709631105 |  | 449800 | 10000 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 10000 |
| Pfizer Inc | COM | 717081103 |  | 7240571 | 141307 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 84021 | 0 | 57286 |
| Philip Morris Intl Inc | COM | 718172109 |  | 222662 | 2200 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 2200 |
| Phillips 66 | COM | 718546104 |  | 2532162 | 24329 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 15929 | 0 | 8400 |
| PNC Finl Svcs Group Inc | COM | 693475105 |  | 5118835 | 32410 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 26310 | 0 | 6100 |
| PPL Corp | COM | 69351T106 |  | 2677282 | 91625 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 58847 | 0 | 32778 |
| Procter  Gamble Co | COM | 742718109 |  | 3450415 | 22766 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 13584 | 0 | 9182 |
| Public Svc Enter Grp | COM | 744573106 |  | 462588 | 7550 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 7550 | 0 | 0 |
| Pulte Group Inc | COM | 745867101 |  | 3848833 | 84534 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 54284 | 0 | 30250 |
| Raytheon Technologies Corp | COM | 75513E101 |  | 5963464 | 59091 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 36475 | 0 | 22616 |
| Schlumberger Ltd | COM | 806857108 |  | 2126799 | 39783 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 19183 | 0 | 20600 |
| Selective Insurance Group Inc | COM | 816300107 |  | 485051 | 5474 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 5474 |
| Shell PLC | SPON ADS | 780259305 |  | 516650 | 9072 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 3300 | 0 | 5772 |
| Sonoco Products Co | COM | 835495102 |  | 2172386 | 35783 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 21983 | 0 | 13800 |
| Southern Co | COM | 842587107 |  | 2549194 | 35698 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 20398 | 0 | 15300 |
| Tabula Rasa Healthcare Inc | COM | 873379101 |  | 50629 | 10228 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 7000 | 0 | 3228 |
| TC Energy Corp | COM | 87807B107 |  | 755347 | 18950 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 17550 | 0 | 1400 |
| Teva Pharm Inds Ltd | ADR | 881624209 |  | 295032 | 32350 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 21150 | 0 | 11200 |
| Texas Instrs Inc | COM | 882508104 |  | 545226 | 3300 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 3300 |
| 3M Co | COM | 88579Y101 |  | 2426101 | 20231 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 13081 | 0 | 7150 |
| TotalEnergies SE | SPONSORED ADR | 89151E109 |  | 645632 | 10400 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 400 | 0 | 10000 |
| Trane Technolgies PLC | SHS | G8994E103 |  | 504270 | 3000 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 3000 |
| Transocean Ltd | REG SHS | H8817H100 |  | 50844 | 11150 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 10050 | 0 | 1100 |
| Truist Finl Corp | COM | 89832Q109 |  | 2067591 | 48050 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 28750 | 0 | 19300 |
| UGI Corp New | COM | 902681105 |  | 782622 | 21112 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 5712 | 0 | 15400 |
| United Parcel Service Inc | CL B | 911312106 |  | 4924539 | 28328 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 19078 | 0 | 9250 |
| Valero Energy Corp New | COM | 91913Y100 |  | 1560378 | 12300 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 12300 |
| Verisign Inc | COM | 92343E102 |  | 2547456 | 12400 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 7125 | 0 | 5275 |
| Verizon Communications | COM | 92343V104 |  | 3338283 | 84728 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 56491 | 0 | 28237 |
| Viatris Inc | COM | 92556V106 |  | 167017 | 15006 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 8803 | 0 | 6203 |
| VMware Inc | CL A COM | 928563402 |  | 626199 | 5101 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 4174 | 0 | 927 |
| Warner Brothers Discovery Inc | COM SER A | 934423104 |  | 221661 | 23382 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 16027 | 0 | 7355 |
| Waste Management Inc Del | COM | 94106L109 |  | 4082802 | 26025 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 14625 | 0 | 11400 |
| Waters Corp | COM | 941848103 |  | 4110960 | 12000 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 7800 | 0 | 4200 |
| Wells Fargo  Co New | COM | 949746101 |  | 2401137 | 58153 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 34827 | 0 | 23326 |
| WestRock Co | COM | 96145D105 |  | 277764 | 7900 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 0 | 0 | 7900 |
| Weyerhaeuser Co | COM | 962166104 |  | 3174617 | 102407 | SH |  | SOLE | NONE | 59320 | 0 | 43087 |

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