Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

A. Finkl & Sons Co.401(k)

FINKL STEEL SAVINGS PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

Peer grade: A- · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

A. Finkl & Sons Co. reported $98,911 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $5,686 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.30% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,005th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 3,441st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.07 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 292 to 322 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,049,593
Participants with balances378
Active participants322
Employer contributions$1,830,988
Employee contributions$1,957,132
Employer contribution per active participant$5,686
Average account balance$116,533
Benefits paid to participants$3,453,869
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.0M · 378 accts · $1.8M emplr
2023$40.0M · 370 accts · $1.4M emplr
2022$36.2M · 353 accts · $1.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$93,673
Investment management$5,238
Total administrative$98,911
The A. Finkl & Sons Co. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$5,686
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$5,686 per active participant
2023$4,822 per active participant
2022$4,859 per active participant

A. Finkl & Sons Co.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$93,672
INVESTMENT NAVIGATION LL · Investment advisory (plan)$5,239
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history3
2024$98,911 · 0.24%
2023$116,532 · 0.31%
2022$111,487 · 0.30%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 362815417 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.