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American Vanguard Corporation401(k)

AMERICAN VANGUARD CORPORATION RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NEWPORT BEACH, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.23%

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

American Vanguard Corporation reported $186,027 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.23% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,089 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 rose from 0.17% to 0.23%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,183rd-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,215th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.70 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 474 to 415 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$81,591,301
Participants with balances616
Active participants415
Employer contributions$2,526,848
Employee contributions$4,291,891
Employer contribution per active participant$6,089
Average account balance$132,453
Benefits paid to participants$18,051,113
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSTEPHENS REIDINGER & BELLER LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$81.6M · 616 accts · $2.5M emplr
2023$80.0M · 666 accts · $2.5M emplr
2022$66.5M · 709 accts · $2.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$186,027
Total administrative$186,027
The American Vanguard Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,089
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$6,089 per active participant
2023$5,092 per active participant
2022$4,782 per active participant

American Vanguard Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size. 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 · 20242
JOHN HANCOCK LIFE INS CO. USA · Recordkeeping · Investment management$2,780
MORGAN STANLEY DOMESTIC · Investment advisory (participants)$67,483

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$186,027 · 0.23%
2023$158,037 · 0.22%
2022$126,254 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952588080 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.