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Antenna Research Associates, Inc.401(k)

ANTENNA RESEARCH, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LAUREL, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.58%

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

Antenna Research Associates, Inc. reported $81,536 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,445 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 0.67% to 0.58%. 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 775th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and 6,919th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 185 to 228 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,581,485
Participants with balances267
Active participants228
Employer contributions$785,440
Employee contributions$1,931,284
Employer contribution per active participant$3,445
Average account balance$58,358
Benefits paid to participants$2,190,548
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.6M · 267 accts · $785K emplr
2023$12.5M · 245 accts · $501K emplr
2022$7.6M · 201 accts · $286K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$36,536
Investment management$33,000
Audit (IQPA)$12,000
Total administrative$81,536
The Antenna Research Associates, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,445
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,445 per active participant
2023$2,466 per active participant
2022$1,546 per active participant

Antenna Research Associates, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$36,536
ROCATON INVESTMENT ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$33,000
COULTER JUSTUS PC · Accounting / audit$12,000

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$81,536 · 0.58%
2023$60,655 · 0.60%
2022$54,288 · 0.67%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520784035 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.