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Beard Holding, Inc. dba Beard Equipment Company401(k)

BEARD EQUIPMENT COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · MOBILE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.41%

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

Beard Holding, Inc. dba Beard Equipment Company reported $145,903 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.41% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,599 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 0.36% to 0.41%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 190th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 825th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.84 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 306 to 418 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$38,556,531
Participants with balances302
Active participants418
Employer contributions$1,086,578
Employee contributions$1,998,312
Employer contribution per active participant$2,599
Average account balance$127,671
Benefits paid to participants$2,808,694
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWILKINS MILLER
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$38.6M · 302 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$33.0M · 287 accts · $963K emplr
2022$26.0M · 245 accts · $788K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$5,700
Investment management$140,203
Total administrative$145,903
The Beard Holding, Inc. dba Beard Equipment Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,599
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,599 per active participant
2023$2,562 per active participant
2022$2,575 per active participant

Beard Holding, Inc. dba Beard Equipment Company'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
HANCOCK WHITNEY BANK · Investment advisory (plan)$106,228
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$33,975

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$145,903 · 0.41%
2023$110,324 · 0.37%
2022$101,656 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 631224274 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.