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Branch Metrics, Inc.401(k)

BRANCH METRICS RETIREMENT TRUST · PALO ALTO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.11%

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

Branch Metrics, Inc. reported $28,596 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.11% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.07% to 0.11%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 2,936th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,546th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. active participation has shrunk from 338 to 197 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$26,585,874
Participants with balances394
Active participants197
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$3,662,155
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$67,477
Benefits paid to participants$7,269,117
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$26.6M · 394 accts
2023$25.0M · 414 accts
2022$17.4M · 430 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,596
Total administrative$28,596
The Branch Metrics, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

Branch Metrics, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$28,596

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$28,596 · 0.11%
2023$18,014 · 0.08%
2022$12,347 · 0.07%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 462998750 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.