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Broadwind, Inc.401(k)

BROADWIND, INC. EMPLOYEES' 401(K) PLAN · CICERO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

Broadwind, Inc. reported $177,890 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,804 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 0.54% to 0.59%. 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 1,289th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 4,385th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 498 to 422 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$30,936,785
Participants with balances521
Active participants422
Employer contributions$1,183,080
Employee contributions$2,312,478
Employer contribution per active participant$2,804
Average account balance$59,380
Benefits paid to participants$4,273,346
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorSASSETTI LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$30.9M · 521 accts · $1.2M emplr
2023$29.7M · 585 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$23.1M · 603 accts · $1.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$177,890
Total administrative$177,890
The Broadwind, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,804
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,804 per active participant
2023$2,981 per active participant
2022$2,531 per active participant

Broadwind, 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$177,878
RAYMOND JAMES FIN SVCS ADVISORS · Investment advisory (plan)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$177,890 · 0.59%
2023$156,554 · 0.59%
2022$132,882 · 0.54%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 880409160 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.