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C.E. Shepherd Co., LP401(k)

C.E. SHEPHERD COMPANY, LP 401(K) PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.19%

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

C.E. Shepherd Co., LP reported $14,168 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.19% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $846 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.07% to 0.19%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (3,393rd of 5,688), and 9,686th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $2.72 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,985,596
Participants with balances66
Active participants123
Employer contributions$104,093
Employee contributions$282,978
Employer contribution per active participant$846
Average account balance$120,994
Benefits paid to participants$211,735
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCALVIN MARTIN & COMPANY, PLLC
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$8.0M · 66 accts · $104K emplr
2022$6.7M · 66 accts · $97K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$750
Investment management$13,418
Total administrative$14,168
The C.E. Shepherd Co., LP 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$846
Median for plans this size$1,308
2023$846 per active participant
2022$870 per active participant

C.E. Shepherd Co., LP's 2023 employer contribution ran below the $1,308 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$13,418
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$750

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$14,168 · 0.19%
2022$5,469 · 0.07%
Similar plansManufacturing · Texas
Millar Inc. TX$8.0M · 0.03%
Hoover Group, Inc. TX$7.9M · 0.36%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 741863251 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.