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Cardinal Industrial Finishes401(k)

CARDINAL INDUSTRIAL FINISHES PROFIT SHARING AND EMPLOYEE SAVINGS PLAN · SOUTH EL MONTE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Cardinal Industrial Finishes reported $3,968 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,575 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.016%. 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 3,060th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 5,066th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.21 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$25,404,845
Participants with balances392
Active participants372
Employer contributions$586,000
Employee contributions$709,723
Employer contribution per active participant$1,575
Average account balance$64,808
Benefits paid to participants$2,808,599
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOLTHOUSE CARLIN AND VAN TRIGT LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.4M · 392 accts · $586K emplr
2023$23.6M · 314 accts · $590K emplr
2022$25.1M · 324 accts · $659K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,968
Total administrative$3,968
The Cardinal Industrial Finishes 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,575
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,575 per active participant
2023$2,042 per active participant
2022$1,840 per active participant

Cardinal Industrial Finishes's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$3,968

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$3,968 · 0.02%
2023$3,519 · 0.01%
2022$4,675 · 0.02%
Similar plansManufacturing · California
Firestone Walker, Inc. CA$25.7M · 0.52%
Adient Aerospace, LLC CA$25.6M · 0.09%
Xoma Corporation CA$25.4M · 0.39%
Volex Holdings CA$25.4M · 0.50%
Cedarwood-Young Company CA$25.4M · 0.14%
Cemco CA$25.3M · 0.50%
Opus One Winery, LLC CA$25.3M · 0.47%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951730123 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.