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Centerpoint Energy, Inc.401(k) + ESOP (KSOP)

CENTERPOINT ENERGY SAVINGS PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2021

Reported admin expense ratio · 2021
0.15%

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

Centerpoint Energy, Inc. reported $4,224,495 in plan administrative expenses for 2021: 0.15% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,103 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 6 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.12% to 0.15%. The plan sits in the over $1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 5 comparable plans and shown alongside other utilities employers. By assets it is the 43rd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 20th of 412 in utilities. In 2021, employees put in $1.51 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 8,012 to 9,444 since 2018.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$3,075,160,462
Participants with balances11,975
Active participants9,444
Employer contributions$57,633,604
Employee contributions$86,752,081
Employer contribution per active participant$6,103
Average account balance$256,798
Benefits paid to participants$351,620,857
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history7
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$2.9B · 11,828 accts · $72.2M emplr
2023$2.6B · 11,990 accts · $67.1M emplr
2022$2.4B · 12,390 accts · $67.1M emplr
2021$3.1B · 11,975 accts · $57.6M emplr
2020$2.7B · 11,417 accts · $55.5M emplr
2019$2.6B · 10,119 accts · $43.7M emplr
2018$2.1B · 9,802 accts · $43.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2021
Recordkeeping & contract admin$571,967
Investment management$3,364,920
Audit (IQPA)$47,345
Trustee / custodial$202,748
Total administrative$4,224,495
The Centerpoint Energy, Inc. 401(k) match · 2021
Employer contribution per active participant$6,103
Median for plans this size$1,941
2024$8,066 per active participant
2023$7,587 per active participant
2022$7,110 per active participant
2021$6,103 per active participant
2020$6,041 per active participant

Centerpoint Energy, Inc.'s 2021 employer contribution ran above the $1,941 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2021 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Administrative cost history7
2024$4,036,949 · 0.15%
2023$3,550,030 · 0.14%
2022$3,565,296 · 0.13%
2021$4,224,495 · 0.15%
2020$3,566,864 · 0.13%
2019$2,953,265 · 0.12%
2018$2,639,457 · 0.12%
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Firstenergy Corp. OH$3.9B · 0.09%
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Consumers Energy Company MI$2.9B · 0.03%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 740694415 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.