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Chesterman Company401(k)

CHESTERMAN COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SIOUX CITY, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.38%

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

Chesterman Company reported $457,105 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.38% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,677 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 0.13% to 0.38%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 77th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 1,586th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.10 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$128,391,907
Participants with balances2,400
Active participants1,950
Employer contributions$3,269,392
Employee contributions$6,856,506
Employer contribution per active participant$1,677
Average account balance$53,497
Benefits paid to participants$9,924,021
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHENJES, CONNER & WILLIAMS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$128.4M · 2,400 accts · $3.3M emplr
2023$111.5M · 3,084 accts · $3.9M emplr
2022$95.4M · 2,828 accts · $3.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$229,082
Investment management$211,533
Audit (IQPA)$16,490
Total administrative$457,105
The Chesterman Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,677
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,677 per active participant
2023$2,051 per active participant
2022$1,634 per active participant

Chesterman Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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 · 20244
UBS FINANCIAL SERVICES INC · Investment advisory (plan)$207,351
HENJES, CONNER & WILLIAMS PC · Accounting / audit$16,490
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,182

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$457,105 · 0.38%
2023$291,201 · 0.28%
2022$135,372 · 0.13%
Same employer
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The Finway Group IA$146.2M · 0.77%
Roquette America, Inc. IA$140.2M · 0.14%
V-T Industries, Inc. IA$110.6M · 0.11%
Wilson Trailer Company IA$101.0M · 0.13%
Efco Corp. IA$100.5M · 0.06%
Cpm Acquisition Corp. IA$96.6M · 0.24%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420179100 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.