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Cowbell Cyber Inc401(k)

COWBELL CYBER INC 401(K) PLAN · PLEASANTON, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Cowbell Cyber Inc reported $7,806 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,786 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 0.08% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (5,923rd of 9,483), and 2,964th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 185 to 122 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,356,389
Participants with balances166
Active participants122
Employer contributions$461,926
Employee contributions$1,404,804
Employer contribution per active participant$3,786
Average account balance$50,340
Benefits paid to participants$1,500,696
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.4M · 166 accts · $462K emplr
2023$6.6M · 195 accts · $648K emplr
2022$3.1M · 208 accts · $374K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,824
Investment management$5,982
Total administrative$7,806
The Cowbell Cyber Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,786
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,786 per active participant
2023$4,156 per active participant
2022$2,020 per active participant

Cowbell Cyber Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
GUIDELINE, INC. · Plan administrator · Recordkeeping$7,072
BENEFIT TRUST COMPANY · Custodial · Custodial (securities)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$7,806 · 0.10%
2023$4,133 · 0.09%
2022$1,815 · 0.08%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 833018866 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.