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Cowin Equipment Company Inc401(k)

COWIN EQUIPMENT COMPANY, INC 401(K) PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.01%

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

Cowin Equipment Company Inc reported $3,077 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,945 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 fell from 0.009% to 0.008%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 174th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 982nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.67 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 212 to 242 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$42,144,649
Participants with balances271
Active participants242
Employer contributions$954,757
Employee contributions$1,598,133
Employer contribution per active participant$3,945
Average account balance$155,515
Benefits paid to participants$2,113,864
Plan auditDisclaimer of opinion
AuditorGUESS CPA CPC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$42.1M · 271 accts · $955K emplr
2023$35.8M · 258 accts · $958K emplr
2022$29.2M · 246 accts · $947K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,077
Total administrative$3,077
The Cowin Equipment Company Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,945
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,945 per active participant
2023$4,278 per active participant
2022$4,469 per active participant

Cowin Equipment Company Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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.

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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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator$3,076
PRINCIPAL SECURITIES INC · Other servicesindirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)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$3,077 · 0.01%
2023$2,727 · 0.01%
2022$2,980 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630141942 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.