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Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.401(k)

DIAMOND EMPLOYEE SAVINGS AND 401(K) PLAN PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · HUNT VALLEY, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. reported $98,503 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $0 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 0.25% to 0.27%. 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 396th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 1,088th of 4,246 in wholesale trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$37,911,242
Participants with balances520
Active participants601
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$1,072,734
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$72,906
Benefits paid to participants$3,290,601
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorKATZABOSCH
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$37.9M · 520 accts
2023$35.6M · 365 accts
2022$30.8M · 371 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$45,032
Investment management$53,471
Total administrative$98,503
The Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$2,416

Diamond Comic Distributors, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
HARBOR INVESTMENT ADVISORY LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$53,471
JPMORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$45,032

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$98,503 · 0.27%
2023$76,178 · 0.23%
2022$87,636 · 0.25%
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Northeastern Supply, Inc. MD$39.6M · 0.39%
Waldorf Ford, Inc. MD$34.2M · 0.46%
Aireco Supply, Inc. MD$29.8M · 0.19%
Bell Nursery USA LLC MD$19.5M · 0.39%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521243450 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.