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Farmers State Financial Corporation401(k)

FARMERS STATE FINANCIAL CORPORATION CASH OR DEFERRED PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · VICTOR, MT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Farmers State Financial Corporation reported $4,489 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,160 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.00% to 0.40%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 108th-largest of 229 plans among Montana employers on file, and 520th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $1.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,873,550
Participants with balances192
Active participants130
Employer contributions$280,758
Employee contributions$370,328
Employer contribution per active participant$2,160
Average account balance$67,050
Benefits paid to participants$1,949,447
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorEIDE BALLLY
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$12.6M · 201 accts · $462K emplr
2024$12.9M · 192 accts · $281K emplr
2023$12.4M · 179 accts · $162K emplr
2022$11.7M · 183 accts · $225K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$4,489
Total administrative$4,489
The Farmers State Financial Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,160
Median for plans this size$2,416
2025$3,472 per active participant
2024$2,160 per active participant
2023$1,215 per active participant
2022$1,770 per active participant

Farmers State Financial Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below 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.

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 · 20243
DA DAVIDSON & CO · Investment advisory (plan)$49,118
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,553

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history4
2025$50,604 · 0.40%
2024$4,489 · 0.04%
2023$4,075 · 0.03%
2022$409 · 0.00%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 810488654 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.