Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Friedman Industries, Incorporated401(k)

FRIEDMAN INDUSTRIES, INC. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT & 401(K) PLAN · LONGVIEW, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Friedman Industries, Incorporated reported $23,959 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,229 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.51% to 0.22%. 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 2,802nd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and 2,692nd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,881,312
Participants with balances213
Active participants240
Employer contributions$535,075
Employee contributions$1,317,264
Employer contribution per active participant$2,229
Average account balance$55,781
Benefits paid to participants$1,379,675
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.9M · 213 accts · $535K emplr
2023$9.8M · 218 accts · $765K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$23,959
Total administrative$23,959
The Friedman Industries, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,229
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,229 per active participant
2023$3,730 per active participant

Friedman Industries, Incorporated'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 · 20242
OSAIC WEALTH INC · Investment advisory (plan)$15,596
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS · Loan processing$7,768

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

Administrative cost history2
2024$23,959 · 0.22%
2023$43,818 · 0.51%
Similar plansWholesale Trade · Texas
Parrish-Hare Supply, LLC TX$12.2M · 0.14%
Guido Companies, Inc. TX$12.0M · 0.28%
Misa Imports, Inc. TX$12.0M · 0.68%
Giglio Distributing Company TX$11.9M · 0.01%
Petroleum Wholesale, L.P. TX$11.7M · 0.65%
Vector Controls, LLC TX$11.7M · 0.31%
Earl Owen Company, Inc. TX$11.6M · 0.55%

Why are you looking at this plan?

Compare

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 741504405 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.