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Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.401(k)

HAMILTON BEACH BRANDS, INC. EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN (401(K)) · GLENN ALLEN, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.05%

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

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. reported $98,936 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.05% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $8,912 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 0.06% to 0.05%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 156th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 1,157th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.16 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$201,902,610
Participants with balances1,066
Active participants549
Employer contributions$4,892,867
Employee contributions$4,236,016
Employer contribution per active participant$8,912
Average account balance$189,402
Benefits paid to participants$18,100,534
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$201.9M · 1,066 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$187.4M · 1,040 accts · $4.0M emplr
2022$167.1M · 1,040 accts · $3.3M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$98,936
Total administrative$98,936
The Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$8,912
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$8,912 per active participant
2023$7,641 per active participant
2022$6,176 per active participant

Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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.

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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 · 20241
VANGUARD GROUP INC. · Recordkeeping · Trustee$98,936

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$98,936 · 0.05%
2023$102,997 · 0.06%
2022$114,695 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 953959553 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.