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Hard Way Inc401(k)

HARD WAY INC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN & TRUST · GRANBURY, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
1.99%

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

Hard Way Inc reported $13,496 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 1.99% of average plan assets, above 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 fell from 5.01% to 1.99%. The plan sits in the under $1M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,109 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Texas (5,341st of 5,688), and 5,006th of 5,215 in retail trade.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$782,187
Participants with balances205
Active participants334
Employer contributions$0
Employee contributions$170,214
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Average account balance$3,816
Benefits paid to participants$24,678
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$782K · 205 accts
2023$575K · 168 accts
2022$453K · 162 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,539
Investment management$4,097
Trustee / custodial$860
Total administrative$13,496
The Hard Way Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$0
Median for plans this size$540

Hard Way Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $540 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.

Administrative cost history3
2024$13,496 · 1.99%
2023$13,852 · 2.70%
2022$22,634 · 5.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 223860087 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.