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Hercules Capital, Inc.401(k)

HERCULES CAPITAL, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · SAN MATEO, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Hercules Capital, Inc. reported $19,362 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $20,636 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 0.20% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 2,498th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 2,274th of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2024, employees put in $1.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 90 to 102 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$32,919,423
Participants with balances150
Active participants102
Employer contributions$2,104,821
Employee contributions$2,115,128
Employer contribution per active participant$20,636
Average account balance$219,463
Benefits paid to participants$2,935,814
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$32.9M · 150 accts · $2.1M emplr
2023$26.9M · 153 accts · $1.9M emplr
2022$20.7M · 136 accts · $1.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$19,351
Investment management$11
Total administrative$19,362
The Hercules Capital, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$20,636
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$20,636 per active participant
2023$16,383 per active participant
2022$16,784 per active participant

Hercules Capital, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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.

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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$19,351

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$19,362 · 0.06%
2023$54,151 · 0.23%
2022$42,853 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 743113410 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.