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Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company401(k)

HICKORY SPRINGS EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN · HICKORY, NC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.22%

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

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company reported $156,906 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.22% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $987 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 0.24% to 0.22%. 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 271st-largest of 2,005 plans among North Carolina employers on file, and the 2,335th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.13 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 2,165 to 1,754 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$75,069,687
Participants with balances1,074
Active participants1,754
Employer contributions$1,730,429
Employee contributions$3,691,661
Employer contribution per active participant$987
Average account balance$69,897
Benefits paid to participants$10,654,763
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$75.1M · 1,074 accts · $1.7M emplr
2023$70.6M · 1,143 accts · $1.7M emplr
2022$63.6M · 1,404 accts · $1.6M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$83,488
Total administrative$156,906
The Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$987
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$987 per active participant
2023$871 per active participant
2022$747 per active participant

Hickory Springs Manufacturing Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 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.

Service providers · 20243
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$83,488
WILLIS TOWERS WATSON US LLC · Other services$39,350
CAPFINANCIAL PARTNERS, LLC · Other services$34,068

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$156,906 · 0.22%
2023$160,082 · 0.24%
2022$170,098 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 560494395 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.