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Hicks Nurseries, Inc.401(k)

HICKS 401K PLAN · WESTBURY, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Hicks Nurseries, Inc. reported $22,204 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,194 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 rose from 0.22% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in New York (3,593rd of 5,648), and the 2,604th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,140,644
Participants with balances140
Active participants153
Employer contributions$182,686
Employee contributions$600,480
Employer contribution per active participant$1,194
Average account balance$72,433
Benefits paid to participants$608,274
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.1M · 140 accts · $183K emplr
2023$8.6M · 138 accts · $181K emplr
2022$8.2M · 132 accts · $159K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,255
Investment management$20,949
Total administrative$22,204
The Hicks Nurseries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,194
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,194 per active participant
2023$1,151 per active participant
2022$1,098 per active participant

Hicks Nurseries, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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 · 20243
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$20,949
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$1,255
ADP BROKER-DEALER · Other servicesindirect comp

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, Bank of America / Merrill
2023ADP, Bank of America / Merrill

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Administrative cost history3
2024$22,204 · 0.24%
2023$20,168 · 0.24%
2022$19,202 · 0.22%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 111883568 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.