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Homeguard, Incorporated401(k)

HOMEGUARD, INCORPORATED RETIREMENT PLAN · SAN JOSE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
2.33%

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

Homeguard, Incorporated reported $28,006 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 2.33% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $470 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 3.29% to 2.33%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in California (8,592nd of 9,483), and 2,076th of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $4.33 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 174 to 138 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,404,478
Participants with balances110
Active participants138
Employer contributions$64,873
Employee contributions$281,024
Employer contribution per active participant$470
Average account balance$12,768
Benefits paid to participants$73,673
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.4M · 110 accts · $65K emplr
2023$1000K · 111 accts
2022$742K · 133 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$28,006
Total administrative$28,006
The Homeguard, Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$470
Median for plans this size$1,313

Homeguard, Incorporated's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
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WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$28,006 · 2.33%
2023$22,382 · 2.57%
2022$22,607 · 3.29%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 770187837 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.