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Howard Industries, Inc.401(k)

HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · LAUREL, MS · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

Howard Industries, Inc. reported $150,840 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,870 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.18%. 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 32nd-largest of 367 plans among Mississippi employers on file, and the 2,087th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.76 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 756 to 1,228 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$88,014,149
Participants with balances804
Active participants1,228
Employer contributions$2,296,934
Employee contributions$4,035,343
Employer contribution per active participant$1,870
Average account balance$109,470
Benefits paid to participants$6,458,429
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHORNE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$88.0M · 804 accts · $2.3M emplr
2023$78.8M · 786 accts · $2.1M emplr
2022$66.9M · 799 accts · $1.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$150,840
Total administrative$150,840
The Howard Industries, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,870
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,870 per active participant
2023$2,182 per active participant
2022$2,550 per active participant

Howard Industries, Inc.'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 · 20244
REGIONS BANK · Investment advisory (plan)$142,921
HORNE · Accounting / audit$30,220
ECONOMIC GROUP PENSION SERVICES · Accounting / audit$15,500

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$150,840 · 0.18%
2023$116,877 · 0.16%
2022$127,807 · 0.17%
All plans at this employer3
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HOWARD INDUSTRIES, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN401(k)
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 640466143 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.