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J.C. Newman Cigar Company401(k)

J.C. NEWMAN CIGAR EMPLOYEES SAVINGS PLAN · TAMPA, FL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

J.C. Newman Cigar Company reported $129,096 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,868 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 0.59%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,004th-largest of 3,644 plans among Florida employers on file, and the 5,376th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.23 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,286,213
Participants with balances190
Active participants173
Employer contributions$496,170
Employee contributions$1,105,791
Employer contribution per active participant$2,868
Average account balance$122,559
Benefits paid to participants$1,966,420
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCROWE LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.3M · 190 accts · $496K emplr
2023$20.7M · 178 accts · $470K emplr
2022$17.9M · 172 accts · $443K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$85,844
Investment management$43,252
Total administrative$129,096
The J.C. Newman Cigar Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,868
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,868 per active participant
2023$2,795 per active participant
2022$2,784 per active participant

J.C. Newman Cigar Company's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 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 · 20242
EDWARD D JONES & CO LP · Investment advisory (plan)$43,252

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$129,096 · 0.59%
2023$113,078 · 0.59%
2022$106,826 · 0.56%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 590884171 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.