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Kadant Inc.401(k)

THE KADANT INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · WESTFORD, MA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Kadant Inc. reported $83,365 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,104 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 0.09% to 0.04%. 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 250th-largest of 2,726 plans among Massachusetts employers on file, and the 1,133rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.69 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,026 to 1,377 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$207,692,613
Participants with balances1,716
Active participants1,377
Employer contributions$5,651,224
Employee contributions$9,523,338
Employer contribution per active participant$4,104
Average account balance$121,033
Benefits paid to participants$23,830,793
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$207.7M · 1,716 accts · $5.7M emplr
2023$177.5M · 1,369 accts · $4.7M emplr
2022$153.2M · 1,322 accts · $4.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$38,557
Audit (IQPA)$16,800
Total administrative$83,365
The Kadant Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,104
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,104 per active participant
2023$4,444 per active participant
2022$4,128 per active participant

Kadant Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20244
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$38,557
AGILISPARTNERSLLC · Investment advisory (plan)$35,000
CLIFTONLARSONALLEN LLP · Accounting / audit$16,800
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect 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$83,365 · 0.04%
2023$122,524 · 0.07%
2022$148,374 · 0.09%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 521762325 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.