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Ligon Industries401(k)

LIGON INDUSTRIES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · HAMPTON, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.57%

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

Ligon Industries reported $355,911 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.57% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,239 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 0.57%. 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 145th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 2,593rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.50 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 1,395 to 1,110 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$65,243,075
Participants with balances828
Active participants1,110
Employer contributions$1,375,376
Employee contributions$3,440,194
Employer contribution per active participant$1,239
Average account balance$78,796
Benefits paid to participants$6,427,544
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorPEARCE, BEVILL, LEESBURG, MOORE, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$65.2M · 828 accts · $1.4M emplr
2023$58.8M · 872 accts · $1.3M emplr
2022$52.7M · 924 accts · $1.2M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$323,288
Audit (IQPA)$32,623
Total administrative$355,911
The Ligon Industries 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,239
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,239 per active participant
2023$985 per active participant
2022$854 per active participant

Ligon Industries'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 · 20245
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$321,546
PEARCE,BEVILL,LEESBURG · Accounting / audit$32,623
NBC SECURITIES INC · Other servicesindirect comp
MORNINGSTAR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT L · Investment advisory (participants)indirect comp
WILSHIRE ADVISORS LLC · 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$355,911 · 0.57%
2023$312,954 · 0.56%
2022$324,195 · 0.55%
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National Carwash Solutions IA$71.6M · 0.31%
M.A. Ford Mfg. Co., Inc. IA$71.5M · 0.02%
Pmx Industries, Inc. IA$66.7M · 0.23%
Gelita USA, Inc. IA$64.0M · 0.13%
Frontier Cooperative IA$64.0M · 0.24%
Siegwerk USA Inc. IA$58.6M · 0.21%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 631221609 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.