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Loren Cook Company401(k)

LOREN COOK COMPANY 401(K) PLAN · SPRINGFIELD, MO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Loren Cook Company reported $13,577 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,176 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 0.04% to 0.03%. 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 358th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 3,479th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$43,329,161
Participants with balances457
Active participants381
Employer contributions$448,175
Employee contributions$1,174,653
Employer contribution per active participant$1,176
Average account balance$94,812
Benefits paid to participants$3,516,385
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorRUBIN BROWN
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$43.3M · 457 accts · $448K emplr
2023$40.0M · 436 accts · $399K emplr
2022$35.7M · 449 accts · $363K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$13,577
Total administrative$13,577
The Loren Cook Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,176
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,176 per active participant
2023$1,076 per active participant
2022$971 per active participant

Loren Cook Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 · 20242
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$13,577
CREATIVE PLANNING, LLC · Investment advisory (participants)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$13,577 · 0.03%
2023$12,294 · 0.03%
2022$14,959 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 340673236 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.