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Marketing Displays, Inc.401(k)

EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING PLAN OF MARKETING DISPLAYS, INC. · FARMINGTON HILLS, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.50%

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

Marketing Displays, Inc. reported $51,868 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.50% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,507 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 rose from 0.25% to 0.50%. 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 among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (1,480th of 2,619), and 8,444th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.05 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,803,983
Participants with balances151
Active participants98
Employer contributions$147,657
Employee contributions$449,852
Employer contribution per active participant$1,507
Average account balance$71,550
Benefits paid to participants$791,216
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorGRANT MILLMAN & JOHNSON
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.8M · 151 accts · $148K emplr
2023$10.0M · 138 accts · $97K emplr
2022$8.7M · 152 accts · $96K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$4,807
Investment management$47,061
Total administrative$51,868
The Marketing Displays, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,507
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,507 per active participant
2023$926 per active participant
2022$936 per active participant

Marketing Displays, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below 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
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$47,061
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$4,807

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$51,868 · 0.50%
2023$26,119 · 0.28%
2022$25,127 · 0.25%
Similar plansManufacturing · Michigan
Wonderland Tire, Inc. MI$11.1M · 0.39%
Gudel, Inc. MI$11.1M · 0.01%
Case Systems Inc. MI$10.9M · 0.33%
Graceland Fruit, Inc. MI$10.8M · 0.44%
Target Steel, Inc. MI$10.7M · 0.80%
Amptech, Inc MI$10.7M · 0.06%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 381779519 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.