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Megastar Financial Corp.401(k)

MEGASTAR FINANCIAL CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · DENVER, CO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.48%

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

Megastar Financial Corp. reported $77,638 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.48% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6 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 0.46% to 0.48%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other finance & insurance employers. By assets it is the 595th-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and 3,301st of 4,798 in finance & insurance. In 2023, employees put in $895.73 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 156 to 120 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$17,006,514
Participants with balances139
Active participants120
Employer contributions$725
Employee contributions$649,404
Employer contribution per active participant$6
Average account balance$122,349
Benefits paid to participants$1,368,353
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCWDL
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.7M · 135 accts
2023$17.0M · 139 accts · $725 emplr
2022$15.1M · 167 accts · $62 emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$31,672
Investment management$45,966
Total administrative$77,638
The Megastar Financial Corp. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$6
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$6 per active participant
2022$0 per active participant

Megastar Financial Corp.'s 2023 employer contribution ran below the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20233
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER & SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$41,735
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$4,231

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$81,175 · 0.48%
2023$77,638 · 0.48%
2022$73,411 · 0.46%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 841496821 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.