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Metal Exchange Corporation401(k)

METAL EXCHANGE CORPORATION AND AFFILIATES RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · ST. LOUIS, MO · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.27%

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

Metal Exchange Corporation reported $132,660 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $2,402 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.20% to 0.27%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 309th-largest of 1,393 plans among Missouri employers on file, and the 3,028th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.75 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$52,842,517
Participants with balances1,294
Active participants914
Employer contributions$2,195,336
Employee contributions$3,834,679
Employer contribution per active participant$2,402
Average account balance$40,837
Benefits paid to participants$8,697,981
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorUHY LLP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$52.8M · 1,294 accts · $2.2M emplr
2022$45.9M · 1,104 accts · $1.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$132,660
Total administrative$132,660
The Metal Exchange Corporation 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,402
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$2,402 per active participant
2022$1,920 per active participant

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

Service providers · 20233
RAYMOND JAMES · Investment advisory (plan)$29,230
UHY LLP · Accounting / audit$20,141

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2023$132,660 · 0.27%
2022$95,823 · 0.20%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 431037601 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.