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Michael Saunders & Company401(k)

MICHAEL SAUNDERS & COMPANY AND MSC TITLE, INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · SARASOTA, FL · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.04%

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

Michael Saunders & Company reported $2,394 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,487 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 0.035%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 22,307 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Florida (2,140th of 3,644), and 1,330th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2023, employees put in $1.63 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$7,121,891
Participants with balances108
Active participants116
Employer contributions$288,506
Employee contributions$470,350
Employer contribution per active participant$2,487
Average account balance$65,943
Benefits paid to participants$534,576
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMARCUM LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$7.1M · 99 accts · $279K emplr
2023$7.1M · 108 accts · $289K emplr
2022$6.1M · 106 accts · $258K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$2,394
Total administrative$2,394
The Michael Saunders & Company 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,487
Median for plans this size$1,308
2024$2,383 per active participant
2023$2,487 per active participant
2022$2,208 per active participant

Michael Saunders & Company's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $1,308 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 · 20232
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$2,394
WELLS FARGO CLEARING SERVICES LLCindirect 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$2,470 · 0.03%
2023$2,394 · 0.04%
2022$2,201 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 591677088 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.