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Nicholas & Co., Inc.401(k)

NICHOLAS & COMPANY 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · SALT LAKE CITY, UT · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.33%

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

Nicholas & Co., Inc. reported $139,940 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.33% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,385 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 0.38% to 0.33%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 157th-largest of 848 plans among Utah employers on file, and the 923rd of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$44,818,454
Participants with balances1,021
Active participants817
Employer contributions$1,131,400
Employee contributions$3,736,013
Employer contribution per active participant$1,385
Average account balance$43,897
Benefits paid to participants$4,462,730
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$44.8M · 1,021 accts · $1.1M emplr
2023$39.8M · 980 accts · $1.1M emplr
2022$32.1M · 964 accts · $984K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$25,801
Investment management$114,139
Total administrative$139,940
The Nicholas & Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,385
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,385 per active participant
2023$1,485 per active participant
2022$1,259 per active participant

Nicholas & Co., 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
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH · Investment advisory (plan)$114,139
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$25,801

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$139,940 · 0.33%
2023$134,958 · 0.38%
2022$127,906 · 0.38%
Same employer
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Ifit Inc. UT$76.6M · 0.30%
Browning UT$48.4M · 0.08%
American Equipment HR, LLC UT$47.6M · 0.36%
4LIFE Research, LLC UT$30.7M · 0.33%
Morinda Holdings, Inc. UT$25.3M · 0.33%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 870235565 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.