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Owen Steel Company Inc.401(k)

OWEN STEEL COMPANY INC. 401(K) SAVINGS PLAN · COLUMBIA, SC · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Owen Steel Company Inc. reported $42,566 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,132 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 0.35%. 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 the 383rd-largest of 807 plans among South Carolina employers on file, and 7,890th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.89 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,457,288
Participants with balances163
Active participants249
Employer contributions$281,937
Employee contributions$815,179
Employer contribution per active participant$1,132
Average account balance$76,425
Benefits paid to participants$2,000,278
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorBURKETT,BURKETT& BURKETT CPAS
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.5M · 163 accts · $282K emplr
2023$12.0M · 181 accts · $298K emplr
2022$9.9M · 170 accts · $284K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$42,566
Total administrative$42,566
The Owen Steel Company Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,132
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,132 per active participant
2023$1,114 per active participant
2022$1,140 per active participant

Owen Steel Company Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
ALLIANT INSURANCE SERVICES, INC. · Contract administrator · Investment advisory (plan)$28,755
JP MORGAN INVEST HOLDINGS LLC$11,411

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$42,566 · 0.35%
2023$40,024 · 0.37%
2022$36,968 · 0.34%
Same employer
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Brown Packing Co., Inc. SC$12.6M · 0.64%
U.S. Engine Valve Company SC$12.5M · 0.05%
Mancor Industries, Inc. SC$11.6M · 0.58%
Weylchem US, Inc. SC$10.7M · 0.82%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522359492 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.