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Owl Companies401(k)

OWL COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · IRVINE, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.47%

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

Owl Companies reported $135,003 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.47% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,143 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 0.55% to 0.47%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other professional & technical services employers. By assets it is the 2,738th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 4,281st of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, the employer put in $3.04 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves; active participation has shrunk from 1,204 to 924 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,065,126
Participants with balances807
Active participants924
Employer contributions$2,904,172
Employee contributions$956,597
Employer contribution per active participant$3,143
Average account balance$36,016
Benefits paid to participants$6,825,960
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.1M · 807 accts · $2.9M emplr
2023$28.2M · 863 accts · $3.3M emplr
2022$25.3M · 487 accts · $310K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$111,770
Investment management$23,233
Total administrative$135,003
The Owl Companies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,143
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$3,143 per active participant
2023$2,848 per active participant
2022$257 per active participant

Owl Companies's 2024 employer contribution ran above 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 · 20243
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$88,746
BENEFIT FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP · Consulting · Investment advisory (plan)$34,679
BFSG, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$11,572

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$135,003 · 0.47%
2023$116,758 · 0.44%
2022$158,694 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 951073804 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.