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Palmer Candy Company401(k)

PALMER CANDY CO 401(K) PLAN · SIOUX CITY, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Palmer Candy Company reported $34,729 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,010 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 rose from 0.38% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (606th of 878), and 9,332nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.65 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 206 to 262 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$8,756,570
Participants with balances229
Active participants262
Employer contributions$264,658
Employee contributions$700,805
Employer contribution per active participant$1,010
Average account balance$38,238
Benefits paid to participants$904,809
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHENJES, CONNOR & WILLIAMS PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$8.8M · 229 accts · $265K emplr
2023$7.8M · 226 accts · $220K emplr
2022$6.5M · 223 accts · $217K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$30,799
Trustee / custodial$3,930
Total administrative$34,729
The Palmer Candy Company 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,010
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,010 per active participant
2023$810 per active participant
2022$1,056 per active participant

Palmer Candy Company's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $1,313 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
SECURITY NATIONAL BANK · Investment management · Trustee$30,799
CHARLES SCHWAB TRUST BANK · Investment advisory (participants) · Custodial (securities)$3,930
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO INC. · Custodial (securities)indirect 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$34,729 · 0.42%
2023$27,999 · 0.39%
2022$26,242 · 0.38%
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Weems Industries, Inc. IA$8.3M · 0.25%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420987933 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.