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Panama Transfer401(k)

PANAMA TRANSFER PROFIT SHARING PLAN · PANAMA, IA · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.58%

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

Panama Transfer reported $118,754 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.58% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,708 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 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.42% to 0.58%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other transportation & warehousing employers. By assets it is the 376th-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 697th of 2,677 in transportation & warehousing. In 2023, employees put in $1.34 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$21,801,540
Participants with balances204
Active participants268
Employer contributions$725,826
Employee contributions$970,600
Employer contribution per active participant$2,708
Average account balance$106,870
Benefits paid to participants$1,248,279
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCORE CPAS PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$0 · $411K emplr
2023$21.8M · 204 accts · $726K emplr
2022$18.9M · 207 accts · $780K emplr
The Panama Transfer 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$2,708
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$2,708 per active participant
2022$2,943 per active participant

Panama Transfer's 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Consulting$34,189
LPL FINANCIAL · Consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$84,565

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Recordkeeper by year2
2024AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY
2023AMERICAN TRUST COMPANY

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Administrative cost history3
2024Not separately reported
2023$118,754 · 0.58%
2022$74,281 · 0.42%
Same employer
Similar plansTransportation & Warehousing · Iowa
Decker Truck Line, Inc. IA$30.1M · 0.30%
Hodge Company IA$24.5M · 0.58%
Schuster Co Inc IA$15.3M · 0.55%
Nor-Am, Inc. IA$13.9M · 0.94%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420921056 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.