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Planet Technologies, Inc.401(k)

PLANET TECHNOLOGIES 401(K) PLAN · GAITHERSBURG, MD · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.35%

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

Planet Technologies, Inc. reported $78,581 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.35% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,923 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 0.352%. 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 554th-largest of 1,671 plans among Maryland employers on file, and the 4,759th of 11,654 in professional & technical services. In 2024, employees put in $4.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 337 to 371 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$24,987,351
Participants with balances305
Active participants371
Employer contributions$713,285
Employee contributions$3,411,809
Employer contribution per active participant$1,923
Average account balance$81,926
Benefits paid to participants$2,354,605
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorFAW, CASSON & CO., LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$25.0M · 305 accts · $713K emplr
2023$19.7M · 282 accts · $636K emplr
2022$13.1M · 243 accts · $543K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$45,134
Investment management$26,876
Trustee / custodial$6,571
Total administrative$78,581
The Planet Technologies, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,923
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,923 per active participant
2023$1,682 per active participant
2022$1,611 per active participant

Planet Technologies, 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 · 20243
NEWPORT GROUP, INC. · Contract administrator · Recordkeeping$45,725
PNC INSTITUTIONAL ASSET MANAGEMENT · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$26,286
NEWPORT TRUST COMPANY · Trustee · Trustee (directed)$6,571

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Newport (Ascensus)
2023Newport (Ascensus)

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Administrative cost history3
2024$78,581 · 0.35%
2023$55,355 · 0.34%
2022$46,128 · 0.35%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 522062401 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.