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Principle401(k)

PRINCIPLE 401(K) PLAN · SAN ANTONIO, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

Principle reported $66,080 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $502 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 0.46% to 0.59%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 2,768th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 2,250th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $7.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$12,142,810
Participants with balances468
Active participants416
Employer contributions$208,852
Employee contributions$1,480,126
Employer contribution per active participant$502
Average account balance$25,946
Benefits paid to participants$1,252,268
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$12.1M · 468 accts · $209K emplr
2023$10.3M · 487 accts · $186K emplr
2022$8.0M · 374 accts · $197K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$54,451
Investment management$5,629
Audit (IQPA)$6,000
Total administrative$66,080
The Principle 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$502
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$502 per active participant
2023$486 per active participant
2022$513 per active participant

Principle'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 · 20243
THE AMERICAN AUDITORS GROUP LLC · Accounting / audit$6,000
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$5,629

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$66,080 · 0.59%
2023$56,623 · 0.62%
2022$39,332 · 0.46%
Similar plansRetail Trade · Texas
John Wiesner, Inc. TX$12.5M · 0.04%
Henna Chevrolet, LP TX$12.3M · 0.05%
Jim Bass Ford, Inc. TX$12.1M · 0.07%
Frank Kent Cadillac, LLC TX$12.1M · 0.46%
Solo Brands, LLC TX$12.1M · 1.07%
Fruit of the Earth TX$12.0M · 0.16%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 465664401 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.