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Qualico Steel Company, Inc.401(k)

QUALICO STEEL COMPANY, INC 401(K) PLAN · WEBB, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.24%

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

Qualico Steel Company, Inc. reported $35,566 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.24% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,737 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 0.52% to 0.24%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 343rd-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 6,715th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, the employer put in $1.39 for every $1.00 employees contributed themselves.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$16,347,017
Participants with balances275
Active participants186
Employer contributions$881,084
Employee contributions$631,917
Employer contribution per active participant$4,737
Average account balance$59,444
Benefits paid to participants$585,939
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorJACKSON THORNTON & CO., PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$16.3M · 275 accts · $881K emplr
2023$13.6M · 270 accts · $850K emplr
2022$11.1M · 252 accts · $726K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$35,566
Total administrative$35,566
The Qualico Steel Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,737
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$4,737 per active participant
2023$4,668 per active participant
2022$4,219 per active participant

Qualico Steel Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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.

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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 · 20241
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$35,566

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$35,566 · 0.24%
2023$8,920 · 0.07%
2022$59,089 · 0.52%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630707385 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.