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Quanex Building Products Corporation401(k)

QUANEX BUILDING PRODUCTS SALARIED AND NONUNION EMPLOYEE 401 (K) PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Quanex Building Products Corporation reported $52,349 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,232 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 0.04% to 0.02%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 240th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 691st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 2,122 to 4,006 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$388,636,211
Participants with balances3,911
Active participants4,006
Employer contributions$4,936,613
Employee contributions$7,697,960
Employer contribution per active participant$1,232
Average account balance$99,370
Benefits paid to participants$21,748,831
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$388.6M · 3,911 accts · $4.9M emplr
2023$142.5M · 3,047 accts · $4.3M emplr
2022$114.5M · 3,102 accts · $4.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$8,411
Investment management$43,938
Total administrative$52,349
The Quanex Building Products Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,232
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$1,232 per active participant
2023$2,188 per active participant
2022$1,917 per active participant

Quanex Building Products Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$43,938
FIDELITY INVESTMENT INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$8,411

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$52,349 · 0.02%
2023$42,086 · 0.03%
2022$58,197 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 261561397 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.