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Sequoia Equities Inc.401(k)

SEQUOIA EQUITIES 401(K) PLAN · WALNUT CREEK, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.86%

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

Sequoia Equities Inc. reported $186,633 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.86% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,320 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 0.53% to 0.86%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other real estate & leasing employers. By assets it is the 3,247th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 565th of 2,096 in real estate & leasing. In 2024, employees put in $3.95 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$23,502,715
Participants with balances478
Active participants359
Employer contributions$473,735
Employee contributions$1,873,340
Employer contribution per active participant$1,320
Average account balance$49,169
Benefits paid to participants$1,774,131
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorHOOD AND STRONG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$23.5M · 478 accts · $474K emplr
2023$19.7M · 509 accts · $650K emplr
2022$15.3M · 474 accts · $591K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$186,633
Total administrative$186,633
The Sequoia Equities Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,320
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,320 per active participant
2023$1,716 per active participant
2022$1,642 per active participant

Sequoia Equities 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 · 20244
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$112,193
ARMANINO LLP · Accounting / audit · Contract administrator$56,385
JORDAN & ASSOCIATES RETIREMENT SERV · Contract administrator · Other services$18,055
CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVIS · Investment advisory (plan)indirect comp

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$186,633 · 0.86%
2023$126,670 · 0.72%
2022$88,171 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 942223344 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.