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Shepard Steel Co., Inc.401(k)

SHEPARD STEEL CO., INC. SECTION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · HARTFORD, CT · plan year 2023

Reported admin expense ratio · 2023
0.01%

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

Shepard Steel Co., Inc. reported $1,408 in plan administrative expenses for 2023: 0.01% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $3,336 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 has held roughly steady near 0.011%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 26,779 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Connecticut (657th of 1,106), and 7,341st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2023, employees put in $1.57 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$14,148,624
Participants with balances108
Active participants81
Employer contributions$270,188
Employee contributions$425,210
Employer contribution per active participant$3,336
Average account balance$131,006
Benefits paid to participants$322,576
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorNICOLA, YESTER & COMPANY, P.C.
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2023$14.1M · 108 accts · $270K emplr
2022$10.9M · 108 accts · $212K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2023
Recordkeeping & contract admin$1,408
Total administrative$1,408
The Shepard Steel Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2023
Employer contribution per active participant$3,336
Median for plans this size$2,440
2023$3,336 per active participant
2022$2,651 per active participant

Shepard Steel Co., Inc.'s 2023 employer contribution ran above the $2,440 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 2023 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20232
WILSHIRE ASSOCIATES INC (USA) · Investment advisory (participants)$1,959

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

Administrative cost history2
2023$1,408 · 0.01%
2022$1,196 · 0.01%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 060743773 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.