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Shorts Travel Management, Inc401(k)

SHORTS TRAVEL MANAGEMENT, INC. 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · WATERLOO, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.42%

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

Shorts Travel Management, Inc reported $37,505 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.42% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,615 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 0.50% to 0.42%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other administrative & support services employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Iowa (599th of 878), and the 1,063rd of 2,534 in administrative & support services. In 2024, employees put in $2.54 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 96 to 160 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,061,395
Participants with balances124
Active participants160
Employer contributions$258,356
Employee contributions$655,241
Employer contribution per active participant$1,615
Average account balance$73,076
Benefits paid to participants$1,663,580
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLEWIS, KISCH & ASSOCIATES, LTD
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.1M · 124 accts · $258K emplr
2023$8.8M · 111 accts · $193K emplr
2022$7.8M · 103 accts · $142K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$12,272
Investment management$25,233
Total administrative$37,505
The Shorts Travel Management, Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,615
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,615 per active participant
2023$1,633 per active participant
2022$1,479 per active participant

Shorts Travel Management, Inc's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
MARINER LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$25,233
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$12,272

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$37,505 · 0.42%
2023$39,735 · 0.48%
2022$42,166 · 0.50%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 420810650 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.