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Smp Automotive Systems Alabama Inc401(k)

SMP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS EMPLOYEE 401K PLAN · COTTONDALE, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.55%

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

Smp Automotive Systems Alabama Inc reported $176,583 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.55% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,844 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 0.549%. 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 202nd-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and the 3,948th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.74 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,331 to 1,961 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$36,019,521
Participants with balances1,997
Active participants1,961
Employer contributions$3,616,870
Employee contributions$6,282,556
Employer contribution per active participant$1,844
Average account balance$18,037
Benefits paid to participants$6,505,244
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMRPR GROUP, PC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$0 · $496K emplr
2024$36.0M · 1,997 accts · $3.6M emplr
2023$28.4M · 1,891 accts · $3.1M emplr
2022$18.4M · 1,427 accts · $2.7M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$176,583
Total administrative$176,583
The Smp Automotive Systems Alabama Inc 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,844
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,844 per active participant
2023$1,706 per active participant
2022$1,996 per active participant

Smp Automotive Systems Alabama 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.

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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
PRINCIPAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY · Contract administrator · Loan processing$176,583

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

Administrative cost history4
2025Not separately reported
2024$176,583 · 0.55%
2023$116,816 · 0.50%
2022$100,267 · 0.55%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 474185173 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.