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Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation401(k)

SOUTHERN HEAT EXCHANGER CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · TUSCALOOSA, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.59%

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

Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation reported $55,991 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.59% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,112 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 0.73% to 0.59%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 450th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and 8,577th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.85 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 91 to 114 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$10,461,896
Participants with balances144
Active participants114
Employer contributions$354,784
Employee contributions$655,201
Employer contribution per active participant$3,112
Average account balance$72,652
Benefits paid to participants$174,677
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorTHE HIGHLAND ACCOUNTING GROUP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$10.5M · 144 accts · $355K emplr
2023$8.5M · 139 accts · $278K emplr
2022$6.8M · 105 accts · $253K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$22,158
Investment management$33,833
Total administrative$55,991
The Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,112
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$3,112 per active participant
2023$2,316 per active participant
2022$2,777 per active participant

Southern Heat Exchanger Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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
CPI QUALIFIED PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC · Recordkeeping · Pension consulting$22,158
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY · Investment advisory (plan)$33,833

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CPI QUALIFIED PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC
2023CPI QUALIFIED PLAN CONSULTANTS, INC

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Administrative cost history3
2024$55,991 · 0.59%
2023$46,908 · 0.61%
2022$53,671 · 0.73%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630455815 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.