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Steward Machine Co., Inc.401(k)

STEWARD MACHINE COMPANY, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · BIRMINGHAM, AL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Steward Machine Co., Inc. reported $3,548 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,041 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 0.01% to 0.03%. 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 426th-largest of 902 plans among Alabama employers on file, and 8,162nd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $3.25 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,600,427
Participants with balances235
Active participants134
Employer contributions$139,443
Employee contributions$453,374
Employer contribution per active participant$1,041
Average account balance$49,364
Benefits paid to participants$442,352
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$11.6M · 235 accts · $139K emplr
2023$9.7M · $134K emplr
2022$8.1M · 182 accts · $102K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,548
Total administrative$3,548
The Steward Machine Co., Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,041
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,041 per active participant
2022$794 per active participant

Steward Machine Co., Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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.

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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

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$3,548 · 0.03%
2023$901 · 0.01%
2022$850 · 0.01%
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Big Springs, Inc. AL$11.4M · 0.54%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 630201570 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.