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Stihl Incorporated401(k)

EMPLOYEES' PROFIT SHARING PLUS PLAN OF STIHL INCORPORATED · VIRGINIA BEACH, VA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.09%

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

Stihl Incorporated reported $323,133 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.09% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $4,081 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 fell from 0.13% to 0.09%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 230 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 92nd-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 675th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.80 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 3,049 to 2,620 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$398,309,082
Participants with balances2,975
Active participants2,620
Employer contributions$10,693,323
Employee contributions$19,279,414
Employer contribution per active participant$4,081
Average account balance$133,885
Benefits paid to participants$49,113,631
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$398.3M · 2,975 accts · $10.7M emplr
2024$353.0M · 3,087 accts · $10.8M emplr
2023$310.1M · 3,283 accts · $10.0M emplr
2022$248.7M · 3,338 accts · $12.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$236,950
Investment management$385
Audit (IQPA)$2,175
Total administrative$323,133
The Stihl Incorporated 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$4,081
Median for plans this size$4,295
2025$4,081 per active participant
2024$3,866 per active participant
2023$3,406 per active participant
2022$4,051 per active participant

Stihl Incorporated's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $4,295 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20252
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$236,950
CAPTRUST · Investment advisory (participants) · Investment advisory (plan)$83,623

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$323,133 · 0.09%
2024$314,602 · 0.09%
2023$344,279 · 0.12%
2022$345,552 · 0.13%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 540969072 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.