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Stowers Machinery Corporation401(k)

STOWERS MACHINERY CORPORATION 401(K) PLAN · KNOXVILLE, TN · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.36%

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

Stowers Machinery Corporation reported $302,478 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.36% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,448 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 0.359%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other other services employers. By assets it is the 187th-largest of 1,496 plans among Tennessee employers on file, and the 228th of 3,341 in other services. In 2024, employees put in $1.78 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 410 to 500 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$87,427,408
Participants with balances574
Active participants500
Employer contributions$2,223,756
Employee contributions$3,969,188
Employer contribution per active participant$4,448
Average account balance$152,313
Benefits paid to participants$9,048,278
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLBMC, PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$87.4M · 574 accts · $2.2M emplr
2023$81.0M · 572 accts · $2.9M emplr
2022$68.4M · 480 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$186,163
Investment management$116,315
Total administrative$302,478
The Stowers Machinery Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,448
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,448 per active participant
2023$6,071 per active participant
2022$6,140 per active participant

Stowers Machinery Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20243
NATIONWIDE · Recordkeeping · Custodial$109,946
RATHER & KITTRELL, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$116,315
TENNESSEE PENSION ADMINISTRATORS · Contract administrator · Pension consulting$2,764

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

Recordkeeper by year2
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2023Nationwide

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Administrative cost history3
2024$302,478 · 0.36%
2023$290,408 · 0.39%
2022$262,290 · 0.36%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 620636387 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.