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Strategic Materials401(k)

STRATEGIC MATERIALS EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLAN · HOUSTON, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.54%

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

Strategic Materials reported $106,569 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.54% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,336 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 0.54%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 1,993rd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 1,857th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.74 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$20,502,860
Participants with balances763
Active participants576
Employer contributions$769,261
Employee contributions$2,111,471
Employer contribution per active participant$1,336
Average account balance$26,871
Benefits paid to participants$3,451,975
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorWITHUMSMITHBROWN,PC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$20.5M · 763 accts · $769K emplr
2023$18.8M · 698 accts · $700K emplr
2022$15.1M · 687 accts · $519K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$29,857
Investment management$51,356
Total administrative$106,569
The Strategic Materials 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,336
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$1,336 per active participant
2023$1,255 per active participant
2022$885 per active participant

Strategic Materials'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.

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 · 20244
TOWERS WATSON INVESTMENT SERVICES · Investment advisory (plan)$46,355
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$29,857
PANNELL KERR FORSTER OF TEXAS PC · Consulting$25,356
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$5,001

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$106,569 · 0.54%
2023$79,074 · 0.47%
2022$86,648 · 0.53%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 760297116 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.