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The Douglas Stewart Company, Inc.401(k)

THE DOUGLAS STEWART COMPANY, INC. EMPLOYEES' BENEFIT PLAN · MADISON, WI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

The Douglas Stewart Company, Inc. reported $25,442 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,516 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 0.27%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Wisconsin (1,283rd of 1,936), and 2,935th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $3.46 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 129 to 84 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$9,849,860
Participants with balances121
Active participants84
Employer contributions$127,365
Employee contributions$441,288
Employer contribution per active participant$1,516
Average account balance$81,404
Benefits paid to participants$1,100,921
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$9.8M · 121 accts · $127K emplr
2023$9.1M · 134 accts · $159K emplr
2022$7.4M · 131 accts · $101K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$3,321
Investment management$22,121
Total administrative$25,442
The The Douglas Stewart Company, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,516
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,516 per active participant
2023$1,381 per active participant
2022$781 per active participant

The Douglas Stewart Company, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
STANCORP FINANCIAL GROUP · Claims processing · Recordkeeping$25,739
ALERA GROUP · Investment advisory (plan)$22,121

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024The Standard
2023Securian

This plan has changed recordkeepers within these filings. If you left The Douglas Stewart Company, Inc. before a switch, your account may sit at the earlier firm or in a rollover IRA. Looking for an account from a past job here? How to find an old 401(k).

Administrative cost history3
2024$25,442 · 0.27%
2023$22,465 · 0.27%
2022$22,823 · 0.26%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 391319459 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.