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Wells Enterprises, Inc.401(k)

WELLS ENTERPRISES, INC. 401(K) PLAN · LE MARS, IA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Wells Enterprises, Inc. reported $422,811 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $3,798 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 fell from 0.12% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 22nd-largest of 878 plans among Iowa employers on file, and the 630th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.44 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$445,819,965
Participants with balances4,918
Active participants3,761
Employer contributions$14,283,374
Employee contributions$20,562,528
Employer contribution per active participant$3,798
Average account balance$90,651
Benefits paid to participants$37,420,896
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$445.8M · 4,918 accts · $14.3M emplr
2023$396.2M · 4,980 accts · $13.6M emplr
2022$337.4M · 5,057 accts · $13.0M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$422,811
Total administrative$422,811
The Wells Enterprises, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$3,798
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$3,798 per active participant
2023$3,591 per active participant
2022$3,261 per active participant

Wells Enterprises, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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.

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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
JOHN HANCOCK RETIREMENT PLAN SRVCS · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$422,811

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024John Hancock
2023John Hancock

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Administrative cost history3
2024$422,811 · 0.10%
2023$435,432 · 0.12%
2022$450,748 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 421080796 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.