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Ziff Davis, Inc.401(k)

ZIFF DAVIS, INC. RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN · NEW YORK, NY · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.08%

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

Ziff Davis, Inc. reported $205,794 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.08% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $1,951 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 0.24% to 0.08%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 366th-largest of 5,648 plans among New York employers on file, and the 148th of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $5.62 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$272,626,025
Participants with balances3,780
Active participants2,114
Employer contributions$4,125,246
Employee contributions$23,188,067
Employer contribution per active participant$1,951
Average account balance$72,123
Benefits paid to participants$23,526,441
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$272.6M · 3,780 accts · $4.1M emplr
2023$221.3M · 3,500 accts · $3.9M emplr
2022$172.6M · 3,537 accts · $4.4M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$87,976
Audit (IQPA)$32,755
Total administrative$205,794
The Ziff Davis, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,951
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$1,951 per active participant
2023$1,825 per active participant
2022$2,097 per active participant

Ziff Davis, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $3,635 median for plans its size, in the bottom quarter of its peers. 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
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$157,173
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$87,976
RUBINBROWN LLP · Accounting / audit$30,000
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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$205,794 · 0.08%
2023$237,180 · 0.12%
2022$433,474 · 0.24%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 471053457 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.