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Awc, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan in Baton Rouge, LA has the 4th-least in total assets ($251,074,096) of the 695 plans that are lower than the overall administrative medians in each of other administrative expenses, total administrative expenses, and total administrative expense ratio. Those $251,074,096 compare to an average of $446,250,784 across the 695 plans.
Awc, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan has these standings among those 695 peer plans plus nationwide comparisons:
Awc, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan has these standings among those 695 peer plans plus nationwide comparisons:
- professional fees = $0 (the lowest, tied)
the nationwide median is $0 - contract administrator fees = $7,158 (115th-highest)
the nationwide median is $0 - investment advisory and management fees = $0 (the lowest, tied)
the nationwide median is $0 - other administrative expenses = $0 (118th-lowest, tied)
the nationwide median is $114,591 - total administrative expenses = $7,158 (162nd-lowest)
the nationwide median is $282,909 - total administrative expense ratio = 0.003% (186th-lowest, tied)
the nationwide median is 0.065%
- are lower than the overall administrative medians in. Bigger sets are better. (1) The median nationwide value of professional fees is $0.00, so better is below that. From Line 2i(1), Schedule H. Includes the total fees paid (or in the case of accrual basis plans, costs incurred during the plan year but not paid as of the end of the plan year) by the plan for outside accounting, actuarial, legal, and valuation/appraisal services. Includes fees for the annual audit of the plan by an independent qualified public accountant (IQPA); for payroll audits; for accounting/bookkeeping services; for actuarial services rendered to the plan; and to a lawyer for rendering legal opinions, litigation, and advice (but not for providing legal services as a benefit to plan participants). Reports fees and expenses for corporate trustees and individual plan trustees, including reimbursement of expenses associated with trustees, such as lost time, seminars, travel, meetings, etc. Includes the fee(s) for valuations or appraisals to determine the cost, quality, or value of an item such as real property, personal property (gemstones, coins, etc.), and for valuations of closely held securities for which there is no ready market. Does not include amounts paid to plan employees to perform bookkeeping/accounting functions that should be included in line 2i(4). A missing entry from the Schedule H is here assigned a value of $0. (2) The median nationwide value of contract administrator fees is $0.00, so better is below that. From Line 2i(2), Schedule H. The total fees paid (or in the case of accrual basis plans, costs incurred during the plan year but not paid as of the end of the plan year) to a contract administrator for performing administrative services for the plan. For purposes of the return/report, a contract administrator is any individual, partnership, or corporation, responsible for managing the clerical operations (e.g., handling membership rosters, claims payments, maintaining books and records) of the plan on a contractual basis. Does not include salaried staff or employees of the plan or banks or insurance carriers. A missing entry from the Schedule H is here assigned a value of $0. (3) The median nationwide value of investment advisory and management fees is $0.00, so better is below that. From Line 2i(3), Schedule H. The total fees paid (or in the case of accrual basis plans, costs incurred during the plan year but not paid as of the end of the plan year) to an individual, partnership or corporation (or other person) for advice to the plan relating to its investment portfolio. These may include fees paid to manage the plan’s investments, fees for specific advice on a particular investment, and fees for the evaluation for the plan’s investment performance. A missing entry from the Schedule H is here assigned a value of $0. (4) The median nationwide value of other administrative expenses is $114,591, so better is below that. From Line 2i(4), Schedule H. Other expenses are those that cannot be included in 2i(1) through 2i(3). These may include plan expenditures such as salaries and other compensation and allowances (e.g., payment of premiums to provide health insurance benefits to plan employees), expenses for office supplies and equipment, cars, telephone, postage, rent, expenses associated with the ownership of a building used in the operation of the plan, and all miscellaneous expenses. Includes premium payments to the PBGC when paid from plan assets. A missing entry from the Schedule H is here assigned a value of $0. (5) The median nationwide value of total administrative expenses is $282,909, so better is below that. From Line 2i(5), Schedule H. A missing entry from the Schedule H is here assigned a value of $0. Note that total administrative expenses = professional fees + contract administrator fees + investment advisory and management fees + other administrative expenses. (6) The median nationwide value of total administrative expense ratio is 0.065%, so better is below that. Total administrative expense ratio (as a percentage) equals total administrative expenses (Line 2i(5), Schedule H) divided by total assets (end of plan year; Line 1f(b) from Schedule H), times 100. Some comparison measures have prerequisites that must be satisfied in order to keep their numeric values, otherwise their value becomes N/A. Except where noted, all data come from the 25-October-2023 updates to the year-2021 5500 Forms and Schedule H from the public websites at the Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
- total assets. At end of plan year. Line 1f(b) from Schedule H. Except where noted, all data come from the 25-October-2023 updates to the year-2021 5500 Forms and Schedule H from the public websites at the Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration.
Awc, Inc. Employees' Savings Plan in Baton Rouge, LA is in Louisiana, its EIN is 720805761, its industry group is Other Miscellaneous Manufacturing, its plan administrator is Jay Sciambra, is a profit-sharing plan, covered by a fidelity bond, an ERISA section 404(c) plan, self-administered by the plan sponsor, provides for automatic enrollment, is a single-employer plan, its business code is 339900, has 500 to 999 total participants, is better than the overall plan medians in each of participant loans as a percentage of plan assets, corrective distributions, yield on beginning-of-plan-year total assets, and diversity of asset types (4 total), is better than the overall participant averages in each of net income per total participant, average account balance, and total administrative expense per participant, and is lower than the overall administrative medians in each of other administrative expenses, total administrative expenses, and total administrative expense ratio.
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Numeric values:
- total assets ($251,074,096)
- net assets (assets minus liabilities) ($237.90M)
- total assets at beginning of plan year ($212,231,678)
- employer-related securities investments ($170,231,498)
- value of interest in pooled separate accounts ($62,255,580)
- total income ($50,395,938)
- earnings on investments ($42,287,473)
- net earnings on investments ($42,287,473)
- net income ($39,067,481)
- value of funds held in insurance company general account (unallocated contracts) ($13,705,219)
- total liabilities ($13,133,390)
- total expenses ($11,328,457)
- total contributions ($8,108,465)
- receivables employer contributions ($3,006,336)
- cash contributions from participants ($2,927,331)
- cash contributions from employers ($1,608,247)
- interest-bearing cash (e.g., money market accounts, certificates of deposit) ($1,243,728)
- participant loans ($631,735)
- average account balance ($364,933)
- net income per total participant ($56,784)
- average participant cash contribution per active participant ($7,355)
- contract administrator fees ($7,158)
- total administrative expenses ($7,158)
- average employer cash contribution per active participant ($4,041)
- total administrative expense per participant ($10.40)
- total noninterest-bearing cash ($0)
- receivables participant contributions ($0)
- other receivables (not employer nor participant contributions) ($0)
- U.S. government securities ($0.0K)
- corporate debt instruments (preferred & other than employer securities) ($0)
- corporate debt instruments (below preferred & other than employer securities) ($0)
- corporate preferred stocks (other than employer securities) ($0)
- corporate common stocks (other than employer securities) ($0)
- partnership/joint venture interests ($0)
- real estate (other than employer real property) ($0)
- loans (other than to participants) ($0)
- value of interest in common/collective trusts ($0)
- value of interest in master trust investment accounts ($0.0K)
- value of interest in 103-12 investment entities ($0)
- value of interest in registered investment companies (e.g., mutual funds) ($0.0K)
- other general investments ($0)
- employer-related real-property investments ($0)
- buildings and other property used in plan operation ($0)
- corrective distributions ($0)
- professional fees ($0)
- investment advisory and management fees ($0)
- other administrative expenses ($0)
- asset transfers to this plan ($0)
- asset transfers from this plan ($0)
- employer securities as a percentage of plan assets (67.80%)
- percentage of active participants (57.8%)
- diversity of asset types (27.1%)
- yield on beginning-of-plan-year total assets (19.93%)
- total cash as a percentage of plan assets (0.50%)
- participant loans as a percentage of plan assets (0.25%)
- total administrative expense ratio (0.003%)
- active participants (398)
- deceased participants whose beneficiaries receive or are entitled to benefits (1)
- living participants (687)
- other retired or separated participants entitled to future benefits (237)
- retired or separated participants receiving benefits (52)
- total participants (688)
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