Cox Transportation Services, LLC 401(k) Review & Grade
Cox Transportation Services, LLC 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Ashland, VATransportation & Warehousing592 active participantsPlan year 2024
Estimate from the plan's Form 5500-SF filing · How we grade
$682Employer $ per active participant
$1,351Employee $ saved per active participant
1.10%Direct admin cost, % of plan assets
$8.1MNet plan assets, end of year
–Average balance per account (account count looks misreported)
Score breakdown
- Employer generosity18.0 / 5036th percentile for employer $ per participant
- Low cost1.3 / 255th percentile for low admin cost vs. same-size plans
- Employee saving2.8 / 1519th percentile for employee $ per participant
- Plan features3 / 10Default investment
- Red-flag deductions-3 pts1 issue reported on the filing
Total score22 / 100 · Grade F
This plan vs. peers
Peers: Transportation & Warehousing plans with 500–2,499 active participants (392 plans).
| Measure | Percentile |
|---|---|
| Employer $ per participant | 36th |
| Lower admin cost | 5th |
| Employee saving | 19th |
| Peers that auto-enroll | 37% |
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Red flags from the filing
Corrective distributions: the plan refunded $17,262 in contributions, which usually means it failed annual nondiscrimination testing.
What to do if you're in this plan
- Cox Transportation Services put in about $682 per active participant, below the typical peer ($1,070). Any match is still an instant return, so contribute enough to get all of it.
- The filing shows total dollars, not the match formula. Ask HR for the Summary Plan Description so you know the exact match and vesting schedule.
- Direct plan expenses (1.10% of assets) are well above similar-size plans (0.23%). Check your annual fee disclosure, choose low-cost index funds if you can, and think about whether savings beyond the match belong in an IRA.
- Changing jobs? You can usually leave the money in the plan, move it to your new employer's plan, or roll it into an IRA. Don't cash out: you'd owe taxes and possibly a 10% penalty.
The raw numbers from the filing
| Employer contributions | $403,603 |
| Participant (employee) contributions | $799,310 |
| Other contributions (incl. rollovers in) | $31,876 |
| Administrative expenses paid from the plan | $74,459 |
| Benefits paid out | $2,382,404 |
| Net assets, start / end of year | $5.4M / $8.1M |
| Active participants, start / end of year | 602 / 581 |
| Participants with account balances | 226 |
| Auto-enrollment (feature code 2S) | Not reported |
Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500-SF filing, acknowledgment ID 20250707120442NAL0005303520001, received 2025-07-07, EIN 54-1199739, plan #001, plan year 2024-01-01 to 2024-12-31. Verify at efast.dol.gov.