401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2022

Woodward Communications, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$33M
Total assets Below avg plan size
428
Participants Below avg headcount
84th
Percentile by assets National rank
$77,297
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · Sponsored by Woodward Communications, Inc. · Iowa · Information & Media

$33M in assets, 428 participants

Woodward Communications, Inc.'s Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust reported $33M in total assets and 428 participants in its 2022 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 84th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #2,245 in Information & Media (2,911 peers)

Where Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust sits by assets

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust sits in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets, $33M for 428 participants (~$77,297/participant), down 27.2% in 2022.

#2,245
in Information & Media (2,911 peers)
-27.2%
assets change YoY
0.3×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

The plan reported a net loss of $21M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's outsized position by total assets

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2022 · DOL Form 5500

$33,083,200 Top 16% higher than 84% of 139,123 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2022

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2022 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust sits mid-pack in the medium band (428 participants).

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 420559640 · Woodward Communications, Inc. PY 2022 · 401(k)

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust · $33M · 428 · 84th

  • RANK $33M
  • RANK 428
  • RANK 84th
  • RANK 401(k)
  • RANK near Moses Lake Industries 401(k) Plan
  • RANK ind #2245

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Iowa →

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022.

Scale-class filing particulars (2022)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$45M
Net Assets (End of Year)$33M
Net Income-$21M
Employer EIN420559640
Plan Effective Date1960-10-24
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Woodward Communications, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Woodward Communications, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$70M 1.1650333674190096% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$70M$70.5M$71M$71.5M 202220232024 $71.3M $70.5M ▼ -1.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 764 $71M
2023 2 502 $71M
2024 2 567 $70M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Iowa

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000020000400006000080000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.0330832 · Participants: 428Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and TrustThe Principal Select Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.613396259 · Participants: 12201The Principal Select Savings PlanIowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.684422851 · Participants: 28603Iowa Health System Section 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanThe Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.447514997 · Participants: 59826The Hy-Vee and Affiliates 401(k) PlanThe Rsm US LLP Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.275604074 · Participants: 13793The Rsm US LLP Retirement PlanTransamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 2.116061137 · Participants: 7262Transamerica 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Iowa, assets vs. participants
Compare Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust side-by-side with 3 peers →

Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Iowa, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Moses Lake Industries 401(k) Plan in WA ($33M); by covered participants it is US Radiology Specialists 401(k) Retirement Plan in NC (428 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (428 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2022. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust assets move in 2022? ▼
Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust declined sharply - down 27.2% during 2022, from $45M to $33M. Reported net income was -$21M.
How have Woodward Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Woodward Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 1.2%, from $71M to $70M.
Where does Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust ranks in the 84th percentile by end-of-year assets among 139,126 plans that reported assets for plan year 2022 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Moses Lake Industries 401(k) Plan in WA ($33M, 446 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Woodward Communications, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan and Trust? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is US Radiology Specialists 401(k) Retirement Plan in NC (428 participants, $167M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2022.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 420559640.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.