ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Cogent, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$35M
Total assets Below avg plan size
257
Participants Below avg headcount
81st
Percentile by assets National rank
$137,271
Avg per participant Near avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Cogent, Inc. · Missouri · Wholesale Trade

$35M in assets, 257 participants

Cogent, Inc.'s Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $35M in total assets and 257 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 81st 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.

  • #5,141 in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)

Coverage in Missouri

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 257 participants in Missouri, about 35% of the average Missouri filer (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $35M.

#5,141
in Wholesale Trade (6,309 peers)
+97.8%
assets growth YoY
0.4×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$35,278,714 Top 19% higher than 81% of 127,068 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 2023

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (257 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $7M in the plan year 2022 filing to $18M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $18M in the plan year 2022 filing to $35M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 240 in the plan year 2022 filing to 257 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 440582909 · Cogent, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $35M · 257 · 81st

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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 What is an ESOP? → · Plans in Missouri →

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$18M
Net Assets (End of Year)$10M
Net Income$18M
Employer EIN440582909
Plan Effective Date2020-07-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Cogent, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Cogent, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$117M 182.25750514528386% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0M$50M$100M$150M 202220232024 $41.3M $117M ▲ +182.3%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 464 $41M
2023 2 483 $65M
2024 2 549 $117M

Nearby ESOP Plans in Missouri

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.035278714 · Participants: 257Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanBurns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.708605759 · Participants: 8553Burns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMccarthy Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.489427066 · Participants: 3651Mccarthy Employee Stock Ownership PlanArco DB Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.442677383 · Participants: 560Arco DB Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanJe Dunn Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.429385855 · Participants: 2457Je Dunn Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustEmery Sapp Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.312725972 · Participants: 1947Emery Sapp Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
Compare Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Missouri, the nearest ESOP by assets is E&m Logistics Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY ($35M); by covered participants it is Hunt Electric Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN (257 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (257 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 97.8% during 2023, from $18M to $35M. Reported net income was $18M.
How have Cogent, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Cogent, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 182.3%, from $41M to $117M.
Where does Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 81st percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top quartile of all filed plans by assets).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is E&m Logistics Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in NY ($35M, 177 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Hunt Electric Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust in MN (257 participants, $89M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 440582909.

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.