Defined Benefit (Pension) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Pension Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
15
Participants Small participant base
27th
Percentile by assets National rank
$93,347
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · Sponsored by Sterling Sugars, Inc. · Louisiana · Manufacturing

$1M in assets, 15 participants

Sterling Sugars, Inc.'s Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported $1M in total assets and 15 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 27th 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.

  • #2,302 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

What the 2023 filing shows

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan holds $1M for 15 participants - about $93,347 per participant, in the lower half of filed plans by assets.

#2,302
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+2.5%
assets growth YoY

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$1,400,202 27th percentile higher than 27% 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

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan is a small filing (15 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported net income rose from -$139K in the plan year 2022 filing to $34K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan reported participants fell from 16 in the plan year 2022 filing to 15 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 720327950 · Sterling Sugars, Inc. PY 2023 · Defined Benefit (Pension)

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan · $1M · 15 · 27th

  • ASSETS $1M
  • PCT 15
  • EIN 27th
  • RANK Defined Benefit (Pension)
  • PHOTO near Schmidt Financial Group, Inc. Pension Plan
  • IND ind #2302

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 Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in Louisiana →

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan and nearest nationwide Defined Benefit (Pension) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income$34K
Employer EIN720327950
Plan Effective Date1959-03-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Sterling Sugars, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sterling Sugars, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1M 2.3992680695333943% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$1.36M$1.37M$1.38M$1.39M$1.4M$1.41M 202220232024 $1.37M $1.4M ▲ +2.2%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 16 $1M
2023 1 15 $1M
2024 1 16 $1M

Nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) Plans in Louisiana

Peer Defined Benefit (Pension) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001400202 · Participants: 15Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income PlanLumen Combined Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.759995521 · Participants: 10804Lumen Combined Pension PlanEntergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining Employees, Total assets ($B): 3.116494038 · Participants: 7501Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Non-Bargaining EmployeesWillis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.057613019 · Participants: 5919Willis-Knighton Medical Center Employees Retirement PlanEntergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining Employees, Total assets ($B): 0.903247068 · Participants: 2424Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan for Bargaining EmployeesEntergy Corporation Retirement Plan III, Total assets ($B): 0.81927327 · Participants: 63Entergy Corporation Retirement Plan III
Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan vs. nearby Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in Louisiana, assets vs. participants
Compare Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan's out-of-state Defined Benefit (Pension) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Louisiana, the nearest Defined Benefit (Pension) by assets is Schmidt Financial Group, Inc. Pension Plan in IL ($1M); by covered participants it is Retirement Plan for Employees of Woman's Life Insurance Society in MI (15 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (15 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 Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan edged up modestly - up 2.5% during 2023, from $1M to $1M. Reported net income was $34K.
How have Sterling Sugars, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sterling Sugars, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 2.4%, from $1M to $1M.
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans are similar in size to Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Schmidt Financial Group, Inc. Pension Plan in IL ($1M, 5 participants).
Which Defined Benefit (Pension) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sterling Sugars, Inc. Retirement Income Plan? ▼
Among Defined Benefit (Pension) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Retirement Plan for Employees of Woman's Life Insurance Society in MI (15 participants, $17M 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 720327950.

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.