401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$694M
Total assets Above avg plan size
9,778
Participants Very large workforce
98th
Percentile by assets National rank
$71,025
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan · Sponsored by East Penn Manufacturing Co. · Pennsylvania · Manufacturing

$694M in assets, 9,778 participants

East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan reported $694M in total assets and 9,778 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 98th 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.

  • #18,115 in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)

Coverage in Pennsylvania

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan covers 9,778 participants in Pennsylvania, 12x the typical Pennsylvania plan (state average ~822 per filing). Assets: $694M.

#18,115
in Manufacturing (18,722 peers)
+15.0%
assets growth YoY
7.0×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan's outsized position by total assets

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$694,485,886 Top 2% higher than 98% 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

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan lands in the large band (9,778 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan reported net income rose from -$19M in the plan year 2022 filing to $91M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan end-of-year assets rose from $604M in the plan year 2022 filing to $694M in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan reported participants fell from 10,062 in the plan year 2022 filing to 9,778 in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Plan-year Form 5500 strip

Filing strip 231315454 · East Penn Manufacturing Co. PY 2023 · 401(k)

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan · $694M · 9,778 · 98th

  • PCT $694M
  • PCT 9,778
  • PCT 98th
  • PCT 401(k)
  • PCT near Danone U.S. 401(k) Plan
  • PCT ind #18115

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 Pennsylvania →

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Weil, Gotshal & Manges Section 401(k) Savings and Investment PlanWeil, Gotshal & Manges Secti…$695MEast Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings PlanEast Penn Manufacturing Co. …$694MDanone U.S. 401(k) Plan$694MSmithfield Foods, Inc. Salaried 401(k) PlanSmithfield Foods, Inc. Salar…$694MM. a. Mortenson Company Profit Sharing and Retirement Savings Plan and TrustM. a. Mortenson Company Prof…$694M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Pennsylvania filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$604M
Net Assets (End of Year)$694M
Net Income$91M
Employer EIN231315454
Plan Effective Date1965-05-31
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (East Penn Manufacturing Co.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All East Penn Manufacturing Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$729M 20.736649202116368% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$550M$600M$650M$700M$750M 202220232024 $604M $729M ▲ +20.7%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 10,062 $604M
2023 1 9,778 $694M
2024 1 9,841 $729M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Pennsylvania

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

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 020000400006000080000100000 -505101520 Total assets ($B) Participants East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.694485886 · Participants: 9778East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings PlanComcast Corporation Retirement - Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 17.368669862 · Participants: 93136Comcast Corporation Retirement - Investment PlanCigna 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 13.003870935 · Participants: 66760Cigna 401(k) PlanThe Vanguard Retirement and Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.765617477 · Participants: 18200The Vanguard Retirement and Savings PlanThe PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 9.339762 · Participants: 61697The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. Incentive Savings PlanThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 8.955655142 · Participants: 25184The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation 401(k) Savings Plan
East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Pennsylvania, assets vs. participants
Compare East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Scale composition for East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan reports $694M in end-of-year assets across 9,778 participants (0.006% of the $12.3T held by all Form 5500 filers in the national rollup , and 0.010% of 93,925,755 covered participants) - about $71,025 per participant (51% of the national average assets-per-participant) . Net income for plan year 2023 was $91M.

This plan identity (EIN 231315454, plan #001) has 3 Form 5500 filings on file from 2022 to 2024 , with end-of-year assets moving from $604M to $729M (+20.7%) while covered participants moved from 10,062 to 9,841 . Single-year sparse filers cannot show that trail.

Plan year Participants EOY assets Filing
2022 10,062 $604M Open filing
2023 9,778 $694M This page
2024 · index core 9,841 $729M Open filing

The same sponsor also keeps 1 other index-core plan on PlainRetire:

East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Pennsylvania, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Danone U.S. 401(k) Plan in NY ($694M); by covered participants it is Siemens Energy, Inc. Savings Plan in FL (9,777 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (9,778 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 East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan grew sharply - up 15.0% during 2023, from $604M to $694M. Reported net income was $91M.
How have East Penn Manufacturing Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), East Penn Manufacturing Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.7%, from $604M to $729M.
Where does East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan ranks in the 98th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Danone U.S. 401(k) Plan in NY ($694M, 5,394 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to East Penn Manufacturing Co. 401(k) Savings Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Siemens Energy, Inc. Savings Plan in FL (9,777 participants, $3.5B 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 231315454.

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.