ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Woodruff Communications, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$954K
Total assets Small plan by assets
73
Participants Small participant base
23rd
Percentile by assets National rank
$13,065
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Woodruff Communications, Inc. · Missouri · Professional & Technical Services

$954K in assets, 73 participants

Woodruff Communications, Inc.'s Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $954K in total assets and 73 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 23rd 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.

  • #3,584 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)

Woodruff Communications, Inc. multi-year trail

Woodruff Communications, Inc.'s plans moved -57.8% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $954K / 73 participants.

#3,584
in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
-6.3%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $32K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$953,748 23rd percentile higher than 23% of 123,620 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 2024

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (73 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from -$1M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$32K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 87 in the plan year 2023 filing to 73 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $954K in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 431606774 · Woodruff Communications, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $954K · 73 · 23rd

  • TYPE $954K
  • TYPE 73
  • TYPE 23rd
  • TYPE ESOP
  • TYPE near Karish Industries Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • TYPE ind #3584

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 →

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Mcclung Printing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustMcclung Printing, Inc. Emplo…$955KWoodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership PlanWoodruff Communications Empl…$954KKarish Industries Employee Stock Ownership PlanKarish Industries Employee S…$953KLaminate Technologies Holdings, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanLaminate Technologies Holdin…$951KHendy Employee Stock Ownership PlanHendy Employee Stock Ownersh…$950K
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Woodruff Communications, Inc. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

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

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$954K 57.80475428047609% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.5M$1M$1.5M$2M$2.5M 202220232024 $2.26M $0.95M ▼ -58.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 68 $2M
2023 1 87 $1M
2024 1 73 $954K

Woodruff Communications, Inc. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)-$431K
Net Income-$32K
Employer EIN431606774
Plan Effective Date2017-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby ESOP Plans in Missouri

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

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -5000050001000015000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000953748 · Participants: 73Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership PlanBurns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 5.463861407 · Participants: 9902Burns & Mcdonnell, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanMccarthy Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.845491185 · Participants: 2983Mccarthy Employee Stock Ownership PlanJe Dunn Employee Stock Ownership Plan and Trust, Total assets ($B): 0.620590539 · Participants: 2825Je Dunn Employee Stock Ownership Plan and TrustArco DB Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.514271888 · Participants: 608Arco DB Companies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEmery Sapp Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.399783698 · Participants: 2184Emery Sapp Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in Missouri, assets vs. participants
Compare Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside Missouri, the nearest ESOP by assets is Karish Industries Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($953K); by covered participants it is The Peoples Bank of Ripley Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MS (73 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (73 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan pulled back noticeably - down 6.3% during 2024, from $1M to $954K. Reported net income was -$32K.
How have Woodruff Communications, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Woodruff Communications, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets declined 57.8%, from $2M to $954K.
Where does Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 23rd percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Karish Industries Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($953K, 11 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Woodruff Communications Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is The Peoples Bank of Ripley Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MS (73 participants, $1M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 431606774.

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.