ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Cogent, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$82M
Total assets Below avg plan size
294
Participants Below avg headcount
89th
Percentile by assets National rank
$279,464
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Cogent, Inc. · Missouri · Wholesale Trade

$82M in assets, 294 participants

Cogent, Inc.'s Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $82M in total assets and 294 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 89th 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.

  • #5,510 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Coverage in Missouri

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 294 participants in Missouri, about 40% of the average Missouri filer (state average ~737 per filing). Assets: $82M.

#5,510
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
+132.9%
assets growth YoY
0.8×
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 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$82,162,410 Top 11% higher than 89% 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

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

Plan-year 2024 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 (294 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income rose from $18M in the plan year 2023 filing to $48M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $35M in the plan year 2023 filing to $82M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 257 in the plan year 2023 filing to 294 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

Form 5500 schedule snapshot

Filing strip 440582909 · Cogent, Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP

Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $82M · 294 · 89th

  • TYPE $82M
  • TYPE 294
  • TYPE 89th
  • TYPE ESOP
  • TYPE near Ownersedge Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • TYPE ind #5510

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 2024.

Missouri filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$35M
Net Assets (End of Year)$58M
Net Income$48M
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. -5000050001000015000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.08216241 · Participants: 294Cogent, Inc. 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
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 Ownersedge Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($82M); by covered participants it is Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MT (294 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (294 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 Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Cogent, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan surged - up 132.9% during 2024, from $35M to $82M. Reported net income was $48M.
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 89th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (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 Ownersedge Employee Stock Ownership Plan in WI ($82M, 269 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 Morrison-Maierle, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MT (294 participants, $77M 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 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.