ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Shields, Harper & Company ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
57
Participants Small participant base
70th
Percentile by assets National rank
$337,500
Avg per participant High balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Shields, Harper & Company · California · Wholesale Trade

$19M in assets, 57 participants

Shields, Harper & Company's Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $19M in total assets and 57 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 70th 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.

  • #3,958 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

What the 2024 filing shows

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $19M for 57 participants - about $337,500 per participant, above the median plan by assets.

#3,958
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-1.1%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $212K for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$19,237,474 Top 30% higher than 70% 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

Shields, Harper & Company 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. Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (57 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $110K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$212K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 56 in the plan year 2023 filing to 57 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $19M in the plan year 2023 filing to $19M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

DOL schedule card

Filing strip 941751530 · Shields, Harper & Company PY 2024 · ESOP

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $19M · 57 · 70th

  • PCT $19M
  • EIN 57
  • RANK 70th
  • PHOTO ESOP
  • IND near Lyon Services Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EOY ind #3958

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 California →

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Filing particulars (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income-$212K
Employer EIN941751530
Plan Effective Date1992-11-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Shields, Harper & Company)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Shields, Harper & Company plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$19M 0.5750966419119211% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$19.2M$19.3M$19.4M$19.5M 202220232024 $19.4M $19.2M ▼ -0.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 58 $19M
2023 1 56 $19M
2024 1 57 $19M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

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

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -20246 Total assets ($B) Participants Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.019237474 · Participants: 57Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 4.994512995 · Participants: 8040Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.694943363 · Participants: 1499Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.538046697 · Participants: 1998Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanEcc Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.632082376 · Participants: 317Ecc Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.596115632 · Participants: 68Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Lyon Services Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ($19M); by covered participants it is Ma Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO (57 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (57 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 Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged down modestly - down 1.1% during 2024, from $19M to $19M. Reported net income was -$212K.
How have Shields, Harper & Company plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Shields, Harper & Company's sponsor-wide assets declined 0.6%, from $19M to $19M.
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Lyon Services Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in ($19M, 71 participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Shields, Harper & Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Ma Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MO (57 participants, $3M 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 941751530.

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.