Profit Sharing · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Sterling Paper Co. Profit Sharing Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$14K
Total assets Small plan by assets
30
Participants Small participant base
2nd
Percentile by assets National rank
$481
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Sterling Paper Co. · Ohio · Wholesale Trade

$14K in assets, 30 participants

Sterling Paper Co.'s Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $14K in total assets and 30 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 2nd 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.

  • #65 in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)

Sterling Paper Co. multi-year trail

Sterling Paper Co.'s plans moved +20.1% in assets from 2022 to 2024; this filing shows Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan at $14K / 30 participants.

#65
in Wholesale Trade (6,080 peers)
-98.9%
assets change YoY

The plan reported a net loss of $1M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$14,416 2nd percentile higher than 2% 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

Sterling Paper Co. 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. Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (30 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $407K in the plan year 2023 filing to -$1M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $1M in the plan year 2023 filing to $14K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants fell from 31 in the plan year 2023 filing to 30 in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 314317038 · Sterling Paper Co. PY 2024 · Profit Sharing

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $14K · 30 · 2nd

  • NET $14K
  • BOOK 30
  • VS-ST 2nd
  • BOY Profit Sharing
  • SCH near Carlos a Ramos Morales Profit Sharing Plan
  • EBSA ind #65

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 Wholesale Trade retirement plans → · Plans in Ohio →

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide Profit Sharing peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Sterling Paper Co. multi-year asset trail

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Sterling Paper Co. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$14M 20.08907304442675% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$11M$12M$13M$14M$15M 202220232024 $11.5M $13.8M ▲ +20.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 2 114 $11M
2023 2 115 $14M
2024 3 139 $14M

Sterling Paper Co. filing trail (2024)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$8K
Net Income-$1M
Employer EIN314317038
Plan Effective Date1996-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Nearby Profit Sharing Plans in Ohio

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

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -200000200004000060000 -0.500.511.52 Total assets ($B) Participants Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.000014416 · Participants: 30Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership PlanCleveland Clinic Investment Pension Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.771113936 · Participants: 51751Cleveland Clinic Investment Pension PlanMasterbrand, Inc. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.544315052 · Participants: 6062Masterbrand, Inc. Retirement Savings PlanWorthington Steel, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.523297754 · Participants: 2500Worthington Steel, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanThe Employer Retirement Savings Plan - Premier Health Partners, Total assets ($B): 0.24382437 · Participants: 12736The Employer Retirement Savings Plan - Premier Health PartnersThree Rivers Annuity Fund, Total assets ($B): 0.21367125 · Participants: 960Three Rivers Annuity Fund
Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby Profit Sharing plans in Ohio, assets vs. participants
Compare Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state Profit Sharing peers by assets and headcount

Outside Ohio, the nearest Profit Sharing by assets is Carlos a Ramos Morales Profit Sharing Plan in PR ($14K); by covered participants it is Roy H. Reeve Agency, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in NY (30 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30 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 Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan contracted severely - down 98.9% during 2024, from $1M to $14K. Reported net income was -$1M.
How have Sterling Paper Co. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Sterling Paper Co.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 20.1%, from $11M to $14M.
Where does Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 2nd 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 Profit Sharing plans are similar in size to Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by assets is Carlos a Ramos Morales Profit Sharing Plan in PR ($14K, 1 participant).
Which Profit Sharing plans cover a similar participant headcount to Sterling Paper Co. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among Profit Sharing plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Roy H. Reeve Agency, Inc. Profit Sharing Plan in NY (30 participants, $7M 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 314317038.

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.