401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Southern Newspapers, Inc. 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$19M
Total assets Small plan by assets
282
Participants Below avg headcount
69th
Percentile by assets National rank
$68,010
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Southern Newspapers, Inc. · Texas · Information & Media

$19M in assets, 282 participants

Southern Newspapers, Inc.'s Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan reported $19M in total assets and 282 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 69th 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.

  • #1,677 in Information & Media (2,822 peers)

Coverage in Texas

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan covers 282 participants in Texas, about 41% of the average Texas filer (state average ~688 per filing). Assets: $19M.

#1,677
in Information & Media (2,822 peers)
+2.6%
assets growth YoY

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

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

$19,178,827 Top 31% higher than 69% 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

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) 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. Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (282 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $2M in the plan year 2023 filing to $505K in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan reported participants fell from 310 in the plan year 2023 filing to 282 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose 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 741674526 · Southern Newspapers, Inc. PY 2024 · 401(k)

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan · $19M · 282 · 69th

  • BOY $19M
  • SCH 282
  • EBSA 69th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • NET ind #1677

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 Information & Media retirement plans → · Plans in Texas →

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

Texas filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$19M
Net Assets (End of Year)$19M
Net Income$505K
Employer EIN741674526
Plan Effective Date1968-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Southern Newspapers, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Southern Newspapers, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$19M 17.799651689717624% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$15M$16M$17M$18M$19M$20M 202220232024 $16.3M $19.2M ▲ +17.8%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 313 $16M
2023 1 310 $19M
2024 1 282 $19M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in Texas

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

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -50000050000100000150000 -1001020304050 Total assets ($B) Participants Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.019178827 · Participants: 282Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) PlanAT&T Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 43.121795 · Participants: 109889AT&T Retirement Savings PlanExxonmobil Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 23.711 · Participants: 21990Exxonmobil Savings PlanChevron Employee Savings Investment Plan, Total assets ($B): 20.378704663 · Participants: 21505Chevron Employee Savings Investment PlanCaterpillar 401(k) Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 18.81200478 · Participants: 43873Caterpillar 401(k) Savings PlanSouthwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($B): 16.991748637 · Participants: 67820Southwest Airlines Co. Retirement Savings Plan
Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in Texas, assets vs. participants
Compare Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside Texas, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in MS ($19M); by covered participants it is Alliance Shippers, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ (282 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (282 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 Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan edged up modestly - up 2.6% during 2024, from $19M to $19M. Reported net income was $505K.
How have Southern Newspapers, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Southern Newspapers, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 17.8%, from $16M to $19M.
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Cook Coggin Engineers, Inc. 401(k) Retirement Plan in MS ($19M, 67 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Southern Newspapers, Inc. Employees' 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Alliance Shippers, Inc. 401(k) Savings Plan in NJ (282 participants, N/A 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 741674526.

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.