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The Sherwin-williams Company 401(k): best low-cost funds

The Sherwin-williams Company 401(k) Plan · Plan #001 · Cleveland, OH

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$10.6Bnet assets (end of plan year)
61,101participants with balances
47,319active participants
2024-12-31plan year end

Suggested simple Boglehead mix

The public data doesn't show enough index funds from this plan to suggest a full mix. A typical Boglehead approach: look in your menu for a US total market or S&P 500 index fund, an international index fund, and a US bond index fund, all with expense ratios under about 0.10%. Or use one low-cost target-date index fund. How the 3-fund portfolio works.

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Pooled funds named in the filing (Schedule D)

These are collective trusts and similar pooled funds the plan reported holding. Names that look like index funds are tagged index by keyword, so check them yourself. Mutual funds are not listed by name in the free data.

FundManagerTypePlan's holding
Contrafund Commingled PoolFidelity Management Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$533.7M
Vanguard Instit 500 Index Trust indexVanguard Group, Inc.Common/collective trust$465.9M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2030 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$363.1M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2035 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$353.2M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2040 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$323.6M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2050 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$295.0M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2045 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$292.0M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2055 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$252.4M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2025 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$251.9M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2060 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$162.9M
Managed Income Portfolio II CL 3Fidelity Management Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$135.7M
Small CAP Opportunities PortfolioWellington Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$116.6M
Mid-cap Stock Commingled PoolFidelity Management Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$110.3M
Vanguard Instit Total Bond MKT TR indexVanguard Group, Inc.Common/collective trust$105.9M
Invesco Core Plus Fixed Income FundInvesco Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$81.7M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2020 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$79.6M
LOW Priced Stock Commingled PoolFidelity Mangement Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$75.0M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2065 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$54.4M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2015 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$27.0M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2005 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$9.3M
T. Rowe Price Ret. 2010 TrustT. Rowe Price Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$8.3M

How plan assets are invested

Category (Schedule H)AmountShare
Registered investment companies (mutual funds)$518.6M4.9%
Common/collective trusts$4.1B38.8%
Employer securities (company stock)$5.7B54.0%
Participant loans$104.6M1.0%

Fees paid from plan assets

Contract administrator fees$16,450
Investment advisory & management fees$951,339
Other administrative fees$926,723
Total administrative expenses$2.6M

Reported administrative expenses were about 0.026% of average plan assets, or about $43 per participant with a balance. This usually excludes fund expense ratios netted inside mutual funds and trusts.

Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 & Schedules H/D, filing ID 20251015174451NAL0005561537001. EIN 340526850.

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