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According to a new study of 401(k) account balances, company stock now accounts for 16.4% of all 401(k) assets, about the same as last year, but off its peak of 19% in 1999.

Reuters reporter Mark Miller looked at trends in company stock holdings in public company 401(k) plans and published a list of the companies with the highest concentration of p

According to the authoritative data compiled annually by the Employee Benefit Research Institute and the Investment Company Institute, company stock held by employees in 401(k) plans continued to decline in 2005, standing now at just 13% of total 401(k) assets, down from 19% in 1996 and 16% in 20

Employees at the five largest Wall Street firms often have a portion of their 401(k) accounts invested in the stock of their employer, and in 2011 those holdings created losses of over $2 billion in those accounts, according to analysis by Bloomberg.

Employee retirement plan holdings in company stock in banks have declined in the last two decades, but employees at Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and several other banks saw significant losses following SVB’s implosion.

Although press attention to the matter has subsided, there are still dozens of lawsuits in various stages of development over company stock in 401(k) plans and ESOPs (mostly the former).

The "Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act of 2003" (H.R.

Three executives of Computer Associates could have to repay as much as $558 million from the exercise of stock options if a Delaware Chancery Court's ruling is upheld (Sanders v. Wang, Del. Ch. C.A. No. 16640, 11/9/99).

The National Defense Authorization Act signed into law by President Biden on December 27 contains the first-ever government contracting program to specifically encourage ESOPs.