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Blackbeard Operating, LLC401(k)

THE BLACKBEARD COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · FORT WORTH, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.39%

Peer grade: B+ · admin costs + employer contributions vs same-size plans · how grading works

Blackbeard Operating, LLC reported $105,744 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.39% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $10,103 per active participant. This ratio covers administrative expenses reported on the plan's Schedule H only; fund-level expense ratios are not included in public structured data — see methodology.

Across the 1 year on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.33% to 0.39%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 27,838 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 1,562nd-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 4,551st of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.04 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$29,384,591
Participants with balances346
Active participants253
Employer contributions$2,556,009
Employee contributions$2,654,583
Employer contribution per active participant$10,103
Average account balance$84,927
Benefits paid to participants$3,689,225
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorEIDE BAILLY, LP
Plan history2
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$29.4M · 346 accts · $2.6M emplr
2023$24.2M · 367 accts · $2.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$15,065
Investment management$78,179
Audit (IQPA)$12,500
Total administrative$105,744
The Blackbeard Operating, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$10,103
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$10,103 per active participant
2023$9,723 per active participant

Blackbeard Operating, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $2,416 median for plans its size, placing it in the top quarter of its peers. Filings report dollars actually contributed, not the match formula; the formula itself (for example, 50% of the first 6% of pay) lives in the plan's summary plan description from HR.

What these fees cost you

Annual cost at the plan's reported 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20245
CETERA INVESTMENT ADVISERS LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$51,982
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$26,197
EIDE BAILLY LLP · Accounting / audit$12,500
PASI, LLC · Contract administrator$11,495

Compensation shown is direct payments from plan assets reported on Schedule C. Providers paid through fund revenue-sharing appear as indirect.

Administrative cost history2
2024$105,744 · 0.39%
2023$72,813 · 0.33%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 320442543 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.