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Eastern Sintered Alloys, Inc.Profit-sharing plan

EASTERN SINTERED ALLOYS, INC. PROFIT SHARING PLAN · ST. MARYS, PA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
1.04%

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

Eastern Sintered Alloys, Inc. reported $70,214 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 1.04% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $337 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio has held roughly steady near 1.04%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 809 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,650th of 3,651), and 10,212th of 13,661 in manufacturing. active participation has shrunk from 205 to 178 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$6,938,440
Participants with balances184
Active participants178
Employer contributions$60,000
Employee contributions—
Employer contribution per active participant$337
Average account balance$37,709
Benefits paid to participants$392,187
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLALLY & CO., LLC
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$6.9M · 184 accts · $60K emplr
2024$6.5M · 188 accts
2023$6.2M · 195 accts · $100K emplr
2022$6.4M · 203 accts · $50K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Investment management$70,154
Trustee / custodial$60
Total administrative$70,214
Employer contributions to the Eastern Sintered Alloys, Inc. plan · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$337
Median for plans this size$1,464
2025$337 per active participant
2023$532 per active participant
2022$244 per active participant

Eastern Sintered Alloys, Inc.'s 2025 employer contribution ran below the $1,464 median for plans its size, in the bottom 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20251
MERRILL LYNCH PIERCE FENNER SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$70,148

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

Administrative cost history4
2025$70,214 · 1.04%
2024$66,399 · 1.04%
2023$65,231 · 1.03%
2022$71,150 · 1.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 251370461 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.