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Merit Energy Company, LLC401(k)

MERIT ENERGY COMPANY SAVINGS TRUST · DALLAS, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Merit Energy Company, LLC reported $69,571 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $11,779 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 2 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.06% to 0.03%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other mining, oil & gas extraction employers. By assets it is the 310th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 51st of 612 in mining, oil & gas extraction. In 2024, employees put in $1.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$277,309,359
Participants with balances1,085
Active participants880
Employer contributions$10,365,421
Employee contributions$11,473,866
Employer contribution per active participant$11,779
Average account balance$255,585
Benefits paid to participants$18,014,084
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$277.3M · 1,085 accts · $10.4M emplr
2023$232.8M · 1,058 accts · $9.0M emplr
2022$183.2M · 1,039 accts · $9.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Investment management$83,158
Total administrative$69,571
The Merit Energy Company, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$11,779
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$11,779 per active participant
2023$10,575 per active participant
2022$11,302 per active participant

Merit Energy Company, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 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 · 20242
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$83,158
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processingindirect comp

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$69,571 · 0.03%
2023$66,409 · 0.03%
2022$120,429 · 0.06%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 752280562 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.