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Pepper Source, LTD.401(k)

PEPPER SOURCE, LTD. & SUBSIDIARIES 401(K) PLAN · METAIRIE, LA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.76%

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

Pepper Source, LTD. reported $110,411 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.76% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,277 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 rose from 0.68% to 0.76%. 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 321st-largest of 884 plans among Louisiana employers on file, and 7,080th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 250 to 295 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$15,043,123
Participants with balances426
Active participants295
Employer contributions$671,854
Employee contributions$674,163
Employer contribution per active participant$2,277
Average account balance$35,312
Benefits paid to participants$1,712,402
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$15.0M · 426 accts · $672K emplr
2023$14.0M · 370 accts · $588K emplr
2022$11.9M · 303 accts · $544K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$110,411
Total administrative$110,411
The Pepper Source, LTD. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$2,277
Median for plans this size$2,416
2024$2,277 per active participant
2023$2,041 per active participant
2022$2,176 per active participant

Pepper Source, LTD.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $2,416 median for plans its size. 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 · 20243
LPL FINANCIAL, LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$59,713
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVI$41,610
THE HASLAUER GROUP, INC · Contract administrator$17,189

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$110,411 · 0.76%
2023$87,985 · 0.68%
2022$88,356 · 0.68%
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Smittys Supply, Inc. LA$14.4M · 0.86%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 721181338 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.