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Preferred Companies401(k)

PREFERRED COMPANIES 401(K) PLAN · JENISON, MI · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.12%

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

Preferred Companies reported $1,525 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.12% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $1,591 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 0.26% to 0.12%. The plan sits in the $1M–$10M size bracket, benchmarked here against 18,840 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Michigan (2,435th of 2,619), and 13,085th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 122 to 93 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,447,595
Participants with balances102
Active participants93
Employer contributions$147,986
Employee contributions$230,984
Employer contribution per active participant$1,591
Average account balance$14,192
Benefits paid to participants$201,199
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.4M · 102 accts · $148K emplr
2023$1.1M · 105 accts · $179K emplr
2022$614K · 103 accts · $205K emplr
The Preferred Companies 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$1,591
Median for plans this size$1,313
2024$1,591 per active participant
2023$1,402 per active participant
2022$1,677 per active participant

Preferred Companies's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $1,313 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 · 20242
CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVI · Recordkeeping · Investment management$475
KDP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES INC · Accounting / audit · Actuarial$1,050

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVI
2023CAPITAL GROUP RETIREMENT PLAN SERVI

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Administrative cost history3
2024$1,525 · 0.12%
2023$3,140 · 0.36%
2022$1,570 · 0.26%
Similar plansManufacturing · Michigan
Vconverter Corporation MI$1.6M · 0.12%
Everest Expeditions, LLC MI$1.6M · 1.33%
Orotex Corporation MI$1.6M · 1.45%
Burkland, Inc. MI$1.5M · 0.10%
Eagle Industries, Inc MI$1.4M · 0.33%
Hilco Technologies MI$1.3M · 1.15%
Premiere Packaging, Inc. MI$1.2M · 0.57%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 854220981 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.