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Preferred Proppants LLC401(k)

PREFERRED COMPANIES 401(K) RETIREMENT PLAN · WAYNE, PA · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.59%

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

Preferred Proppants LLC reported $67,837 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.59% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $2,406 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 0.587%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is among the smaller plans on file in Pennsylvania (2,128th of 3,651), and 8,100th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2025, employees put in $1.97 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 73 to 85 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$11,764,259
Participants with balances204
Active participants85
Employer contributions$204,526
Employee contributions$401,972
Employer contribution per active participant$2,406
Average account balance$57,668
Benefits paid to participants$1,971,258
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$11.8M · 204 accts · $205K emplr
2024$11.3M · 212 accts · $227K emplr
2023$10.4M · 263 accts · $217K emplr
2022$9.3M · 277 accts · $205K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$34,001
Investment management$26,773
Total administrative$67,837
The Preferred Proppants LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$2,406
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$2,406 per active participant
2024$3,198 per active participant
2023$2,928 per active participant
2022$2,808 per active participant

Preferred Proppants LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 2025 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20255
MMA SECURITIES LLC · Investment advisory (plan)$22,029
THE MANDMARBLESTONE GROUP LLC · Contract administrator$9,088
LPL FINANCIAL · Investment advisory (plan)$4,745
EMPOWER ADVISORY GROUP, LLC · Investment management$2,259

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$67,837 · 0.59%
2024$66,435 · 0.61%
2023$55,822 · 0.57%
2022$64,159 · 0.59%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 352428622 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.