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Stein & Associates, LLC401(k)

STEIN & ASSOCIATES, LLC 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN · FORT SMITH, AR · plan year 2025

Reported admin expense ratio · 2025
0.34%

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

Stein & Associates, LLC reported $154,687 in plan administrative expenses for 2025: 0.34% of average plan assets, above the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $999 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 3 years on file its reported administrative ratio rose from 0.14% to 0.34%. The plan sits in the $10M–$50M size bracket, benchmarked here against 1,620 comparable plans and shown alongside other health care & social assistance employers. By assets it is the 78th-largest of 456 plans among Arkansas employers on file, and the 1,879th of 11,911 in health care & social assistance. In 2025, employees put in $2.32 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 856 to 1,054 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$49,787,216
Participants with balances499
Active participants1,054
Employer contributions$1,053,384
Employee contributions$2,441,249
Employer contribution per active participant$999
Average account balance$99,774
Benefits paid to participants$2,100,546
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorLANDMARK PLC, CPAS
Plan history4
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2025$49.8M · 499 accts · $1.1M emplr
2024$41.3M · 484 accts · $1000K emplr
2023$36.7M · 465 accts · $1.0M emplr
2022$29.1M · 460 accts · $980K emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2025
Recordkeeping & contract admin$59,024
Investment management$63,393
Audit (IQPA)$26,120
Total administrative$154,687
The Stein & Associates, LLC 401(k) match · 2025
Employer contribution per active participant$999
Median for plans this size$2,666
2025$999 per active participant
2024$960 per active participant
2023$1,106 per active participant
2022$1,145 per active participant

Stein & Associates, LLC's 2025 employer contribution ran below the $2,666 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 · 20255
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$59,024
CADENCE BANK · Investment advisory (plan)$57,650
LANDMARK, CPAS · Accounting / audit$26,120
HINKLE LAW FIRM, LLC · Legal$6,151
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF FORT SMITH · Investment advisory (plan)$5,743

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$154,687 · 0.34%
2024$141,926 · 0.36%
2023$128,810 · 0.39%
2022$45,158 · 0.14%
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Narmc AR$49.8M · 0.30%
Arcare AR$49.0M · 0.03%
Arisa Health, Inc AR$48.3M · 0.12%

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 640913971 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.