ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2023

Preferred Strategies, Inc. ESOP

Data updated 2026-08-25

$1M
Total assets Small plan by assets
30
Participants Small participant base
24th
Percentile by assets National rank
$34,561
Avg per participant Low balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Preferred Strategies, Inc. · California · Professional & Technical Services

$1M in assets, 30 participants

Preferred Strategies, Inc.'s Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $1M in total assets and 30 participants in its 2023 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 24th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #3,900 in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)

What the 2023 filing shows

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan holds $1M for 30 participants - about $34,561 per participant, among the smaller plans by assets on file.

#3,900
in Professional & Technical Services (20,321 peers)
+3.7%
assets growth YoY

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among the smaller filed plans by assets

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2023 · DOL Form 5500

$1,036,819 24th percentile higher than 24% of 127,068 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2023

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among smaller filed plans by headcount

Plan-year 2023 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan is a small filing (30 participants) on this national headcount ladder.

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2022 → plan year 2023

  • Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $300K in the plan year 2022 filing to $17K in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 26 in the plan year 2022 filing to 30 in the plan year 2023 filing.
  • Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets rose from $1M in the plan year 2022 filing to $1M in the plan year 2023 filing.

See the national 2022→2023 release diff →

Published 5500 schedule card

Filing strip 020559065 · Preferred Strategies, Inc. PY 2023 · ESOP

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $1M · 30 · 24th

  • NET $1M
  • BOOK 30
  • VS-ST 24th
  • BOY ESOP
  • SCH near Beckman Production Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan
  • EBSA ind #3900

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with What is an ESOP? → · Plans in California →

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood

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End-of-year total assets ($M) among Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan and nearest nationwide ESOP peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023.

Filing particulars (2023)

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$1M
Net Assets (End of Year)$1M
Net Income$17K
Employer EIN020559065
Plan Effective Date2020-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Preferred Strategies, Inc.)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Preferred Strategies, Inc. plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$1M 3.6609999999999996% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$0.98M$1M$1.02M$1.04M$1.06M 202220232024 $1M $1.04M ▲ +4.0%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 26 $1M
2023 1 30 $1M
2024 1 34 $1M

Nearby ESOP Plans in California

Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. -20000200040006000800010000 -101234 Total assets ($B) Participants Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.001036819 · Participants: 30Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanParsons Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 3.757068542 · Participants: 7871Parsons Employee Stock Ownership PlanAcco Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.444524335 · Participants: 1397Acco Employee Stock Ownership PlanRosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 1.125537204 · Participants: 1700Rosendin Electric, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanAgron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.533004512 · Participants: 72Agron, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership PlanRecology Employee Stock Ownership Plan, Total assets ($B): 0.497089527 · Participants: 3656Recology Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs. nearby ESOP plans in California, assets vs. participants
Compare Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount

Outside California, the nearest ESOP by assets is Beckman Production Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI ($1M); by covered participants it is Blue Ridge Aquaculture, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VA (30 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (30 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2023. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan assets move in 2023? ▼
Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan edged up modestly - up 3.7% during 2023, from $1M to $1M. Reported net income was $17K.
How have Preferred Strategies, Inc. plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Preferred Strategies, Inc.'s sponsor-wide assets grew 3.7%, from $1M to $1M.
Where does Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan ranks in the 24th percentile by end-of-year assets among 127,072 plans that reported assets for plan year 2023 (among the smaller plans by assets on file).
Which ESOP plans are similar in size to Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by assets is Beckman Production Services, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in MI ($1M, N/A participants).
Which ESOP plans cover a similar participant headcount to Preferred Strategies, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan? ▼
Among ESOP plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Blue Ridge Aquaculture, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in VA (30 participants, N/A in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2023.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 020559065.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.