ESOP · DOL Form 5500 · 2024
Physical Sciences Inc. ESOP
Data updated 2026-08-25
- $93M
- Total assets Below avg plan size
- 275
- Participants Below avg headcount
- 90th
- Percentile by assets National rank
- $339,075
- Avg per participant High balance/head
Official DOL plan name: Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · Sponsored by Physical Sciences Inc. · Massachusetts · Professional & Technical Services
$93M in assets, 275 participants
Physical Sciences Inc.'s Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported $93M in total assets and 275 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 90th 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.
- #18,361 in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
Coverage in Massachusetts
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan covers 275 participants in Massachusetts, about 42% of the average Massachusetts filer (state average ~659 per filing). Assets: $93M.
- #18,361
- in Professional & Technical Services (20,173 peers)
- -4.6%
- assets change YoY
- 0.9×
- vs typical plan assets (national mean)
The plan reported a net loss of $5M for the year, a single-year figure driven by markets and benefit payments, not a measure of plan health.
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's outsized position by total assets
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan vs every filed plan by assets
End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500
$93,245,729 Top 10% higher than 90% of 123,620 filed plans
Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.
Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan among mid-size filed plans by headcount
Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan sits mid-pack in the medium band (275 participants).
What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings
plan year 2023 → plan year 2024
- Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported net income fell from $8M in the plan year 2023 filing to -$5M in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan reported participants rose from 250 in the plan year 2023 filing to 275 in the plan year 2024 filing.
- Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan end-of-year assets fell from $98M in the plan year 2023 filing to $93M in the plan year 2024 filing.
Published 5500 schedule card
Filing strip 042517090 · Physical Sciences Inc. PY 2024 · ESOP
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan · $93M · 275 · 90th
- EOY $93M
- 5500 275
- ASSETS 90th
- PCT ESOP
- EIN near Bay Cities Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan
- RANK ind #18361
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 Massachusetts →
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan in the asset neighbourhood
Massachusetts filing particulars
| Total Assets (Beginning of Year) | $98M |
|---|---|
| Net Assets (End of Year) | $93M |
| Net Income | -$5M |
| Employer EIN | 042517090 |
| Plan Effective Date | 1988-07-01 |
| Filing Status | FILING RECEIVED |
Sponsor Plan History (Physical Sciences Inc.)
Sponsor-wide plan assets over time
All Physical Sciences Inc. plans reported in each filing year
- Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
- $172M 12.456417184179662% vs 2022
- 2024 filing year
| Year | Plans | Participants | Total Assets |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2 | 500 | $153M |
| 2023 | 2 | 497 | $170M |
| 2024 | 2 | 543 | $172M |
Nearby ESOP Plans in Massachusetts
Peer ESOP plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.
- Consigli Building Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan $729M · 1,684
- The Gillette Company Employee Stock Ownership Plan $368M · 139
- First Amended and Restated Creative Financial Staffing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan $253M · 445
- David Clark Employee Stock Ownership Plan $183M · 236
- New England Biolabs, Inc. Non-Voting Stock Ownership Plan $163M · 424
Physical Sciences Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan's out-of-state ESOP peers by assets and headcount
Outside Massachusetts, the nearest ESOP by assets is Bay Cities Container Corporation Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA ($93M); by covered participants it is Swa Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan in CA (275 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.
Closest by plan assets
Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($93M here).
Similar participant headcount
Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (275 participants); asset peers above are excluded.
- Swa Group Employee Stock Ownership Plan (CA) 275 · 0 off
- Kenneth's Profit Sharing and Retirement Plan (OH) 274 · 1 off
- P1 Technologies Employee Stock Ownership Plan (VA) 274 · 1 off
- Materials Processing, Inc. Employee Stock Ownership Plan (IN) 276 · 1 off
DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.