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Aerovironment, Inc.401(k)

AEROVIRONMENT, INC. P/S AND SALARY DEFERRAL 401 K PLAN · SIMI VALLEY, CA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.10%

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

Aerovironment, Inc. reported $243,374 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.10% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $7,429 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 0.12% to 0.10%. The plan sits in the $50M–$250M size bracket, benchmarked here against 10,352 comparable plans and shown alongside other manufacturing employers. By assets it is the 464th-largest of 9,483 plans among California employers on file, and the 963rd of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $1.66 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 1,108 to 1,297 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$259,751,322
Participants with balances1,562
Active participants1,297
Employer contributions$9,635,639
Employee contributions$15,995,623
Employer contribution per active participant$7,429
Average account balance$166,294
Benefits paid to participants$22,009,087
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMELONI HRIBAL TRATNER LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$259.8M · 1,562 accts · $9.6M emplr
2023$218.3M · 1,437 accts · $7.7M emplr
2022$172.3M · 1,300 accts · $6.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$168,322
Investment management$75,052
Total administrative$243,374
The Aerovironment, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$7,429
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$7,429 per active participant
2023$6,180 per active participant
2022$6,258 per active participant

Aerovironment, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 median for plans its size, placing it in the top 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20242
ADP, INC. · Loan processing · Recordkeeping$168,322
GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS · Recordkeeping · Trustee$75,052

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024ADP, GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS
2023ADP, GLOBAL RETIREMENT PARTNERS

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Administrative cost history3
2024$243,374 · 0.10%
2023$221,865 · 0.11%
2022$221,531 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 952705790 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.