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American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.401(k)

AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS, INC. PROFIT SHARING AND 401(K) PLAN · PITTSBURGH, PA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.18%

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

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. reported $890,830 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.18% of average plan assets, higher than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $949 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 has held roughly steady near 0.18%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other retail trade employers. By assets it is the 143rd-largest of 3,651 plans among Pennsylvania employers on file, and the 108th of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.09 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 8,708 to 18,133 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$538,091,765
Participants with balances13,304
Active participants18,133
Employer contributions$17,214,148
Employee contributions$36,013,585
Employer contribution per active participant$949
Average account balance$40,446
Benefits paid to participants$56,006,016
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorERNST AND YOUNG LLP
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$538.1M · 13,304 accts · $17.2M emplr
2023$471.3M · 12,286 accts · $15.0M emplr
2022$383.6M · 11,896 accts · $14.8M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$775,393
Investment management$65,437
Total administrative$890,830
The American Eagle Outfitters, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$949
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$949 per active participant
2023$1,629 per active participant
2022$1,697 per active participant

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.'s 2024 employer contribution ran below the $4,294 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 2024 administrative ratio, against the median plan its size; fund expense ratios are extra. Compare any plan.

Service providers · 20244
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$775,393
STRATEGIC ADVISORS, INC. · Investment advisory (plan)$65,437
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Consulting$50,000
TEST$5,001

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

Administrative cost history3
2024$890,830 · 0.18%
2023$743,968 · 0.17%
2022$730,910 · 0.17%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 132721761 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.