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Ardent Mills, LLC401(k)

ARDENT MILLS, LLC RETIREMENT SAVINGS PLAN (FOR SALARIED EMPLOYEES) · DENVER, CO · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.06%

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

Ardent Mills, LLC reported $155,220 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.06% of average plan assets, below the peer median. Employer contributions averaged $6,791 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 rose from 0.04% to 0.06%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other wholesale trade employers. By assets it is the 61st-largest of 1,461 plans among Colorado employers on file, and the 158th of 4,246 in wholesale trade. In 2024, employees put in $1.29 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$295,291,993
Participants with balances2,916
Active participants2,328
Employer contributions$15,809,344
Employee contributions$20,438,096
Employer contribution per active participant$6,791
Average account balance$101,266
Benefits paid to participants$26,854,507
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$295.3M · 2,916 accts · $15.8M emplr
2023$251.2M · 3,076 accts · $14.6M emplr
2022$194.1M · 2,926 accts · $13.0M emplr
The Ardent Mills, LLC 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,791
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$6,791 per active participant
2023$6,095 per active participant
2022$5,692 per active participant

Ardent Mills, LLC's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $4,294 median for plans its size. 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
THE VANGUARD GROUP, INC. · Recordkeeping · Consulting$61,704
VANGUARD ADVISERS INC. · Investment advisory (participants)$107,631

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Vanguard
2023Vanguard

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Administrative cost history3
2024$155,220 · 0.06%
2023$111,058 · 0.05%
2022$88,353 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 300007111 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.