Plan Ledger DOL Form 5500 · updated monthly

Michaels Stores, Inc.401(k)

MICHAELS STORES, INC. EMPLOYEES 401(K) PLAN · IRVING, TX · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.27%

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

Michaels Stores, Inc. reported $877,752 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.27% of average plan assets, higher than ~90% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $378 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 0.12% to 0.27%. 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 275th-largest of 5,688 plans among Texas employers on file, and the 153rd of 5,215 in retail trade. In 2024, employees put in $2.00 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 21,202 to 27,613 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$337,204,588
Participants with balances6,471
Active participants27,613
Employer contributions$10,443,748
Employee contributions$20,888,376
Employer contribution per active participant$378
Average account balance$52,110
Benefits paid to participants$43,470,072
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$337.2M · 6,471 accts · $10.4M emplr
2023$307.0M · 6,387 accts · $8.9M emplr
2022$268.2M · 6,186 accts · $9.1M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$610,953
Investment management$243,038
Total administrative$877,752
The Michaels Stores, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$378
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$378 per active participant
2023$1,929 per active participant
2022$428 per active participant

Michaels Stores, 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
VOYA INSTITUTIONAL PLAN SERVICES · Loan processing · Participant communication$344,375
MERCER INVESTMENTS LLC · Investment advisory (plan) · Named fiduciary$258,139
VOYA RETIREMENT ADVISORS · Investment advisory (participants)$34,326
THE VANGUARD GROUP · Consulting · Investment advisory (participants)$8,449

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$877,752 · 0.27%
2023$430,428 · 0.15%
2022$336,770 · 0.12%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 751943604 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.