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Morningstar, Inc.401(k)

MORNINGSTAR, INC. 401(K) PLAN · CHICAGO, IL · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.03%

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

Morningstar, Inc. reported $241,014 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.03% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,658 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 0.031% to 0.025%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other information & media employers. By assets it is the 94th-largest of 3,702 plans among Illinois employers on file, and the 51st of 2,199 in information & media. In 2024, employees put in $2.11 for every $1.00 the employer contributed.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$1,023,207,731
Participants with balances5,188
Active participants3,334
Employer contributions$22,196,416
Employee contributions$46,911,741
Employer contribution per active participant$6,658
Average account balance$197,226
Benefits paid to participants$49,475,981
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorCDH CPA, LLC
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$1.0B · 5,188 accts · $22.2M emplr
2023$877.9M · 5,211 accts · $22.4M emplr
2022$700.0M · 5,048 accts · $19.5M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$241,014
Total administrative$241,014
The Morningstar, Inc. 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,658
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$6,658 per active participant
2023$6,444 per active participant
2022$5,594 per active participant

Morningstar, Inc.'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 · 20244
SCHWAB RETIREMENT PLAN SERVICES,INC · Recordkeeping$240,776
HIGHTOWER ADVISORS LLC · Investment advisory (participants)$10,800
CHARLES SCHWAB & CO., INC. · Securities brokerage$7,502
JMG FINANCIAL GROUP LTD · Investment advisory (participants)$5,863

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Charles Schwab
2023Charles Schwab

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Administrative cost history3
2024$241,014 · 0.03%
2023$258,075 · 0.03%
2022$230,020 · 0.03%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 363297908 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.