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Nikola Corporation401(k)

NIKOLA CORPORATION 401(K) PROFIT SHARING PLAN AND TRUST · PHOENIX, AZ · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.02%

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

Nikola Corporation reported $7,950 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.02% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $4,178 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 4 years on file its reported administrative ratio fell from 0.87% to 0.02%. 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 168th-largest of 1,285 plans among Arizona employers on file, and the 2,824th of 13,661 in manufacturing. In 2024, employees put in $2.56 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has grown from 415 to 946 since 2020.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$58,116,435
Participants with balances1,427
Active participants946
Employer contributions$3,952,048
Employee contributions$10,134,030
Employer contribution per active participant$4,178
Average account balance$40,726
Benefits paid to participants$9,778,135
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
AuditorMETS & ASSOCIATES, PLLC
Plan history5
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$58.1M · 1,427 accts · $4.0M emplr
2023$44.4M · 1,264 accts · $4.4M emplr
2022$27.1M · 1,317 accts · $3.4M emplr
2021$15.8M · 831 accts · $2.0M emplr
2020$3.9M · 411 accts
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$7,950
Total administrative$7,950
The Nikola Corporation 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$4,178
Median for plans this size$3,635
2024$4,178 per active participant
2023$5,451 per active participant
2022$2,904 per active participant
2021$2,522 per active participant

Nikola Corporation's 2024 employer contribution ran above the $3,635 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 · 20241
FIDELITY INVESTMENTS INSTITUTIONAL · Loan processing$7,950

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

Administrative cost history5
2024$7,950 · 0.02%
2023$8,243 · 0.02%
2022Not separately reported
2021$3,293 · 0.03%
2020$21,376 · 0.87%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 822361876 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.