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Smithfield Foods Incorporated401(k)

SMITHFIELD FOODS, INC. SALARIED 401(K) PLAN · SMITHFIELD, VA · plan year 2024

Reported admin expense ratio · 2024
0.04%

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

Smithfield Foods Incorporated reported $290,594 in plan administrative expenses for 2024: 0.04% of average plan assets, lower than ~75% of peers. Employer contributions averaged $6,461 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 0.043% to 0.040%. The plan sits in the $250M–$1B size bracket, benchmarked here against 2,883 comparable plans and shown alongside other management of companies employers. By assets it is the 54th-largest of 2,266 plans among Virginia employers on file, and the 60th of 786 in management of companies. In 2024, employees put in $1.30 for every $1.00 the employer contributed; active participation has shrunk from 5,144 to 4,541 since 2022.

Plan summary
Net assets, end of year$767,319,892
Participants with balances6,171
Active participants4,541
Employer contributions$29,339,596
Employee contributions$38,145,396
Employer contribution per active participant$6,461
Average account balance$124,343
Benefits paid to participants$99,046,709
Plan auditUnmodified (clean) audit opinion
Plan history3
Yearassets · accounts · employer contribution
2024$767.3M · 6,171 accts · $29.3M emplr
2023$693.9M · 6,231 accts · $27.9M emplr
2022$609.6M · 6,382 accts · $27.9M emplr
Administrative expenses, itemized · 2024
Recordkeeping & contract admin$286,994
Total administrative$290,594
The Smithfield Foods Incorporated 401(k) match · 2024
Employer contribution per active participant$6,461
Median for plans this size$4,294
2024$6,461 per active participant
2023$5,997 per active participant
2022$5,432 per active participant

Smithfield Foods Incorporated'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 · 20243
EMPOWER ANNUITY INSURANCE COMPANY · Recordkeeping · Loan processing$286,993
QDRO CONSULTANTS COMPANY, LLC · Consulting$3,600
EMPOWER FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. · Securities brokerage · Investment advisory (participants)$1,556

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

Recordkeeper by year2
2024Empower
2023Empower

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Administrative cost history3
2024$290,594 · 0.04%
2023$288,247 · 0.04%
2022$283,184 · 0.04%
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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Form 5500 series, EIN 520845861 · Verify on EFAST2 · Amounts are as reported by the plan sponsor for the plan year shown.