401(k) · DOL Form 5500 · 2024

Poet Biorefining LLC 401(k) Plan

Data updated 2026-08-25

$266M
Total assets Near avg plan size
2,380
Participants Above avg headcount
95th
Percentile by assets National rank
$111,634
Avg per participant Below avg balance/head
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Official DOL plan name: Poet 401(k) Plan · Sponsored by Poet Biorefining LLC · South Dakota · Manufacturing

$266M in assets, 2,380 participants

Poet Biorefining LLC's Poet 401(k) Plan reported $266M in total assets and 2,380 participants in its 2024 DOL Form 5500 filing, ranking in the 95th percentile by assets among filed plans. Figures are as reported by the plan sponsor to the Department of Labor, not audited or endorsed by PlainRetire.

  • #16,494 in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)

Coverage in South Dakota

Poet 401(k) Plan covers 2,380 participants in South Dakota, 7.0x the typical South Dakota plan (state average ~340 per filing). Assets: $266M.

#16,494
in Manufacturing (17,777 peers)
+21.3%
assets growth YoY
2.7×
vs typical plan assets (national mean)

Poet 401(k) Plan's outsized position by total assets

Poet 401(k) Plan vs every filed plan by assets

End-of-year total assets · plan year 2024 · DOL Form 5500

$265,689,062 Top 5% higher than 95% of 123,620 filed plans

This plan $0 $2,050,000,000 every filed plan with reported assets, bucketed by value

Dashed line + filled bar = this entry, among filed plans.

Source U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA) · plan year 2024

Poet 401(k) Plan's large-plan peer group by participant headcount

Plan-year 2024 Form 5500 filings with a reported participant count, partitioned by headcount band, not by assets. Poet 401(k) Plan lands in the large band (2,380 participants).

What changed between DOL Form 5500 filings

plan year 2023 → plan year 2024

  • Poet 401(k) Plan end-of-year assets rose from $219M in the plan year 2023 filing to $266M in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Poet 401(k) Plan reported participants rose from 2,254 in the plan year 2023 filing to 2,380 in the plan year 2024 filing.
  • Poet 401(k) Plan reported net income fell from $47M in the plan year 2023 filing to $47M in the plan year 2024 filing.

See the national 2023→2024 release diff →

EBSA filing schedule strip

Filing strip 474454378 · Poet Biorefining LLC PY 2024 · 401(k)

Poet 401(k) Plan · $266M · 2,380 · 95th

  • BOY $266M
  • SCH 2,380
  • EBSA 95th
  • PART 401(k)
  • TYPE near Mns, Ltd. Profit-Sharing Plan
  • NET ind #16494

Stamps derive from this plan's Form 5500 line items (assets, participants, type, EIN, cohort placement) - not a quality rating of the sponsor. Read with Manufacturing retirement plans → · Plans in South Dakota →

Poet 401(k) Plan in the asset neighbourhood

Defined Contribution Retirement Plan of Moses Cone Health SystemDefined Contribution Retirem…$266MMns, Ltd. Profit-Sharing Plan$266MPoet 401(k) Plan$266MBrother USA Retirement Plan$266MGoshen Health 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGoshen Health 401(k) Retirem…$266M
End-of-year total assets ($M) among Poet 401(k) Plan and nearest nationwide 401(k) peers. Source: DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024.

South Dakota filing particulars

Total Assets (Beginning of Year)$219M
Net Assets (End of Year)$266M
Net Income$47M
Employer EIN474454378
Plan Effective Date2010-01-01
Filing StatusFILING RECEIVED

Sponsor Plan History (Poet Biorefining LLC)

Sponsor-wide plan assets over time

All Poet Biorefining LLC plans reported in each filing year

Latest sponsor-wide plan assets
$266M 54.62596827441518% vs 2022
2024 filing year
$150M$200M$250M$300M 202220232024 $172M $266M ▲ +54.6%
Year Plans Participants Total Assets
2022 1 2,022 $172M
2023 1 2,254 $219M
2024 1 2,380 $266M

Nearby 401(k) Plans in South Dakota

Peer 401(k) plans, same state, same plan type, ranked by total assets.

Poet 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants Scatter plot of 6 data points. 050001000015000 02004006008001000 Total assets ($M) Participants Poet 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 265.689062 · Participants: 2380Poet 401(k) PlanBlack Hills Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Total assets ($M): 811.221285 · Participants: 2881Black Hills Corporation 401(k) Retirement Savings PlanGood Samaritan Society 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 278.292791 · Participants: 12199Good Samaritan Society 401(k) PlanDaktronics, Inc. 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 262.560689 · Participants: 2369Daktronics, Inc. 401(k) PlanPremier 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 240.594371 · Participants: 1821Premier 401(k) PlanPathward, National Association 401(k) Plan, Total assets ($M): 173.664829 · Participants: 1241Pathward, National Association 401(k) Plan
Poet 401(k) Plan vs. nearby 401(k) plans in South Dakota, assets vs. participants
Compare Poet 401(k) Plan side-by-side with 3 peers →

Poet 401(k) Plan's out-of-state 401(k) peers by assets and headcount

Outside South Dakota, the nearest 401(k) by assets is Mns, Ltd. Profit-Sharing Plan in HI ($266M); by covered participants it is Elevate Care, Inc. 401(k) Plan in IL (2,381 participants). Same-state nearby plans are listed separately above.

Closest by plan assets

Nearest other-state filings by tot_assets_eoy ($266M here).

Similar participant headcount

Nearest other-state filings by covered participants (2,380 participants); asset peers above are excluded.

DOL Form 5500 plan year 2024. Asset totals can differ widely at the same headcount; neither axis is a quality rating.

Frequently Asked Questions

How did Poet 401(k) Plan assets move in 2024? ▼
Poet 401(k) Plan grew sharply - up 21.3% during 2024, from $219M to $266M. Reported net income was $47M.
How have Poet Biorefining LLC plan assets changed over time? ▼
Across 3 plan years on file (2022-2024), Poet Biorefining LLC's sponsor-wide assets grew 54.6%, from $172M to $266M.
Where does Poet 401(k) Plan rank by assets among Form 5500 filers? ▼
Poet 401(k) Plan ranks in the 95th percentile by end-of-year assets among 123,622 plans that reported assets for plan year 2024 (in the top 5% of all filed plans by assets).
Which 401(k) plans are similar in size to Poet 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by assets is Mns, Ltd. Profit-Sharing Plan in HI ($266M, 1,856 participants).
Which 401(k) plans cover a similar participant headcount to Poet 401(k) Plan? ▼
Among 401(k) plans in other states, the closest by covered participants is Elevate Care, Inc. 401(k) Plan in IL (2,381 participants, $8M in assets).

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA), Form 5500 public disclosure dataset. Plan year 2024.

Source: DOL EFAST2 filing system (efast.dol.gov) - original filing retrieval by EIN 474454378.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Labor Form 5500 filings (EBSA). See our methodology for details.