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Cardinal Health, Inc. 401(k): best low-cost funds

Cardinal Health 401(k) Savings Plan · Plan #055 · Dublin, OH

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$4.8Bnet assets (end of plan year)
32,188participants with balances
31,015active participants
2024-12-31plan year end

Suggested simple Boglehead mix

The public data doesn't show enough index funds from this plan to suggest a full mix. A typical Boglehead approach: look in your menu for a US total market or S&P 500 index fund, an international index fund, and a US bond index fund, all with expense ratios under about 0.10%. Or use one low-cost target-date index fund. How the 3-fund portfolio works.

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Pooled funds named in the filing (Schedule D)

These are collective trusts and similar pooled funds the plan reported holding. Names that look like index funds are tagged index by keyword, so check them yourself. Mutual funds are not listed by name in the free data.

FundManagerTypePlan's holding
Fidelity Growth CO Commingled PoolFidelity Management Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$901.4M
Vanuard Inst 500 Index Trust indexVanguard Fiduciary Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$683.2M
Cardinal Health Stable Value FundCardinal Health, Inc.Master trust$351.7M
Fiam GR TR For Empl BEN PL SM CAPFidelity Institutional Asset Management Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$333.1M
Core Plus Commingled PoolFiam Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$293.8M
Fidelity DIV Intl Commingled PoolFidelity Management Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$258.4M
Vanguard Instl TTL STK MKT IDXVanguard Fiduciary Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$249.0M
Vanguard Instl TTL INT STK MKTVanguard Fiduciary Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$242.6M
Blackrock Global Alloc Coll FD MBlackrock Institutional Trust Company, N.a.Common/collective trust$115.0M
US Treasury Inflation Protected SECBlackrock Institutional Trust Company, N.a.Common/collective trust$87.6M
Vanguard Instl TTL BND MKT IDXVanguard Fiduciary Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$78.5M
Commingled PEN TR DIV COM PropertyJpmorgan Chase Bank, N.a.Common/collective trust$76.8M
Loomis Sayles HY Conservative TrustThe Loomis Sayles Trust Company, LLCCommon/collective trust$71.2M
Vanguard Instl EXT MKT IDX TRSVanguard Fiduciary Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$59.8M
Axiom Emerging Markets TrustSEI Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$42.1M
CIF II Opportunistic Emerging MktsThe Wellington Trust Company, National AssocCommon/collective trust$32.1M
Short-term Investment FundSEI Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$3.8M
Pimco Collective Investment TrustSEI Trust CompanyCommon/collective trust$0

How plan assets are invested

Category (Schedule H)AmountShare
Registered investment companies (mutual funds)$548.6M11.5%
Common/collective trusts$3.5B74.1%
Master trusts$351.7M7.4%
Employer securities (company stock)$256.6M5.4%
Participant loans$76.1M1.6%

Fees paid from plan assets

Contract administrator fees$444,257
Investment advisory & management fees$150,000
Other administrative fees$123,435
Total administrative expenses$2.1M

Reported administrative expenses were about 0.047% of average plan assets, or about $66 per participant with a balance. This usually excludes fund expense ratios netted inside mutual funds and trusts.

Source: DOL EFAST2 Form 5500 & Schedules H/D, filing ID 20250730154837NAL0010840498001. EIN 310958666.

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