Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN)

NASDAQ: ESN · Real-Time Price · USD

17.99

+0.05 (0.29%)

At close: Mar 11, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

18.00

+0.01 (0.04%)

After-hours: Mar 11, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT

0.29% (1D)

Assets	$221.37M
Expense Ratio	0.70%
PE Ratio	21.91
Shares Out	12.27M
Dividend (ttm)	$0.16
Dividend Yield	0.87%
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 11, 2025
Payout Frequency	Annual
Payout Ratio	19.05%

Volume	275,642
Open	17.94
Previous Close	17.94
Day's Range	17.94 - 18.01
52-Week Low	13.53
52-Week High	18.52
Beta	0.83
Holdings	42
Inception Date	Jun 11, 2014

About ESN

Fund Home Page

The Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the Essential 40 Stock index. The fund attempts to track an index of 40 US blue-chip stocks that are deemed essential to the US economy by the index provider. Holdings are equally weighted in the index ESN was launched on Jun 11, 2014 and is issued by KKM Financial.

Asset Class Equity

Category Large Value

Region North America

Stock Exchange NASDAQ

Ticker Symbol ESN

ETF Provider KKM Financial

Index Tracked Essential 40 Stock Index

Top 10 Holdings

28.98% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Verizon Communications Inc.	VZ	3.12%
Marathon Petroleum Corporation	MPC	2.94%
FedEx Corporation	FDX	2.93%
Exxon Mobil Corporation	XOM	2.92%
Nutrien Ltd.	NTR	2.91%
CME Group Inc.	CME	2.88%
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.	EPD	2.87%
Lockheed Martin Corporation	LMT	2.84%
Sysco Corporation	SYY	2.81%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	2.77%

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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Dec 11, 2025	$0.156	Dec 19, 2025
Dec 11, 2024	$0.1136	Dec 19, 2024
Aug 7, 2024	$0.4834	Aug 8, 2024
Dec 11, 2023	$0.3481	Dec 12, 2023
Dec 12, 2022	$1.1108	Dec 13, 2022
Dec 15, 2021	$1.6285	Dec 15, 2021

Full Dividend History

Performance

ESN had a total return of 19.00% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.17%.