Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN)

NASDAQ: ESN · Real-Time Price · USD
18.86
+0.09 (0.47%)
May 1, 2026, 10:37 AM EDT - Market open
Assets$246.60M
Expense Ratio0.70%
PE Ratio22.05
Shares Out13.27M
Dividend (ttm)$0.16
Dividend Yield0.83%
Ex-Dividend DateDec 11, 2025
Payout FrequencyAnnual
Payout Ratio18.51%
Volume5,921
Open18.68
Previous Close18.77
Day's Range18.68 - 18.86
52-Week Low14.76
52-Week High18.86
Beta0.83
Holdings42
Inception DateJun 11, 2014

About ESN

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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

29.75% of assets
NameSymbolWeight
Intel CorporationINTC4.63%
Marathon Petroleum CorporationMPC3.02%
FedEx CorporationFDX2.99%
Enterprise Products Partners L.P.EPD2.88%
Exxon Mobil CorporationXOM2.82%
Verizon Communications Inc.VZ2.81%
Nutrien Ltd.NTR2.78%
Meta Platforms, Inc.META2.62%
Amazon.com, Inc.AMZN2.61%
Duke Energy CorporationDUK2.59%
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Dividend History

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

Performance

ESN had a total return of 26.46% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 8.46%.