Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN)

NASDAQ: ESN · Real-Time Price · USD

20.78

+0.17 (0.82%)

At close: Oct 15, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT

20.77

-0.01 (-0.06%)

After-hours: Oct 15, 2026, 4:15 PM EDT

Assets	$353.48M
Expense Ratio	0.70%
PE Ratio	21.74
Forward PE	16.63
Shares Out	17.19M
Dividend	$0.16 (0.75%)
Ex-Dividend Date	Dec 11, 2025
Payout Frequency	Annual
Payout Ratio	16.43%

Volume	57,398
Open	20.63
Previous Close	20.61
Day's Range	20.63 - 20.78
52-Week Low	16.62
52-Week High	21.06
Beta	0.84
Holdings	43
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

33.90% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Marathon Petroleum Corporation	MPC	5.79%
Intel Corporation	INTC	5.27%
Palo Alto Networks, Inc.	PANW	4.29%
ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation	XOM	3.03%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	2.87%
Johnson & Johnson	JNJ	2.59%
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.	FCX	2.57%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	2.52%
Visa Inc.	V	2.49%
Pfizer Inc.	PFE	2.48%

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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 22.74% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 9.02%.