# Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN): ETF Facts & Distributions > Markdown mirror of https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/esn for AI agents. Same live data as the HTML page, regenerated on the same refresh cycle. Not investment advice. - Issuer: KKM Financial · Asset class: Equity - Strategy: Actively Managed · Inception: 2014-06-11 The ESN fund is an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) designed to track the performance of a specific index comprising leading U.S. blue-chip corporations. While it primarily holds all 40 securities that constitute this underlying index, the fund maintains the flexibility to modify its holdings under certain predefined circumstances. A dedicated committee is responsible for selecting the companies included in the index. This selection process employs a qualitative methodology, focusing on identifying businesses of significant economic importance and stability across various critical sectors, such a... ## Key Facts | Metric | Value | |---|---| | Price | $20.93 | | Expense Ratio | 0.95% | | Assets Under Management | $364.3M | | NAV | $20.86 | | Holdings Count | 0 | | Distribution Yield (TTM) | 0.75% | | Annual Distribution (TTM) | $0.16 /share | | Distribution Frequency | Annual | | 52-Week Range | $16.62 – $21.43 | | Beta | 0.73 | ## Latest Distribution - Amount: $0.1560 /share - Ex-date: 2025-12-11 - Pay date: 2025-12-19 ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What does ESN invest in? The ESN fund is an Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) designed to track the performance of a specific index comprising leading U.S. blue-chip corporations. While it primarily holds all 40 securities that constitute this underlying index, the fund maintains the flexibility to modify its holdings under certain predefined circumstances. A dedicated committee is responsible for selecting the companies included in the index. This selection process employs a qualitative methodology, focusing on identifying businesses of significant economic importance and stability across various critical sectors, such as technology, consumer goods, energy, and healthcare. The committee's goal is to ensure diverse representation by choosing firms considered vital to the nation's economy. During its annual rebalancing, ESN assigns an equal weighting to each constituent firm, ensuring uniform exposure across all components. However, the fund retains the ability to adjust these weightings throughout the year, allowing for strategic over- or underweighting of positions to optimize its alignment with the index's composition. Furthermore, ESN has the discretion to allocate up to 20 percent of its total assets to strategies involving S&P 500 futures and options. Notably, ESN recently transitioned from a mutual fund structure to an ETF, launching with $70 million in assets under management. ### What is the expense ratio of ESN? Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN) charges an expense ratio of 0.95%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations. ### How big is ESN? Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN) manages $364.3M in total assets. AUM determines bid-ask liquidity and the fund's vulnerability to closure. Funds below ~$50M are at higher risk of liquidation. ### Is ESN actively managed or an index fund? ESN is actively managed: the manager selects holdings rather than tracking an index. Active funds typically charge higher expense ratios than index funds (ESN's is 0.95%) in exchange for the discretion to over- or under-weight positions. ### When was ESN launched? Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN) launched in June 2014 and is managed by KKM Financial. ### How has ESN performed? ESN's total return (price change plus reinvested distributions) is charted at the top of this page. Switch the price chart to Total Return and pick a 1-year, 3-year, 5-year, or 10-year window to read the compound annual growth rate (CAGR) over each horizon. ### Does ESN pay a dividend? Essential 40 Stock ETF (ESN) currently distributes little or no income. Trailing-twelve-month yield is 0.75%. Investors looking for income should consider income-focused alternatives. See the Peers tab. ### How often does ESN pay dividends? Essential 40 Stock ETF pays dividends Annual. Each ex-dividend date, record date, and payment date is listed in the dividend history table on this page. ### What is ESN's dividend yield? ESN's trailing-twelve-month yield is 0.75%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price. ### When is ESN's next ex-dividend date? The most recently announced ex-dividend date for ESN was 2025-12-11. The next ex-date typically follows Annual; once announced it appears at the top of the dividend history table on this page. ### How much will ESN's expense ratio cost me over 30 years? On a $10,000 investment compounding at 7% gross return, a 0.95% expense ratio quietly compounds against your balance every year. The Fee Compounding Forecast card above projects the dollar drag for any holding period and assumption you pick. The typical result for a 1.0% expense ratio on a 30-year hold is roughly 25% of the final balance lost to fees. ### How does ESN charge its expense ratio? The expense ratio is deducted in tiny daily slices from ESN's net asset value (NAV). You never see a bill. The price quoted on every exchange is already net of fees. There's no "fee day" to avoid; the cost is continuous and built into the trading price. ### Why does ESN cost more than a fund like VOO? ESN is actively managed (current expense ratio 0.95%). Active funds charge more than passive index trackers in exchange for the manager's discretion to over- or under-weight positions. The Cost Verdict card above tells you whether ESN's fee is competitive for the active-management cohort. ### Are there cheaper alternatives to ESN? The Lower-Fee Alternatives card above lists ETFs following the same investment strategy as ESN (0.95%) but at a lower expense ratio. Each row shows the fee gap, the peer's AUM as a liquidity sanity-check, and a direct link to that fund's analysis page. Cheaper price doesn't automatically mean better. Verify the peer holds what you actually want. ## More on Dividend Data - Overview (HTML): https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/esn - Distribution history: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/esn/dividend - Holdings & diversification: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/esn/diversification - Fees & cheaper alternatives: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/esn/expenses - Peer comparison: https://www.dividenddata.com/funds/esn/peers Data sourced from primary filings and market data providers; see https://www.dividenddata.com/methodology.