CSEN ETF — Cohen & Steers Future of Energy Active ETF

Cohen & Steers Future of Energy Active ETF (CSEN)

Updated October 16, 2026.

CSEN is an ETF. its distribution rate is 1.41%, its trailing-12-month yield is 0.66%, its expense ratio is 0.80%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 6.5% over the past 0.3 years, 4.9 points ahead of SPY at 1.6%.

Cohen & Steers Future of Energy Active ETF is an actively managed fund that invests at least eighty percent of its net assets in equity securities of energy companies across the traditional, alternative, renewable, and clean-energy sectors, as well as natural resource companies, utilities, and associated businesses, with no diversification requirement. The fund carries a modest current distribution rate and an expense ratio of 0.80%, though it does not maintain an established regular distribution schedule; the most recent distribution was special or one-time and may not recur. This fund may appeal to investors seeking equity exposure to the energy sector through active management rather than passive index tracking.

CSEN performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 6.5% over the past 0.3 years, 4.9 points ahead of SPY at 1.6%.

CSEN key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Cohen & Steers

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

06/15/2026

Predecessor fund inception

12/20/2013

Expense ratio

0.80%

Distribution rate

1.41%

Distribution frequency

Quarterly

Trailing yield

0.66%

Last close

$26.08 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$160,371,463

Average volume

6489.0

Dividend

$0.092

Ex-dividend date

09/29/2026

Payment date

09/30/2026

Beta

0.42

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (1.41%) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (0.66%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Cohen & Steers; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

CSEN risks and drawbacks

CSEN's current distribution rate is moderate, not a high-yield payout — the strategy is dividend quality more than maximum income. Payments are quarterly, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund.

Who may consider CSEN — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (CSEN pays quarterly); investors hunting double-digit covered-call yields. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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